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Susan Hartnell Beavis calls her Blackdown Shepherd’s hut a ‘visitor’s paradise’, despite the fact that she bought the hut as her own private den. She says that her hut is so beloved by friends and visitors that they always want to take their tea inside the garden...

British shoe designer Adrian Herring has created the perfect retreat in nature by building his own shepherd’s hut and says investing in the Oak self-build hut designed by Blackdown Shepherd Huts was “the best thing [he’s] ever done”. Inspired by traditional shepherd’s...

Blackdown Shepherd Huts are in the process of creating six of their original Turnkey Shepherd Huts for celebrated Irish chef Richard Corrigan at his exclusive hotel Virginia Park Lodge in Cavan, Ireland. Richard, who runs Corrigan’s Mayfair in London and was crowned...

We are a company with quality at our heart. We build high end shepherds huts for commercial and residential customers so the materials we use must demonstrate the same luxury feel as the huts themselves. As a business, we have strong eco credentials and look for...

Our customers are always delighted when they receive their huts! We love the excitement from each and every one of our customers – it makes our job truly worthwhile! We also know that our customers adore the hamper we put together for their huts. We source local...

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...