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The Poachers Hut: Part 1

16/4/2015

After a long wait, we have commenced the build of our first Poachers hut. In response to a number of enquiries for an all inclusive shepherds hut with a bathroom, a kitchen, a log burner and a bed, we have put together our new design which elegantly combines all of these features into an 18 foot hut. The aim was to keep the hut spacious and nothing like a caravan!

We started with the wheels and the chassis. As the picture above shows, these are far bigger and chunkier than our standard hut wheels. We wanted something hearty and robust which would reflect the hardy nature of our huts!

The chassis is made of reinforced steel, with a hardened steel fixed axle- this hut is really being built to pass the test of time! With our standard 16ft huts weighing in around 1.8 tonnes, our Poachers will be our heaviest yet at 2.1 tonnes.

Keep your eye on this hut, as we reckon it'll be our best yet! We've got a trio of Poachers Shepherds Huts going out to Godwick Great Barn in the next few months where they'll be available as luxury wedding accommodation- So get proposing!

Our new Home

19/3/2015

We’re finally here! After months of deliberating where would be the ideal place to expand, we finally discovered that our ideal workshop was literally (Literally literally, not figuratively) around the corner from our old place, and roughly fifty metres away (That’s about ten shepherd huts laid end-to-end).

At two and a half times the size of our old unit, this workshop can have as many as four huts under construction at once! There is ample room for huts under construction and for finished huts to be stored before delivery, and a much larger carpentry area with twice as many benches.

Not only that, but we’ve got a dust-free storeroom for paints, fittings and supplies.

And finally we’ve got a nice, tidy office to Combobulate in! Complete with our own hand made desks.

With a busy build schedule for the next few months, we’re now taking orders for summer/early autumn. Our phone number is still 01603 397777, but our new address is Unit 3, Liberator Close, Rackheath Industrial Estate, Norwich, NR13 6PR.

If you’d like to get your Shepherds Hut in for the summer, get in touch for a place in our order book!

A solid week of deliveries

25/2/2015

This last 7 days have been hectic- A total of three deliveries and an office move!

A Hut for Elizabeth Purves

16/2/2015

Not sure why, but December often seems to be the month when we get celebrity orders! With last December's order book being filled out with Shepherds Huts for author Andrew Clover and actress Elizabeth Hurley, we were delighted to receive a last minute order from BBC Radio 4 Presenter and writer Libby Purves.

After a few meetings and a site meeting, it was apparent that we wouldn't be able to actually get a hut into her garden- There simply wasn't enough access! Never the sort to back down, we build our first "flat pack" hut in the workshop, to be carried into Libby's garden piecemeal and assembled in situ.

As the location was a fair distance from our workshop, we booked a holiday cottage and spent the next week building the hut- Our first ever "Boys on tour" week!

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This hut was a 16ft Hideaway model with an end-on stable door, complete with a built in double bed, natural oak floor, up-cycled reclaimed timber shelves, an oak desk and a combination of mains and solar electric supply.

Additionally, we supplied it with it's own companion "Bo-Peep Loo"- a matching outhouse with a compact Airhead composting toilet. This featured a similar curved roof, with a painted interior and stained glass window.

"I wanted to work with a local company who I could talk into the barmy exercise of building my hut on site, even with the narrow entrance to my garden. The design process was brilliantly friendly and flexible, with Craig seeming rather pleased at the idea of ship-in-a-bottle assembly, not to mention a week with his team in a holiday cottage nearby. The team were very helpful and professional, even washing up their coffee mugs and the finished hut is beautiful. I’m looking forward to my first night out there listening for owls."
Libby Purves

A new Shepherds Hut at Whitlingham Broad!

12/2/2015

2014... What a year!

16/12/2014

After our second and busiest year yet, we're just about ready to put down our tools for the Christmas break. Since our beginnings in the early 2013 in a small garden office, our team has doubled in size, produced dozens of Shepherds Huts and Timberpads. This year, we continued to grow, with an order book stretching half way through next year!

This has given us a lot of freedom to improve and evolve our Shepherds huts design and focus on creating something that combines an authentic, vintage appeal with the highest quality construction, whilst adding a few innovations of our own!

This year, we improved on the design of the Shepherds Hut with our very own Wild Rover hut.

Even on a traditional turning axle, most modern huts aren't easy to move- This is because they are often much more sturdily built and as such are heavier than the historic examples, due to the addition of insulation, modern joinery, furniture, decorations and so on. Most static huts are fine on a fixed axle, but for those who want to regularly move their hut, we developed a hut on a road towable Ifor Williams Trailer.

