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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
