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Explore Timeless Craftsmanship in Our Gallery

Our gallery offers you insight into the typical needs and dreams of our customers, and an inspiring selection of wooden garden buildings as we’ve brought them to life. Each was made with authentic English craftsmanship and perfectly captures the natural beauty and unique character of our creations.

Whether you’re drawn to classic aesthetics or seeking a distinctive, eco-conscious design, we are here to offer images that inspire.

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Our Technical Specifications

Premium Timber Selection

Every structure is crafted from premium green oak and Douglas-fir, sourced for its durability and resilience. These timbers are specially chosen to withstand a range of climates, ensuring a long-lasting and naturally beautiful structure.

All of our high-quality timber comes from a responsibly managed site in France, where it’s cultivated to be tall, straight, and strong. This preserves structural integrity and maximises the amount of wood we can use in our work – thereby minimising waste. 

When the wood reaches our site, it will be checked and graded for its suitability by our trained and qualified timber graders. Any pieces which don’t meet our standards for producing wooden garden buildings will be recycled.

Precision Joinery and Cutting Techniques

Our buildings are assembled with quality joinery and tailored precision cutting techniques. This approach not only adds to the building’s structural integrity but ensures seamless integration of each piece, highlighting the artistry of traditional English woodworking.

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Wooden Frame Leisure Building

Eco-Friendly Insulation Options

For those seeking additional comfort, we can offer eco-friendly, insulated garden rooms that come with the insulation fitted as standard. This sustainable choice provides a functional, comfortable environment throughout the year, ideal for a range of uses from garden retreats to practical workspaces.

Enduring Strength and Sophistication

The combination of high-quality materials and precise engineering results in buildings that offer enduring strength and sophisticated style. Designed to last for generations, each building is a timeless investment in quality and beauty.

A Seamless Delivery or Convenient Pickup

We ensure a smooth and reliable delivery process, designed to bring your handcrafted wooden garden building directly to you with the same meticulous care as our construction.

Timely Shipping Within 6-8 Weeks

Once your order is signed off and the manufacturing complete, we carefully package and ship your building frames, aiming for a swift 6-8 week turnaround timeline. Our streamlined process keeps you informed and ensures your frames arrive promptly and in perfect condition.

Pick-Up Option Available

For those who prefer a hands-on approach, we offer the option to collect your building directly from our site in East Sussex. This choice allows for flexibility and the chance to experience our workshop setting firsthand.

Handled with Care from Workshop to Property

Each delivery is carefully managed to uphold our commitment to excellence. Our team oversees every step, ensuring that your building arrives in pristine condition, ready to be assembled and installed.

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Priming Your Frames for an Easy Assembly

Our installation process is designed to be as seamless as possible, combining traditional craftsmanship with modern precision to ensure a sturdy and beautiful structure.

Traditional Tongue and Groove Jointing Techniques

We use the classic tongue and groove jointing method, allowing each piece of your building to slot neatly and securely into place. This traditional technique ensures a solid, clean assembly in which the frames slot neatly together. This simplifies the installation process, enhancing both strength and aesthetic appeal.

Work with Recommended and Approved Contractors

For customers in need of professional assistance, we offer the option to work with trusted, approved contractors who are familiar with our methods and share our commitment to quality. These contractors have a proven track record with English Heritage Buildings, ensuring that your installation experience is smooth, efficient, and meets our high standards.

Bringing Your Garden Building to Life

  1. Initial Consultation and Design Brief: Begin with a personalised consultation to share your vision. Our experienced team collaborates closely with you, capturing your unique requirements and crafting a customised design that aligns with your personal taste and intended use.
  2. Design Finalisation and Order Confirmation: After refining and approving the design, you’ll pay a deposit to secure your order. Our transparent process clarifies all costs and quality commitments upfront, ensuring your investment aligns with the highest standards.
  3. Crafting and Construction: Within our Sussex workshop, your building is brought to life with tailored precision and artisan craftsmanship. Using enduring, premium materials, each piece is created to exemplify the highest quality in every detail.
  4. Delivery and Installation: Upon completion, your building is delivered and installed by expert contractors who ensure a seamless integration with your property, bringing timeless charm and lasting appeal to your space.

