We're small, independent
& focus on a personal service
Where You'll Find Us
We are based on the border between Worcestershire and Warwickshire and manufacture the shepherd huts on site.
View Our Huts
Enjoy viewing the huts in a relaxed and calm atmosphere with a cup of tea and a biscuit! We do all of our viewings by appointment only.
Family Run Business
We are a family-run business and have combined our skills to build and manufacture your dream hut since 2011.
Been there, done that,
Got the teapot
Over 30 years of experience in the manufacture of all bespoke steel framed buildings, including industrial units, warehousing, supermarkets, garden centres, sports halls and various other structures.
We also manufacture all types of agricultural buildings, such as grain stores, hay barns, equestrian facilities, beef and other livestock units.
Meet The Team
Meet Dave
Dave has been working for himself since he left school at 16. He always worked on farms, doing small jobs to earn money when he was at school. He was born in Ross-on-Wye and moved around the country with his parents to various farms, spending a lot of his childhood in Newton Ferrers, Devon, where he still loves to spend time.
He started a fencing company at 17 and worked hard with various companies to learn a trade, progressing to industrial and farm buildings. He started his company, Phillips Steel Construction, and built up a good reputation over the 30 years, surviving the two recessions. The company is still doing well and Dave still has to divide his time between the two companies. There is still a high demand with orders from existing customers and new.
He loves nothing better than messing around with machinery, tractors and Land Rovers. We often say he should be on a new series of 'Scrapheap Challenge' as he loves to discover new ways of making something. Often, the best ideas coming from a soak in the bath! Sit him down for a day in front of the TV, or just relaxing doing nothing, and he tends to go a bit stir crazy!
Meet Jeannie
Jeannie left school at 16 and went straight into a full time job in retail and progressed during the years to various office jobs in sales and accounts.
Jeannie loves her holidays, cooking for friends and family, baking and gardening; she even had a dream job experience of working with Chris Beardshaw at Chelsea Flower Show building a show garden, taking two weeks off her full time job to do so.
The hut interiors are the most enjoyable part for Jeannie, with the show huts really showing how she enjoys working with colour schemes and themes for the rooms. She also likes working with the customer and helping them with their colour schemes and ideas for their very personal huts.
Meet Kate
Another family member, Kate, was eager to get involved and enjoyed being hands-on with many aspects of the business. From a young age, she helped at exhibitions, learning along the way by watching Dave and Jeannie.
Always ready to throw herself into any task, Kate has gained years of experience at Riverside and discovered her true passion in designing the huts.
She also loves travelling the world with her dad to deliver the finished products to their new homes.
Meet Andrew
Andrew joined us in early 2016 and quickly adapted to the pace of hut construction, showcasing the skills he had honed while working for a well-known boat manufacturer. With a real talent for turning a simple piece of wood into something extraordinary, Andrew has a knack for adding those special touches that make our handcrafted shepherds huts truly unique.
Meet Laurence
Not long after Andrew joined our team, his brother Laurence came on board as well. We were thrilled to welcome a member of Andy’s family—and even more so when we discovered he brought with him years of woodworking experience. Having previously worked with oak frames and creating bespoke designs, Laurence has carried those skills into our workshop, crafting some truly remarkable pieces that now feature inside our huts.
Now meet the huts!