by Emma Warren | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog
Rachel and Andrew Francis run a B&B called Taggart House, and they love what they do. Situated in the village of Walton-in-Gordano in the beautiful Gordano Valley (a National Nature Reserve) between the Victorian town of Clevedon and the marina town of Portishead,...
by Emma Warren | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog
The Royal Oak Pub in Fritham, in the New Forest, has created a high end, self catering getaway option with three hand built Blackdown Shepherd Huts, which have proved to be a resounding success with both its customers and neighbours. The Royal Oak has three metal...
by Emma Warren | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog
Jo Simpson, from Sherborne in Dorset, bought a Blackdown Heritage Hut and was instantly smitten. She says: ‘My sisters talked me into getting a hut, telling me that everyone should have a ‘room of one’s own’, particularly if there is a novel trapped inside your brain...
by Emma Warren | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog
Building on its existing eco-friendly credentials (which include using local suppliers to furnish its huts with Somerset wool for insulation, applying predominantly water-based paints, fitting the exterior of the huts with British steel for wriggly tin, and employing...
by Emma Warren | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog
Karoline Gebbett runs Birkfield House in High Kelling, near Holt in Norfolk. She added a shepherd’s hut to the grounds of her luxurious three-bedroom bed and breakfast at the start of 2016. She says: ‘I looked at many different huts, but Blackdown huts were by far the...
