the story so far...

Pumphrey & Weston was founded by lifelong friends Mike and Byron, who combined their backgrounds in engineering, computer aided design and woodworking to build their first shepherd’s hut in Byron’s garden at Primrose Cottage back in 2014. What began as a winter project quickly grew into something more—spurred on by how much they enjoyed the process and the enthusiastic response from others.

From that first hut, they moved into an off-grid barn at Mike’s parents’ place to continue building, before expanding into larger premises at Tregustick Farm in 2017, where the business is now based.

Today, Pumphrey & Weston produces just 18 handcrafted huts a year, with a strong focus on quality over quantity. Mike and Byron remain closely involved in every step of each build, taking great pride in ensuring every hut meets the highest standards of craftsmanship and design

The Pumphrey and Weston Philosophy

 Our goal is to produce extremely high quality, affordable shepherd’s huts using locally sourced materials.  We are adamant on keeping the design, materials and proportions of our Shepherd's huts as close to that of the traditional huts of the 18th and 19th century whilst keeping them practical for our customers varied uses. 

WE STRIVE TO BE ECO-FRIENDLY:

• We use Sustainable Timber- All our Planed and tanalised timber has a PEFC chain of custody certification, so that we can ensure it can be traced back to certified forests.

• We have set up a cycle to work scheme for our employees. Byron cheats by using an electric bike though!

• Through Ecologi we plant 24 trees every month to reduce our carbon footprint. We are now classed as a Climate Positive Workforce.

• We provide Eco-friendly insulation (Earthwool made from recycled bottles or Therma-Fleece sheep's wool insulation).

• We use paint with Low VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds).

• We recycle our recyclable waste.

• Promote the use of off-grid builds, with solar panels and compost toilets.

• Nearly all our Products come from local suppliers in and around the South West, which is great for the local economy and also a reduced ecological footprint due to fewer greenhouse gases being burnt in the transportation of the goods.

• We have gone paperless – Quotes, invoices etc all via email. Our ever advancing products meant keeping our brochures up to date was very hard, and wasted a lot of paper, so almost everything you need to know is on the website, and for what’s not, just ask.

pop in to the workshop

We are based near Withiel in North Cornwall in a workshop converted from a barn. We would welcome any one to pop in and have a chat about Shepherd's huts and what we do. We love to talk about shepherds huts and would be more than happy to chat about how we can work with you to create your dream hut.

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