Thatched roofs and honey-hued Cotswold stone are the hallmarks of homes in Broad Campden, a charming village in Gloucestershire, England. Broad Camden also boasts a 17th-century Quaker meeting house and the 12th-century Norman Chapel house, which was renovated in the early 20th century by Charles Robert Ashbee, the famed architect and influential force in the Arts and Crafts movement. Nestled in Japan’s Shogawa River Valley, Ogimachi in the Shirakawa-go region is known for its Gassho-style farmhouses, which feature steeply slanted thatched roofs resembling hands in prayer.
Things are falling apart in the Eastern Cape’s kingdoms as royal families are being forced to pay for repairs to official facilities from their own pockets, while their requests for the government to come to the party have fallen on deaf ears. The kingdoms have not undergone major renovations in SA’s democratic era.