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A Portfolio
of a few owners
of our Shepherd's
Huts
Mr.
P. Stafford, Managing Director', Lost Gardens of Heligan, St.
Austell, Cornwall
“We are delighted with our Shepherd’s Hut, it has been a great
success with our visitors. It blends into it’s surroundings
beautifully and has become an ideal focal point for our visitors
to congregate, either to obtain information or just to relax
and take in the environment.
The great advantage
of the Shepherd’s Hut as an information point is its mobility;
it allows us to position it at various sites as the seasons
dictate where the points of interest are.”
 Mr.
& Mrs. M. Gloucestershire
"We absolutely love our hut. It has finally made it down
to the river bank. We now spend all our evenings sitting beside
it watching wildlife. It was great all winter where we placed
it when you delivered it - it stayed really warm as it was in
a sheltered spot under the wood."
Mrs.
A. Devon.
"The whole experience of owning a Shepherd's Hut has been
trouble free. The concept is brilliant, combining the traditional
with the new to a very high standard of workmanship and finish.
I look forward to many happy hours in my hut. I trust my art
will improve to warrant my indulgence!"
Mr.
& Mrs. J. Somerset.
"Just wanted to let you know how much we have enjoyed our
shepherd's hut. Furnished with an afghan rug, a wicker sofa,
some directors chairs and a small table, we have taken full
advantage of the recent good weather and had a number of barbeques
there. It is magical at night, lit by storm lanterns, with smoke
billowing from the chimney, and the dogs sleeping by the steps...."
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Ms. M from South of
France.
"I am writing to say how much I have enjoyed living in my roulette as
it
is called here. I am writing by candlelight, my cat is sprawled in front of
the stove, where a Spanish omlette is cooking on top. It is lovely here.....
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.... My
neighbours have complimented the standard of workmanship
- which
is quite a compliment
considering the amount of woodworking expertise around
here." |
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Ms. B. County Durham.
"I thought you would like to know just how invaluable our Shepherd's Hut has been. I work in it nearly every day and, since the evenings have got lighter, we have our pre-dinner gin and tonic inside it whilst listening to the blackbirds singing. The children have had a couple of sleepovers in it and I have even relented and let the dogs slumber near the fire. If we could all live in it we would. It has been both a haven and an inspiration......
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| In late 2005
we were commissioned by Fired Earth Interiors to construct
a "Fisherman's" Hut, to promote
their products in their 2006 colour brochure and website,
www.firedearth.co.uk. |
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"And
we have enjoyed a view, framed by the open doors, we have never
taken the time to appreciate before."
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SHEPHERDS HUT
The
shepherd hut propt by the double ash
Hugh in bulk and old in mossy age
Shadowing the dammed up brook where plash and plash
The little mills did younkers ears engage
Delightful hut rude as romances old
Where hugh old stones make each an easy chair
And brakes and ferns for luxurys manifold
And flint and steel the all want needeth there
-The light was struck and then the happy ring
Crouched round the blaze - O these were happy times
Some telling tales and others urged to sing
Themes of old things in rude yet feeling rhymes
That raised the laugh and stirred the stifled sigh
Till pity listened in each vacant eye
Those rude old tales - mans memory augurs ill
Thus to forget the fragments of old days
Those long old songs - their sweetness haunts me still
Nor did they perish for my lack of praise
But old disciples of the pasture sward
Rude chronicles of ancient minstrelsy
The shepherds vanished all and disregarded
Left their old music like a vagrant bee
For summers breeze to murmur oer and die
And in these ancient spots mind ear and eye
Turn listeners - till the very wind prolongs
The theme as wishing in its depths of joy
To recollect the music of old songs
And meet the hut that blessed me as a boy
John Clare
'The Northampton Peasant Poet'
Written at Helpston between 1824 and 1832
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"Just wanted to let you know how very much we are enjoying
our 'hideaway'
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