Oak Framed Gazebos in Shropshire

Mostly for eating outside. A gazebo over the patio gives you a dry, shaded place for a table that is still part of the garden. They also work well over a hot tub, as a covered seating area at the far end of a lawn, or as the roof over an outdoor kitchen.

Because the sides are open you keep the view and the air. If the spot is exposed, one or two sides can be part filled in to break the wind, and lighting or heaters can be fixed to the frame.

The roof is built like any other pitched roof: oak rafters, battens, then tile or slate. One of our recent gazebos is roofed in slate, another in tile. We normally pick up whatever is on the house so the new building looks like it belongs there.

The oak underneath stays on show. Looking up into the rafters of a hipped oak roof is a large part of why people choose one.

Usually not, if it is in the back garden of a house. In England a garden building is normally permitted development when it is single storey, sits behind the front of the house, is no higher than 4 metres to the ridge of a dual pitched roof (or 2.5 metres overall when it is within 2 metres of a boundary) and, with other outbuildings, covers no more than half the garden. Listed buildings and conservation areas are treated differently, so we check with you first.

Each post needs a firm footing. On an existing patio that often means a concrete pad under each post with a stone or staddle base to keep the foot of the oak dry. If you are laying a new patio at the same time, it is worth planning the two together, and we are happy to talk to your landscaper.