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Shepherds Huts

2.4 x 4.8m Shepherds Hut painted in Pebble and Ivory

Shepherds Hut interior with Farrow & Ball painted lining

2.4 x 5.4m Shepherds Hut in Black and Ivory

2.4 x 3.6m Shepherds Hut painted in Farrow & Ball Card Room Green and Old White

If you are looking for an addition to your rustic, country garden, our luxury Shepherds Hut could be the perfect choice for you.

Available in a range of sizes to suit your needs, a Crane Shepherds Hut can be used as a quirky alternative to a garden office, entertainment space or hobby room. With insulation and electrics, it is ideally suited for year-round use.

To find a price for your ideal Shepherds Hut, please click on the Create My Design tab below.

Building Designs

Our Shepherds Hut is available in a range of 6 sizes:

2.4 x 3.0m, 2.4 x 3.6m, 2.4 x 4.2m, 2.4 x 4.8m, 2.4 x 5.4m, 2.4 x 6.0m

Depending on the size you choose for your Shepherds Hut, you will get the option of choosing a design for your size, whether that is with a single or double door in the end or the length of the building, and different window locations.

There are 4 designs to choose from, to help match the best fit for your garden layout:

The Texel - a single door and window in the gable with windows in the side

The Swaledale - a single door in the side, with windows in the side and gable

The Suffolk - a single door in the gable, with windows in the side and rear gable

The Herdwick - double doors and windows in the side, with a window set in the gable

Paint Options

Our Shepherds Huts are available in one of two paint colour ranges: Exterior or Farrow & Ball. Both of these paint ranges offer an opaque finish with a long re-decoration cycle in a wide range of natural colours that will fit perfectly into garden environments. Please see below for information on both paint ranges.

Exterior

Paint Range

High quality exterior paint.
Weather resistant and protective.
Fully opaque 2 coat system.
Inspired by nature and the soft neutral tones of traditional colonial buildings.

Farrow & Ball

Exterior Paint

High quality exterior paint.
Water resistant and anti-fungal.
Rich, fully opaque colour.
Specially selected colours from the Farrow & Ball paint collection.

Roofing Options

Our Shepherds Hut has a classically curved roof, and comes with a choice of either galvanised corrugated steel or black corrugated steel to sit on top of the roof of this rustic building.

Lining & Insulation

All our Shepherds Huts are fully lined and insulated (walls, ceiling and floor). This allows you to use your new building all through the year, it also increases comfort and decreases noise levels, as well as finishing the building in a beautiful manner.

Insulation

For the roof we have a 4 tier lining and insulation process; we insulate between the ply layer and the internal matchboard tongue and groove lining. For the walls, we insulate your building by trapping a breathable paper membrane between the studwork, which acts as a moisture trap before filling in with insulation.

There are then 2 options for lining your Shepherds Hut: natural matchboarding, or painted matchboarding. To have the walls (and ceiling) painted, you can choose our own Ivory internal paint colour, or choose from a range of Farrow & Ball paint colours.

Natural Matchboard Lining

We can line with our highest grade tongue and groove matchboarding (15mm) offering a natural, warm feel.

Painted Matchboard Lining

We use a channelled, secret-nailed, tongue and groove matchboarding (15mm) with 3 coats of Ivory or Farrow & Ball paint, which achieves a bright, clean and airy look.

Year-round Use

The insulation in the walls, floor and ceiling, along with the matchboard lining and double glazing will allow you to use your building in comfort all through the year.

Interior Colours

Inside our Shepherds Huts you will have natural matchboard lining included as standard, but you can upgrade to painted in either our interior Ivory or in a choice of 8 Farrow & Ball colours.

The Farrow & Ball colours have all been specially chosen to contrast pleasingly with our external paint colours, and will allow you the flexibility to choose a neutral colour, or a shade with a bit more colour to it to really bring the inside of your building alive.

These colours become particularly special when they are paired with one of our four engineered flooring types.

Farrow & Ball Shadow White paired with Heritage Oak engineered flooring

Flooring Options

Our standard (ex 19mm thick) and robust floorboards are set on closely spaced tanalised floor joists.

You can also choose to have either a lacquered finish on your floor, or you can add engineered flooring.

Lacquered Floor

Having a lacquered floor is an additional option that can be chosen with our Shepherds Huts. The lacquer is applied to the floorboards in either Natural or Light Oak to help protect the timber, as well as giving it a nice sheen.

