Lovely thatched cottage scene by unknown artist. Puzzle maker is Waldo Bemis, Northborough, MA in the 1930's. Well cut, interlocking, 9 figure pieces, 1-by-1 sq kb style.
Anne Hathaway's Cottage (not this one), just outside Stratford-upon-Avon, is probably the most famous thatched cottage in the world. The home of Shakespeare's wife has been appearing on calendars, cookie tins, post cards, parlor prints and chocolate boxes for centuries.
But you don't have to look far in England and Wales to find more cottages, just as charming, with their own thatched roofs. The craft of thatching may exist elsewhere - the Calvados region in Normandy has its share of pretty farmhouses under thatch and there are thatch roofed houses in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Scandinavia. But the truth is there are more thatched roofs in the UK than anywhere else in Europe. I have always questioned whether a thatched roof leaks after an extensive rain storm or period of wet weather. Hard to believe it doesn't. Wikipedia