Roof Options

We have an extensive range of roofing material options for you to choose from, in order to ensure your wooden garden building looks exactly as you want it to:

  • Tile Roofing: Our tiles will come in Clay or Concrete materials, and come in Plain, Machine Made, Handmade, Interlocking, Peg, and Pantile designs.
  • Slates: Our Slate types come in Natural and Manmade. The latter is generally less expensive than the former, but may not last as long or produce the same aesthetic.
  • Stone: Natural stone slates will typically be laid in diminishing courses, with large slates at the bottom and the courses reducing in size as you move upward.
  • Shingles/Shakes: Wood shakes and shingles are manufactured from western red cedar, cypress, pine, and redwood trees. Shakes are split from logs and then reshaped and are usually thicker at the butt end than shingles. Shingles, meanwhile, are sawn and have an even taper and uniform thickness.

    Both shakes and shingles are available pressure-treated, but only western red cedar products are available with a fireproof pressurised treatment.
  • Thatch: This traditional roof material option sees reeds or straw set down in a thick layer, in order to help water run off the roof. The higher the pitch of the roof, the longer the lifespan should be because water will not penetrate the thatch as much.

    On average, a Water Reed thatch roof should last somewhere between 40 and 60 years, a Wheat Reed roof should last around 25 to 40 years, and a Long Straw thatch roof for about 20 to 35 years. A new ridge should be needed every 10 to 15 years.
  • Profiled Sheets: We offer many different types of profiled sheets, including Corrugated, Box Profile, GRP, Fibre Cement, and Tile Effect sheets.
  • Metal: Our metal garden building roofs come in Lead, Copper, and Zinc varieties.
  • Green: Also called a living roof, a biodiverse roof, or a Sedum roof, this is a roof which is designed to allow vegetative growth. There are three broad classifications of Green roofs, which are Extensive, Intensive, and Biodiverse.

Benefits of Choosing EHBP

  • WE ARE Q-MARK CERTIFIED
  • OUR TIMBER IS VISUALLY GRADED
  • WE DELIVER NATIONWIDE & JERSEY
  • WE HAVE OVER 30 YEARS EXERIENCE
  • WE OFFER FULLY BESPOKE DESIGN
  • WE USE SUSTAINABLY SOURCED TIMBER

Our Range of Wooden Garden Buildings

  • A 3 bay garden room extension where one bay is full height cavity brickwork. The front has full length glazed units with the centre two opening as doors. the side windows are sitting on low cavity walls. This building also has a glazed gable and 6 rooflights.

    A 3 bay garden room extension where one bay is full height cavity brickwork. The front has full length glazed units with the centre two opening as doors. the side windows are si…

    Length

    5m

    Depth

    5m

    Bays

    3
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  • This is a single bay garden room extension with glazing on two sides and a glazed gable. The other side is clad in featheredged weatherboard. The roof has softwood rafters with oak principles and is insulated as a cold roof.

    This is a single bay garden room extension with glazing on two sides and a glazed gable. The other side is clad in featheredged weatherboard. The roof has softwood rafters with …

    Length

    6.28m

    Depth

    3.4m

    Bays

    1
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  • This is a 2 bay garden room extension with full height french doors both sides and joinery on dwarf cavity brickwork elsewhere. The rafters are in oak with feature trusses and a warm roof construction.

    This is a 2 bay garden room extension with full height french doors both sides and joinery on dwarf cavity brickwork elsewhere. The rafters are in oak with feature trusses and a…

    Length

    5.25m

    Depth

    3.65m

    Bays

    2
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  • This building comprises of a square garden room fully glazed on all sides and a long open covered area on the right hand side.The garden room has a double hipped roof which is finished off with a leaded finial.

    This building comprises of a square garden room fully glazed on all sides and a long open covered area on the right hand side.The garden room has a double hipped roof which is f…

    Length

    10m

    Depth

    4m

    Bays

    4
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  • This oak frame is used as a small summerhouse/garden room. The fully glazed unit on the front is set back so there is a small veranda. Part of the side walls are glazed and the rest along with the rear are clad in weatherboard.. At the rear is a small enclosed logstore accessed via a small door at the end.

    This oak frame is used as a small summerhouse/garden room. The fully glazed unit on the front is set back so there is a small veranda. Part of the side walls are glazed and the …

    Length

    6.22m

    Depth

    4m

    Bays

    2
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  • This oak framed building is a two bay garden room/home office. It is a full span with hipped ends and is fully glazed on one side with opening glazed units. There is also a solid single door at the rear.

