Manufactured in the UK, Shire's summerhouses are renowned for their quality.

The Shire Chatsworth is a well specified summerhouse with two oversized opening windows, a glazed matching door and an apex roof.

Savour the privacy of your garden with this well defined summerhouse. Great as a garden retreat.

All timber is from sustainable sources, so that you can feel good about buying a Shire shed. 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.

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: all Shire buildings are supplied pre-treated on both sides in a honey brown water based industrial product.

Windows: are properly morticed and tenoned. They are opening, profiled, and weather resistant. The window has a unique profiled 'lip' that covers the aperture of the opening in the panel making it weather resistant. Casement stays have 2 levels of opening. The glazing is 3mm horicultural glass. All glazing is retained by profiled beading which is pre-mitred (no awkward corners to be cut).

Window Profile

Doors: Joinery Doors with 3/4 length glass glazed doors.

Portabase Its green alternative to concrete and can be purchased as an optional extra. The Portabase is pressure treated so will last longer. Comes with galvanised support spikes/brackets. The idea of the portabase is to raise your shed off the ground to protect it against damp. The Shire portabase should be sited on a firm level ground. Easy to assemble.

Paint / Wood Treatment:

If you would rather see your wooden building in a different colour, you should look at our Optional Protek Timber Care range of wood treatments. Protek offer a wide range of great looking colours, more than just your different shades of brown, for example, Poppy, Silver Fir and Cranberry Crush, with many others to choose from. Have one colour, or a range of of colours, have something natural looking, or something bright & wild, with a great selection to choose from, you can be sure to reach your desired effect.
For more information or to order some of the Protek range of wood treatments click here or the image below to open in a new window.

Please note: all measurements are approximate and Shire's summerhouses are made from metric measurements.