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About Brandon Thatchers

Our first brush with the world of film and televisions was a chance involvement in the production of ‘Brave Heart’ in Fort William, Scotland. By complete coincidence we were thatching ancient round houses at a local museum. The researcher, who stood at the foot of our ladder with a notepad and camera, eventually asked if we might be interested in meeting the designer. This lead to us building much of the set, and have been very interested in set construction ever since with nearly 20 Feature Films to our credit.

Brandon Thatcher’s is a second generation family business dating back nearly 40 years. We have thatched a wide range of buildings from cottages to black houses in a variety of different and unusual materials across the UK and Europe.

The business is run by Dicken Warner who has worked in a variety of rolls from Greensman to Construction Manager, Prop Man & Set Dresser on Features, TV and Commercials as well as specialist projects such as the Wetlands Centre at Barn Elms, Chelsea Flower Show and the Singapore Garden Festival.

Since the millennium we have been entirely focused on serving the film and television industry, as this is certainly where my main interests lie. There have been a few distractions along the way, like an RHS gold for our part in the winning garden of the 2005 Chelsea flower show~ A soldiers dream of blighty, Designed by Julian Dowle which won Best in Show, and the BBC’s Peoples Choice. We constructed the much loved thatched pub, which has since been recreated in Kent for ‘Shepherd Neame Master Brewers’. We also reconstructed the pub, on the 8th floor of a Singapore skyscraper, for the ‘Singapore Garden festival’. It again won ‘The Peoples Choice’ award for the most popular garden, as voted by the visitors.

We have expanded our sphere of involvement so that we can now build and dress the sets we once simply thatched. We also supply a wide variety of materials for construction and dressing.

With this web site we hope to make life as easy as possible for anyone researching a thatched or rustic set, and of course we would love to be involved in the building or dressing process.

We are always keen to take on fresh challenges. We have recently been involved in design and built of: - holiday homes, Garden furniture, even a burned out French Château (which won ‘Best in Show’ at the ‘Victory Show’, World War II battle recreation society) all with a rustic, thatched or gracefully aged theme. If you have an idea, or project which you are looking for constructive support with, please give us a call.
 

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