Manufactured in the UK, Shire's summerhouses are renowned for their quality and probably make the best value for money summerhouses in the UK today. The Shire Arbour is elegant, open and perfect for those long summer nights and comes pressure treated for long life. A garden hide-away that creates its own romance.

Its hexagonal shape and decorative railings make this building a real break from the norm. Shire buildings are made from a high grade ship-lap tongue and groove construction. This is distinguished from fast grown type timber used on cheaper sheds from other manufactures. Tongue and groove construction means the building is better sealed from the elements. The timber used is a continental slow grown timber. Slower grown timber means tighter grain, extra strength and longer life.

PLEASE NOTE DELIVERIES TO SCOTLAND MAY TAKE LONGER THAN THE AVERAGE TIME SPECIFIED

 Frame: A robust Planed 35x35mm (1 1/2" x 1 1/2") framework (walls and floor) that gives the building strength.

Floor: manufactured from high quality 12mm planed tongue and groove matching pattern boarding.

Roof: manufactured from high quality 12mm planed tongue and groove matching pattern boarding.

Walls: are constructed using high quality 12mm thick softwood planed tongue and groove shiplap pattern boarding. All timber is from sustainable sources, so that you can feel good about buying a Shire summerhouse.

Treatment: The Arbour's timbers are pressure treated (see picture below). In this treatment a preservative is forced into the timber under high pressure, providing effective long term (no future treatment will ever be needed) protection against rot and fungus. Pressure treatment is almost colourless except for a light green tint caused by the copper content in the preservative.

Photograph of pressure treatment on a Shire summerhouse