Engineered Flooring

This option can be chosen as an alternative to a lacquered floor. There are four different colours to choose from, and the engineered flooring offers a chance to further personalise your new garden building, whether you’re aiming for a traditional, rustic or contemporary style.

Our engineered floorboards sit on top of the existing floorboards, with a layer of underlay in between the two, providing further insulating and sound absorbing benefits.

Electric Pack

For lighting and using any equipment in your building, you may wish to consider our electric pack to enable you to use your Shepherds Hut all year-round.

Professionally fitted by qualified electricians who take all the wiring to a consumer unit ready for you to connect to your electricity supply. Internal wiring will be fitted behind the internal lining. We can also supply your building with a heater.

A waterproof double external 13 amp socket

An 8 way consumer unit: the main switch takes 2 slots - 63 amp MCB - 16 amp and 6 amp blanks

LED Spotlights are inserted into the ceiling

A Thermostatic 2kva wall heater with a digital display (this is optional)

Base

All our buildings require a level, solid concrete base of the correct size.

The single most important part of installing a garden building is the base. Bases must be:

Level within a 6mm tolerance to ensure the longevity of your building
Of the correct size (please follow the base plan we send you)
Square i.e. have right angled corners

For more information and guidance on concrete base solutions, please read this article, To Concrete or not to Concrete.

Always get your garden building base laid by a professional, whether that is us, or a local builder you trust.

We constantly strive to ensure all our materials and techniques are the best that we can source and provide. We lead the market in producing exceptional quality timber buildings. Couple this with our personal and tailored service, and you will be completely delighted with your building.

Height - External height 3m (3.04m). Internal floor to ceiling height 2.05m at lowest point, 2.4m at highest point.

Construction - Ex 19mm x 125mm shiplap or weatherboard cladding, or vertical 12 x 150mm sawn cladding topped with 14 x 30mm sawn cladding, on ex 38 x 75 mm planed framework, all using high grade FSC® certified Scandinavian redwood. The walls are lined with a breathable paper membrane and insulated before being internally clad with ex 19mm vertical tongue and groove matchboarding with a choice of a painted or a natural finish.

Roof - Corrugated roof, option of plain galvanised or black plastisol on plywood & solid timber rafters, internally clad with ex 19 x 125mm tongue and groove matchboarding.

Doors - Single door as standard, with double doors as an option from 4.2m length and upwards. Joinery-made door 1938mm high x 762mm wide, or pair of joinery-made doors 1938mm high x 1380mm wide, glazed including double glazing with 4mm toughened safety glass, finished in a range of styles, fitted with a 5 lever mortise lock and polished brass, chrome or black iron fittings. Set on ex 75 x 75mm planed door frame.

Windows - 2 single sets of opening windows in the side, double sets of opening windows for the larger designs. 1 set of opening windows in the gable, this can be either 1 double set of opening windows, or 1 single opening window next to an offset gable door. All windows are double glazed and fitted with 4mm toughened safety glass, finished in a choice of styles and furnished with polished brass, chrome or black iron furniture using joinery-made frames.

Floor - ex 19 x 125mm tongue and groove floorboards on ex 32 x 144mm planed floor joists set at no less than 450mm centres. The floorboards are insulated underneath and are also treated with light brown preservative as standard and lacquer as an additional option. Engineered flooring in a range of finishes can also be chosen (please see the Options tab for more information).

Paint - Externally, you can choose between two paint systems: Exterior or Farrow & Ball. Both paint systems offer an opaque coverage and have long re-decoration cycles with a wide range of natural colours to choose from. For more information, please see the Paint Ranges section on the Options tab.

Wheels - Cast iron wheels in a traditional design, cast in a local foundry. Painted in a black finish.

Steps – Steps made of durable FSC® certified Red grandis timber. The steps come with height adjustable feet.

Our experienced and professional fitting team deliver and install all our buildings to anywhere on the UK mainland free of charge.

As our business is very much dependant on our reputation in providing an excellent product and service, our customer care is exceedingly important to us and you will find that we very much pride ourselves on this. From the design stage, right through to installation, providing the best possible service is our number one priority.

Crane Garden Buildings delivery vans, ready to deliver and install your bespoke timber building

Each building we make is designed and built to order, which means that we can make the building in such a way that it will fit through restricted access areas and be installed exactly where the building is required; however, if you have any concerns about the access to your garden, please contact us and we will be able to advise you.

Please also note that our installation team requires a flat, solid and level base to install your building on. If you have any questions about this at all, we will be more than happy to help if you call us on 01760 444229.