The White Hut Company

Inspired by the traditional Victorian shepherd’s hut, the White Hut Company offers handcrafted, high quality, custom-built huts for contemporary lifestyles as Lisa de Silva discovered

These beautifully designed huts remain faithful to the heritage of their historic origins, while the interiors exhibit all the style and comfort of a boutique hotel. Whether you’re looking for a selfcontained annex, garden room, office space or glamping accommodation, these huts provide a stylish solution.

Established by Ashley White in 2019, the White Hut Company has gone from strength to strength. “I’m a carpenter and joiner by trade and when I made my first hut, I never dreamed it would end up being a business,” explained Ashley. “But I put a photograph of it on Facebook and suddenly I had two orders. I’ve now got a workshop in Cooksbridge, five members of staff and our huts are delivered throughout the country.”

With an emphasis on sustainable, durable and resilient materials, the huts are built to last for generations. All are built on an oak chassis with metal wheels, so they can be moved over grassland. The plastic-coated steel exterior is weatherproof, while the timber panelled interior is fully insulated to retain the

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warmth. The huts can be made to various sizes, with the largest measuring a very spacious, 2m by 5m.

Depending on the planned usage, clients can choose the interior specifications which include underfloor heating, wood burning stoves,

The huts are built to last for generations

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kitchens with butler sinks, king-size beds, dining areas, ensuite shower rooms, solar roof panels, French doors and Farrow & Ball colour schemes. The workmanship is meticulous and the attention to detail is exquisite, particularly in the choice of door and window furniture, lighting and power sockets.

“It was my father-in-law who first suggested I try making a shepherd’s hut,

but interestingly, we made one recently which was actually going to be used as a shepherd’s hut during the lambing season,” Ashley told me. While historically these mobile huts were used for shelter and warmth for shepherds tending their flock during lambing, today these adaptable structures have many uses including as a peaceful hideaway in which to work or write, as a spare room for visiting guests, as holiday lets, fishing huts or a cool place for a family to hang out. One happy client is Alciston Court Farm who have two White Hut Company huts dotted across their land amid the stunning East Sussex landscape. The huts are beautifully designed with wood burning stoves, king-size beds, butler sinks and ensuite shower rooms and are available for holiday rentals on Airbnb. but I wanted to maintain Meet Ashley at the South the historic integrity, so I of England Show from 11th spent a long time researching June and see for yourself. l and practising the traditional methods of construction. Most The White Hut Company of the ones we’ve 07914 665581 made are being www.thewhitehutcompany.co.uk used for glamping info@thewhitehutcompany.co.uk or garden offices

SPOTLIGHT EVENTS

Sat 26 June to Sun 4 July

Etchingham Music Festival

High Beeches Woodland and Water Garden Shakespeare at Half House Farm near Hastings

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Saturday 26th June to Sunday 4th July Etchingham Music Festival at Etchingham Church features vintage jazz with the Dime Notes, the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Romon Kosyakov (winner of Hastings International Piano Competition 2018) playing works by Mozart and Dvorak, Piano Duets by Emma Abbate and Julian Perkins, the Benyounes String Quartet playing Beethoven’s Serioso opus 95, Haydn’s opus 77 no 2 and Debussy’s opus 10, piano and wind music by Florian Mitrea and the Atea Wind Quintet. Tickets are £18 and £15 concessions by calling 01580 819384 or online: www.wegottickets.com or www.etchinghammusicfestival.co.uk for up to date information. By post to PO Box100, Etchingham, TN19 7US with a SAE and cheque.

Open daily until 31 Oct

Open daily until 31st October, 1pm to 5pm A glorious woodland and water garden of the Sussex Weald, High Beeches has been sensitively planted with many rare trees and shrubs to create a unique place of great beauty and tranquility. In June the ancient wildflower meadow is in full flower, primulas line the streams and the later flowering azaleas light up the glades. A perfect place to spend some time to reflect and connect with nature. High Beeches is one of the finalists for the Historic Houses/ Christies Garden of the Year Award. www.highbeeches.com 01444 400589 High Beeches Lane, Handcross RH17 6HQ

Special Rose Week

From Tuesday 8th June every day up to and including Wednesday 16th June, 10am to 5pm (last entry at 4pm) Come mid-June the roses are glorious at Pashley. Gorgeous pinks spilling out of their box hedged borders in the Rose Garden; red hued shrub roses are complemented by rich red climbing roses on the eighteenth century walls in the Herbaceous Borders; even the front of the house is covered in the creamy apricot flowers of Rosa Gloire de Dijon. Pre-booking tickets for the event is essential this year – tickets go on sale 14 days beforehand at www.pashleymanorgardens.com

Tue 8 June to Wed 16 June

There will also be rose talks scheduled through the week; rose themed gifts from the Shop – even the café menu features rose inspired dishes! Call: 01580 200888 Online at www.pashleymanorgardens.com

After almost two years, the Bowler Crab Theatre Company return to the C16th Half House Farm with a socially distanced one man show performed in the open air. In an effort to answer why BC perform only Shakespeare, Artistic Director Stephen John presents his answers to socially distanced circles whilst performing twenty famous Shakespearean speeches from his eight years of running his theatre company. Tragedy and comedy lace this charismatic and personal performance as Stephen fights, feasts, frights, fakes and falls about laughing in every effort to share his passion for Shakespeare and answer the ultimate question: “Why Will?”. Performing 25th 26th 27th June, 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 8th 9th 10th 11th 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 29th 30th 31st July, and 1st 5th 6th 7th August at Half House Farm, Butchers Lane, Three Oaks, near Hastings, TN35 4NE. Tickets and more info at: www.bowler-crab.com or call: 07801893115

Various dates over summer

Thur 20 May to Sun 11 July

20th May to 11th July 2021 An exhibition of colourful collages, created from numerous pieces of used scratch cards and other recycled materials, by talented, young environmental artist, James Owen Thomas (J.O.T.) J.O.T. highlights the damaging effects of single-use products on the environment; turning the waste discarded by others into his medium for artistic expression. “I’ve been told that my work and its message are ‘truly inspiring and thought provoking.’ www.jamesowenthomas.com Farleys Gallery, Muddles Green, Chiddingly, BN8 6HW Gallery open: Sundays & Thursdays, 10am to 4.30pm Pre-book online: www.farleyshouseandgallery.co.uk For queries contact: info@leemiller.co.uk

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