Thatched Roof

steinbock123

Have been offered an old cottage in a (very) rural location for quite small money. Only problem is that it needs complete renovation (it’s practically collapsed). Thing is, it was thatched, as there are small remnants of the old roof remaining.
Does anyone know, if I was to restore this cottage as a holiday home, would the thatched roof have to be reinstated, or could I put a slate roof on it?
Someone told me that there’s a register of thatched buildings in the country and that they have to be kept thatched. Is this true?

GinSoaked

Your local county council will have a list of protected structures and you should be able to find that on their website. I know its easy to find for my own county Waterford http://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/media/plans-strategies/development-plan/county/Volume%203%20-%20Appendices/A13.pdf .

Deminiman

This website contains architectural structure records it might be of some help to you, I would assume still talk with your council to be safe

https://webgis.archaeology.ie/historicenvironment/

GinSoaked

Deminiman wrote: »

This website contains architectural structure records it might be of some help to you, I would assume still talk with your council to be safe

https://webgis.archaeology.ie/historicenvironment/

I'd be careful with that as it doesn't list all the protected structures. There's one about 300m from me (thatched cottage) thats on the protected structures list (they have recently got planning permission) and its not on the historic environment list.