    This oak framed building is a two bay garden room/home office. It is a full span with hipped ends and is fully glazed on one side with opening glazed units. There is also a soli…

    Length

    6.4m

    Depth

    4.6m

    Bays

    2
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  • This is a small oak framed garden room extension to an existing property. The oak frame sits into a corner and there is a pair of fully glazed french doors and the rest of the windows sit on a dwarf cavity brick plinth. The roof is hipped with a connection onto the existing building and trimming for two rooflights.

    This is a small oak framed garden room extension to an existing property. The oak frame sits into a corner and there is a pair of fully glazed french doors and the rest of the w…

    Length

    4.08m

    Depth

    2.6m

    Bays

    1
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  • This oak framed garden room extension has a shallow pitched roof to avoid a first floor window. There is full bay glazing all around except one panel of weatherboard.

    This oak framed garden room extension has a shallow pitched roof to avoid a first floor window. There is full bay glazing all around except one panel of weatherboard.

    Length

    4m

    Depth

    5m

    Bays

    2
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  • This oak framed home leisure building is formed of three bays and has full length glazing in the centre where two panes open as doors. The other two bays at have full width windows sitting on a low weatherboarded wall. Also at the rear is an enclosed store covering one bay width which is used as a toilet.

    This oak framed home leisure building is formed of three bays and has full length glazing in the centre where two panes open as doors. The other two bays at have full width wind…

    Length

    8.36m

    Depth

    7.2m

    Bays

    3
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  • This oak framed home extension has one weatherboarded side and two sides with full length windows. The end of the frame is designed to be attached to an existing building.

    This oak framed home extension has one weatherboarded side and two sides with full length windows. The end of the frame is designed to be attached to an existing building.

    Length

    5.48m

    Depth

    3.97m

    Bays

    2
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  • This oak framed garden room has two walls with full length windows and one with half weatherboard. This frame is designed to be attached to an existing building at the right hand end.

    This oak framed garden room has two walls with full length windows and one with half weatherboard. This frame is designed to be attached to an existing building at the right han…

    Length

    5m

    Depth

    4.55m

    Bays

    2
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Planning Permission for Wooden Garden Buildings

Most small wooden garden buildings will not need planning permission. But there are a number of stipulations to this, and there are guidelines that you will have to follow if you would like to ensure you can build yours without permission. We would always recommend checking with your local planning authority before you begin, especially if your design is on the large side and could run the risk of needing to be signed off.
To find out more, and to see how we can help you with planning permission, please see our advice page.

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How Much Will a Wooden Garden Building Cost?

The wooden garden buildings we provide will normally cost somewhere between £5,000 and £30,000, though the exact figure will depend on the size and the complexity of the structure. Every oak and timber frame design is made to the exact specifications of the purchaser, with price tags corresponding to the elements included. Altogether, this means that exact prices can only be calculated on an individual basis.

Our Q-Mark Certification

All of our wooden garden buildings are Q-Mark certified, meaning you will always be guaranteed a product that has been made to industry standard. We also uses processes that are regularly overseen by BM TRADA, one of the strictest and most highly-respected certification panels in the UK. 

The traditional green oak and Douglas-fir timber we use in our construction is all sustainably grown and cultivated on a specially designated site in France. These are all grown to be as tall, strong, and straight as possible, and only the finest and strongest of these will ever be used in our work. For every one that is used, three more saplings will also be planted in its place.

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Start Building Today

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If you are in need of a new outdoor room that can be modified and utilised to suit any need, you will find exactly what you need with our service. Whether you only have an idea of what you would like and need help deciding on the structure itself, or even if you know exactly what you want in a bespoke room and need assistance from experts in crafting the design, we can help. 

We’ll also be happy to answer any questions you may have before we begin helping you to place your order. Get in touch with us to start discussing your specifications for your perfect timber or oak framed garden building today, so we can start work on it as soon as possible.

FAQs

Is maintenance required?

Our frames are designed to be low-maintenance, requiring only basic upkeep such as cleaning gutters and washing windows as needed.

Are these buildings suitable for year-round use?

Yes, if they are fully insulated. All wooden garden buildings made for use as garden rooms come fully insulated as standard, making them practical and comfortable throughout the seasons.

Why Choose English Heritage Buildings?

We are oak frame specialists, with nearly 40 years of experience producing high-quality oak buildings, and this expertise is demonstrated through both our industry accreditations and our awards.

Q-Mark Certified

English Heritage Buildings holds a BM Trada Q-Mark for our oak framed buildings, the only UK company to do so. This showcases the unbeatable quality of our products.

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Business Award Winners

We were proud to recently receive the South East Best Rural Manufacturing Business Award.