The Shepherd's Hut

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Modern day huts can be used as work spaces, homes and even catering trailers. Source: Pumphrey and Weston. Features of a modern shepherd’s hut His bruising journey through the searing heat and bone dry landscape of Western Australia takes him to an isolated shepherd’s hut where a chance encounter will shape his life. What are we left with? The sly first beer your uncle slips you. The 18th birthday party where the keg is the icon. Maybe the B&S ball, if you live in the bush. First drink, first root, first bog-lap in your mum’s Corolla. Call me a snob, but that strikes me as pretty thin stuff. This, surely, is cultural impoverishment. And in such a prosperous country. To my mind, that’s salt rising to the surface, poisoning the future. Close enough to all life’s conveniences but far enough away to feel completely isolated; this shepherd’s hut in Thropton, England offers it all. The cabin sits on a family’s farm which overlooks the Simonside Hills. The area is alive with the sound of wildlife, and the hut is a beautiful addition to the property that you can call home during your stay. For ease of access, the transport company we use will deliver your kit on a 3.5 tonne flat bed van towing a trailer:

Sometimes this kind of savage approach to life is just the courageous path one needs to survive. Fortunately, Jaxie has the wisdom to recognize another kind of courage in this old man in the wilderness: This traditional hut looks and feels classic, but its contemporary conveniences are the icing on the cake. When you venture outside, you’ll be as impressed with the surroundings as much as the hut. There’s a fire pit, enclosed garden, natural pond, and spectacular views. You can even upload your favourite photos to your social media, as mobile signal is available too. Learn more here The Shepherd’s Hut Delight Crewkerne in Somerset, England The main use for a shepherd’s hut today is as upmarket rental accommodation. Source: Roundhill Shepherds Huts – source of header image too. The skylight is ideal for stargazing, while the picture window offers beautiful views to the natural paradise beyond. There is also a gas hob, en suite bathroom, and stunning hints of wood throughout. The icing on the cake is the beautiful welcome hamper with homemade bread and local produce.

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We give you complete control over what your hut will look like. By leaving things such as cladding and insulation as optional extras, we give you the option of buying them from wherever you like, enabling you to achieve any finish or look that you want. For even more added luxury on the outside, have a look at these shepherd’s hut with hot tubs or these fantastic, cosy huts for a shepherd’s hut holiday. If you plan on renting this garden hut as a tiny house on wheels for financial gain, then the likelihood is you will require full planning permission.

And that’s all I want to tell you. The rest you can find out for yourself. And you will find out because you will read it. Everyone will be reading it. This book is set to be an Australian classic. The frame aperture for your windows will be a few mm larger than the actual windows to allow ease of installation. We recommend using a silicon sealant around the frame before installing your cladding. For the wheels, it was quite natural to use recycled cast iron wheels from other farm machinery that were surplus to requirements. As many huts were set quite high up (depending on the size of the wheels), huts often required a step, or number of steps, leading up to the main entrance. Now well-known to host luxury glamping accommodation, a shepherd’s hut interior can be designed to create a unique space for your needs. Garden office, health parlour, mini-pub – below you’ll find some truly stunning designs to inspire. Cooperating and communicating effectively at the beginning is an important first step. Councils tend to respond more favourably to people who discuss plans and seek advice at the outset. If you ask for pre-planning advice first, you are more likely to get the right response and Greendown Shepherd Huts are happy to advise throughout.

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For a UK holiday break, countryside getaway or even an indefinite stay, huts are now fully insulated and contain almost everything you need to live comfortably for the foreseeable, including a toilet and en-suite bathroom. To accommodate this, they have had to grow in size by a few feet in comparison to their historical cousins.

The craft of a handmade shepherd’s hut is a wonderful sight to behold. Distinctive from a distance with its characterful cuboid shape, beautiful cladding, picturesque windows, sturdy door, curved corrugated roof gently pierced by the chimney from a small cast iron stove, all perched elegantly, almost floating, on a set of solid, rustic looking cast iron wheels. Internal Partition– Studwork for a partition, enabling you to section the inside of your hut into separate rooms. Useful if you intend to build a bathroom, store room or similar. We build a doorway into each partition, enabling you to fit an internal door or curtain if required. If opting for a partition, we will need to know exactly where in the hut it will be placed as this may affect how we build your kit. Traditionally, shepherd’s huts were made from corrugated iron side panels, a corrugated iron roof and set on four cast iron wheels. Each hut would have a draw-bar for easy transportation around a farm or countryside. Notice the smaller front wheels on the image above, which is to aid maneuverability. Most manufacturers try to use similar material to give each building the shepherd’s hut look, this include plenty of wood work, sometimes using reclaimed timber for the vintage look, and iron – however it’s more common to see steel being used. Last year, I read this author's "landscape memoir" about Western Australia, Island Home. Nobody ever writes about this area of Australia! It is full of unique creatures, flora and fauna, and the interesting types of people who would inhabit such a place. (Coincidentally I loved that book so much that I 1)Included it on my Best Reads of 2017 list, 2) Gave my copy to my in-laws who were heading to Australia, and then felt sad and bought another copy for my self, and 3) Made Tim Winton an author I wanted to read more of in 2018.

He was Irish, he told me that straight up. But I never found out what it was he done to get himself put there by the lake, what kind of person he was before. Not really. He let things slip, but he never give me the whole beginning and middle. Like he said, I showed up at the end and that was plenty enough for both of us. It’s only now I get what he meant. He was one of them geezers been out on his own so long he talks to himself all day, tells himself what he’s about to do, what he should do, what he’s forgotten to get done.

If you know of any amazing shepherd’s hut interiors that are worthy of a place in the list above, drop me a message and I’ll be all too happy to take a look. Traditionally, curved corrugated iron would be used to make the roof to allow rainwater to run off, but sometimes the roof would be made from felt and insulated with lambswool to help keep heat within the living space. There’s electric heating, an en suite shower room, and eco-friendly materials and paint throughout. Even the kitchen is something special with cottage touches and everything you need to cook up a storm. Learn more here Sika, the Shepherd’s Hut in Dorset, EnglandLowered Axles – A free replacement for our standard axles which will bring the over-all height of the shepherd’s hut down to 2.9m rather than the standard 3.2m. This option is not compatible with the turntable or drawbar options. At Greendown Shepherd Huts we can help you begin and then move forward with your glamping business. There are several different aspects to consider, and the planning permission process is just one. There is also the build process and then the art of marketing and letting your hut to customers. It’s homely, boasts soft linens, and is entirely off the grid. It even has enamel and copper kitchenware to make you feel as if a shepherd did all those years ago.