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The roof England forgot

By Rukmini Callimachi
Essex, one of about 800 thatchers still working in Britain, works on a water reed thatched roof in East Horsley, England. — Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times

IF you were buying a house in a notoriously rainy country, would you choose one with a roof made of straw?

Across England, buyers are paying extraordinary sums to do exactly that.

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