About
Three or four generations ago, as flocks of sheep grazed the land – especially on the lighter soils – shepherds' huts were commonplace. They were used as mobile shelters for the shepherds moving from sheepfold to pasture and were particularly important at lambing time. The huts were made throughout the country, with designs varying from area to area, and indeed from farm to farm. They were working huts, plain and serviceable; and as such all the more charming because of the simplicity of their construction.
Our huts are copies of the original shepherd's hut used on our family farm at Heydon until the 1960s (
see article on the original hut). Many huts, particularly in the West Country, had bow-top roofs with a curved top but our old hut – as with many in East Anglia - has a pitched roof, giving good internal headroom.
The new huts are fitted out to have a single bunk bench with a gated lamb pen beneath; but please note that all internal fittings can be designed to customers' own
specifications. The huts are moveable and therefore do not require planning permission.