These huts are practically identical to our classic huts in every other respect, but allow an extra dimension of practicality, making them a popular with businesses or attractions who are looking for a flexible space to use for events.

Available in any layout, these huts have really taken off!

To continue on our path to improve the Shepherds Hut, we will be launching our new Poachers Hut in 2015. This is in response to enquiries for fully inclusive huts which feature kitchen and bathroom facilities. Having researched a number of similar huts which contain these features, we realised the importance of maintaining the balance of having the mod-cons, whilst keeping the hut roomy enough so that it doesn't become "caravanny" inside! That's why our upcoming hut will feel as spacious as our standard huts, whilst offering 5-star comforts.

It looks as though things will continue to grow here at The English Shepherds Hut Co., and that's not even considering the parallel growth of our sister-company, Timberpad LTD! We wish to thanks everyone who's been a part of this journey so far, and continue to look forward to great things in the future.

Our new display at Wyken Vineyard

24/11/2014

Just in time for the Christmas season, we've dropped off our show hut Betty at the marvellous Wyken Vineyard in Suffolk, which is home to the Leaping Hare Restaurant and Farm Shop.

The 1200 acre farm, which includes a 7 acre vineyard, produces award winning wines attracts thousands of visitors every month .

This ancient site also hosts a weekly farmers market with a range of locally sourced produce.

Sat opposite the restaurant (Which has featured in the Good Food Guide 15 years running!) and bordering a field of Shetland Sheep, our hut looks right at home!

Our hut has been lovingly made-over and decorated to match the boutique charm of Wyken Vineyard and visitors are welcome pop their heads in! Our hut will be on display here throughout the Christmas season.

As a classic example of our Retreat style hut, Betty features a stable door on the side, a pair of windows with timber shutters, a double bed, day bed, and a cast iron wood burning stove- perfect for those chilly evenings!

The hut also features a discreet solar powered system for interior and exterior lights- the highly efficient solar panel can't be seen from ground level, but stores enough energy to run the lights for hours, even as the days get shorter and darker.

Although Betty is our show room hut, she is available for purchase to any good home, so if you'd like to order her in time for Christmas, would like us to build you a similar hut, or something completely different then why not give us a call on 01603 397777!

Timberpad Vintage

29/10/2014

Part of what makes our Shepherd Huts and Timberpad garden buildings unique is the lovingly handmade furniture, fittings and joinery that we build bespoke for our clients- Often our clients need a specific piece of furniture which they simply can't find in a suitable style or for the right price, so we're more than happy to design and build it for them!

Whether it's a custom sized dresser, a bookshelf designed for a very particular size of book, a table for a range of uses, we've built it to suit our customers.

With Christmas teetering in the distance, we've opened up a brand new online shop where you can buy some of our classics and even get in touch to devise a few of your own! Click here to visit our store.

The Wild Rover Shepherds Hut revisited

20/10/2014

What really give a Shepherds Hut its charm is that "lived in" feel when it has been loved, decorated and personalised by the owner. That's why it's always worth the wait a few months after we've delivered the hut to see what our customers have done with them.

This particular hut was our very first Wild Rover- a road towable Shepherds hut built on an Ifor Williams trailer, making the hut convenient for more frequent movement over all terrains.

Based at Breathing Spaces, a holistic retreat in Hickling, this hut was designed as a cosy place to get away from it all and now it's been spruced up with a few decorations it really looks the part!

Whether you want a plain hut so that you can decorate it and fill it with the things you love, or you'd like us to build in everything you need in a completely bespoke model, we can do both! For a friendly chat, give us a call on 01603 397777 or email us at [email protected].

A Shepherds Hut Office in Norfolk

1/10/2014

One of our last creations was this garden office build for a busy client who works from home in Salhouse. It was built to serve as an office during the day, but in the evenings become a cosy social space.

With a curved oak desk, filing drawers and a lower set window, allowing a pleasant view whilst working, on one end, the other end of the hut features a wood burning stove and a series of "Seat-stores" a handy contraption devised by the Customer and created by our skilled team of craftsmen.

These are simply a series of timber storage cabinets for files which push together to form a day bed or a series of separate seats (with felt pads underneath so not to scratch the floor)- Pictures will be added soon.

It just goes to show, when we say our designs are bespoke we mean it! Any idea from the client or quirky solution is met with a huge enthusiasm to create something new and always adds a new string to our bow.

If you work from home and want a garden office with minimal planning but a huge range of possible fit outs, then get in touch with our friendly team on 01603 397777 and we'll design you something to match.

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Unit 3
16 Liberator Close
Rackheath Industrial Estate
Norwich
NR13 6PR
01603 397777
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