[Bodger]

On our way down to Hereford on Friday, we came across this chap and his shepherds huts. He makes them to order and reckons that with a fair wind he can do one from scratch in around five weeks. I once wrote a little bit about shepherds huts and needless to say, its something thats been on my wish list for some time now. Oh how I wish. 
 


 


 


 


 

The dimensions of the completed hut are 12' x 7' with a further 4'x7' for the verandha. When the exterior has been finished, the interior is tongue and grooved, with insulation fitted between it and the corrugated sheeting. Then , you have a blank canvas and you're left to furnish and kit out your new shepherds hut as you please. IMO, a small woodburner in the corner would be a must, other wise, it just wouldn't be finished. :csmile:
Well girls, I was about to say that every man should have one of these but I quickly realised what a wide range of uses they could be put to. As well as mens dens, they'd could be used as extra accomodation for visitors, potting sheds or even as a sewing room, the list of uses for them is endless.
I'm sure that right now you're thinking " Well how much then?" Well the answer is £5000 with no Vat charged. Thats not a bad price you know? Especially when you consider the prices being asked for some very flimsey garden summer houses these days and believe you me these shepherds huts are extemely solid and built to last.
Now heres a question, apart from possibly keeping a stinky shepherd in it, what uses would you put your brand new shepherds hut too?     
Here are some images of both the rough and the smooth. In the old days, the shepherd hut would have been wheeled out into the middle of nowhere to provide basic accomodation for the shepherd while he provide care for his sheep during lambing but in modern times, they would appear to have found new uses.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=shepherds+huts&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Rh7RUcyaKoKLOcG1gZAC&sqi=2&ved=0CE4QsAQ&biw=953&bih=433

[Fleecewife]

I love the original ones, but not those with uPVC doors and windows, and all chintzy inside - not me at all 
 
I would use mine as a secret hideaway in the woods for charcoal burning  and spinning

[plumseverywhere]

My lifelong wish is to have a proper gypsy vardo, like my great grandparents lived in. I know a few people are making and selling them as shepherds huts now or even childrens 'wendy houses'.   
We are on the lookout for one to go in our orchard    That hut is a very good price considering its handmade and looks pretty sturdy! 

[Bionic]

I saw an original shepherds hut yesterday in a local villagel. It was loaded on a transporter so I'm not sure if it was coming or going.
 

[lachlanandmarcus]

5k is pretty good for a shepherds hut, they can be up to 10 even not fitted out or anything

[john and helen]

Oh Plums, i wish i could get hold of my dear old mums photo album,
we use to have an old gypsy caravan, we used it as a holiday home down in Dawlish, my auntie had the plot next to us and she had a wooden railway carriage..... great memories, sadly the old caravan was scrapped

[ellied]

I've always said I'd like a log cabin up the top of my field looking down on the fields and house and across at the stupendous view their is up there.  It would be way easier in foaling time and to keep an eye on the stallion and his mares during breeding season, but also as an "office" for my writing - at the moment my desk/laptop peer out one west facing window across the hen run and into one corner of the front paddock but this would give me almost 3/4 of my land in one vista, especially with windows all round!

So as I imagine the council wouldn't be impressed with a cabin and it's in full view of a main A road (another benefit of being further back/up away from the road) one of these might do the job quite nicely as it's clearly temporary and can be moved like a mobile field shelter to avoid planning issues.

Problem would be finding £5k.. but it would need more windies 

[lachlanandmarcus]

I've always said I'd like a log cabin up the top of my field looking down on the fields and house and across at the stupendous view their is up there.  It would be way easier in foaling time and to keep an eye on the stallion and his mares during breeding season, but also as an "office" for my writing - at the moment my desk/laptop peer out one west facing window across the hen run and into one corner of the front paddock but this would give me almost 3/4 of my land in one vista, especially with windows all round!

So as I imagine the council wouldn't be impressed with a cabin and it's in full view of a main A road (another benefit of being further back/up away from the road) one of these might do the job quite nicely as it's clearly temporary and can be moved like a mobile field shelter to avoid planning issues.

Problem would be finding £5k.. but it would need more windies 

Yep would be fine re planning, and also, I think councils do prefer things like this, cos they look nice and don't jar on the eye.


They can't use that as a planning criteria, but I have found them a lot more generally receptive to slightly more adventurous planning suggestions if the rest of the time, one tries to make everything look as unobtrusive and in keeping as possible. Which these huts certainly would be, I think they are lovely, sort of cheery but plain and simple, just what I like!

[Padge]

Ours would house a stinky shepherd...........
 
I quite often say to him   'you stink.'...........'Oh ? What of ' says he.........'s**t'   says me ..... .

[plumseverywhere]

Ours would house a stinky shepherd...........
 
I quite often say to him   'you stink.'...........'Oh ? What of ' says he.........'s**t'   says me ..... .

   My OH was surveying a pig farm today, he did prewarn me that he might come home with an aroma (can't say I've noticed it being much different to normal    )

[shygirl]

i love them, iv looked at a few websites when im in my "i want a campsite" mood. im always quite shocked at the price of some of them though. i love gypsy caravans and all things like that. the french do a version which has replaced the yurt fashion, i just cant mind the name. they are smart too.

[Lesley Silvester]

I saw a website advertising one as a B&B venue. It had no water or facilities other than a bed and breakfast was served outside - fine if the weather isn't typical. I can't remember how much it was but it wasn't cheap.

[supplies for smallholders]

Another version of the Shepherds Hut can be seen Here: https://www.suppliesforfarmers.co.uk/shepherds-hut-p-11965.html

[AndynJ]

We asked our council if we were allowed a shephards hut they said we would need planning permission

[Ina]

We asked our council if we were allowed a shephards hut they said we would need planning permission

Do they know what a shepherd's hut is - that it is actually a movable object?