Welcome to Rumpelstiltskin Thatching Company
Rumpelstiltskin was established in 2005 by partners Matthew Williams and David Bragg.
Apprentice Tom Cummins joined in 2006, serving an apprenticeship that will last four years and includes a two year NVQ course. Tom will graduate from college in October 2009 and will complete his apprenticeship in March 2010. He will be the first thatcher trained predominately in long straw for around forty years.
In January 2008 Pierre Rizzo joined the team. Leaving behind a life as a motorcycle courier in London, his training will involve the husbandry, harvesting and processing of straw and hazel coppice into thatching materials.
Rumpelstiltskin Thatching Company’s restoration of the long straw thatch on this former cattle shed on the outskirts of Oxford has established them as the county’s leading force in traditional straw thatching. They carried out extensive research to establish overall design and to ensure accuracy of details from methods of fixing to the material used for the thatch.
Rumpelstiltskin Thatching Company is committed to preserving regional styles of thatching, and as such the majority of their work consists of straw thatching in Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties. Other restorations of regional thatching methods carried out by Rumpelstiltskin Thatching Company include, a farm house in Carmarthenshire, thatched with locally grown ancient straw varieties, an architect designed 1920’s cottage thatched with water reed cut and prepared in Norfolk, and a Northamptonshire long straw thatch, with gables set using traditional clay mortar.
With their specialist conservation skills and understanding of traditional thatching methods, Rumpelstiltskin Thatching Company source high quality materials as locally as possiblShow Desktope to create beautiful and truly sustainable roofs.
Rumpelstiltskin Thatching Company has undertaken projects for varied clients including preservation trusts, rural museums, local authorities, and educational institutions, as well as many private clients.