Creativity in garden design goes beyond your choice of layout and planting. The colours and textures of nature can be complemented by a striking feature that enables you to better connect with the outdoor world you have created for your home. Talk to us about your ideas for a bespoke, custom-made and built summer house.
“The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden.” (Stephen Gardiner). Your garden is a panorama to be viewed from inside your house, and simultaneously provides a fresh perspective on your home. The addition of a luxurious bespoke summer house ties the home and garden together harmoniously, enabling you to enjoy both more fully. Scotts is one of the few manufacturers that is happy to create a summer house that precisely meets your needs. You may require a custom-built structure that is custom-made for a special place within your grounds; or your design might be dictated by the location within your garden, or the use you have in mind for your dream garden retreat.
Flexibility is the keynote of our summer houses whichever size or shape you choose to complement the layout of your outside space. Whether you dream of enhancing a quiet corner or creating a grand showpiece, we can deliver a stylish garden buildings to meet any brief.
Our design team can custom-build a bespoke summer house in any corner of your garden, making ergonomic use of space in a smaller plot, or creating a discreet hideaway out of view of your property. Add a feature such as a woodburning stove and create a cosy retreat you can access all year round. Perhaps you have in mind a unique paint finish or colour combination to create a stunning impact.
Our eight-sided summer houses are highly decorative and can easily be adapted for whatever purpose you envisage. We can create a structure that is spacious enough for use as a distinctive pool house, comfortable garden pavilion or spacious hobby room. Perhaps you would like to customise your bespoke summer house to create a quiet home office, or a place to become fully absorbed in your hobbies from arts and crafts to yoga. You might be dreaming of a home gym within a truly inspirational setting.
Scotts are also specialists in commercial garden buildings and have years of experience designing bespoke summer houses for hotels, leisure clubs and restaurants. A distinctive timber building not only adds a classic and stylish feature, but can provide additional useable space, enhanced by your brand colours and logo as required. We are proud of the unique and custom-built structures and garden buildings we have carefully crafted from pavilions, shelters, and ticket booths to afternoon-tea themed summer houses for exclusive hotels.
Our design team can custom-build a bespoke summer house in any corner of your garden, making ergonomic use of space in a smaller plot, or creating a discreet hideaway out of view of your property. Add a feature such as a woodburning stove and create a cosy retreat you can access all year round. Perhaps you have in mind a unique paint finish or colour combination to create a stunning impact.
Our eight-sided summer houses are highly decorative and can easily be adapted for whatever purpose you envisage. We can create a structure that is spacious enough for use as a distinctive pool house, comfortable garden pavilion or spacious hobby room. Perhaps you would like to customise your bespoke summer house to create a quiet home office, or a place to become fully absorbed in your hobbies from arts and crafts to yoga. You might be dreaming of a home gym within a truly inspirational setting.
Scotts are also specialists in commercial garden buildings and have years of experience designing bespoke summer houses for hotels, leisure clubs and restaurants. A distinctive timber building not only adds a classic and stylish feature, but can provide additional useable space, enhanced by your brand colours and logo as required. We are proud of the unique and custom-built structures and garden buildings we have carefully crafted from pavilions, shelters, and ticket booths to afternoon-tea themed summer houses for exclusive hotels.
Compact and elegant, a small summer house delivers a striking feature to your garden
Spacious and expansive, our large summer houses offer the ultimate garden showcase
Neat and space-saving, a corner summer house maximises every inch of your garden
Classic and stylish, an octagonal summer house makes a statement in any garden
A beautiful light-filled space to spread out, perfect for entertaining
Change the perspective on your garden with a rotating base that you can revolve
Bring your personal vision to life by creating the summer house of your dreams
Purchase summer houses that have been built for demonstration purposes.
We have six stunning Timber summer house designs for you to choose from, ranging from our smaller gazebo styles with optional rotating bases, through to more luxurious and spacious garden escapes, all fully customised and custom made to suit your tastes.
Traditional, classic styling and an exclusive shutter system offers the perfect retreat from the pressures of modern life. The Balmoral Summerhouse comes with an optional rotating base, hidden by timber skirting upon installation.
from £5,800
The Baltimore is an extremely popular octagonal summerhouse that suits most gardens and comes, as standard, with a glass-fibre roof. An optional rotating base gives you the freedom to move and turn your summerhouse as you please.
from £8,770
The Burghley is our larger octagonal summerhouse perfect for alfresco dining, a studio or playroom, or to simply entertain family and friends. Why not add some additional freestanding seating with your choice of various upholstery?
from £9,670
Capture the magic of the garden, custom designed in two convenient sizes allowing it to neatly fit into a corner site in your garden. Built with sustainably sourced Timber and supplied with an luxurious, industrial quality paint finish.
from £9,470
The ultimate garden sanctuary designed to create that “forever” garden space where memories are created and stories are shared.
from £10,600
Did you know that as the owner of a Scotts luxury summerhouse, you can claim rewards for yourself and your friends or family? You could earn as much as £500, subject to terms and conditions.
When you decide to create your own bespoke summer house, the only limit is your imagination. Tell us how you dream of enjoying your summer house and allow our talented and professional team to bring your vision to life. Find out more below on all aspects of planning your summer house project and explore the options for features, fixtures, and fittings.
Luxurious fixtures and fittings
Complete your summer house with the perfect features and finishing touches
Sustainably sourced hardwood
Hand-crafted joinery and woodcraft built with skill and attention to detail
From Scotts to your Garden
We will help you to plan and prepare for the arrival of your summer house
Rewards for valued customers
Refer a friend and you can receive a treat of up to £500 and pass on a discount!
Engage the Scotts team with your brief for a custom-built summer house and we will work together to bring your vision to life. Whether you are looking for a recreational retreat in your garden at home, or a practical extension to your living space, we will fulfil your requirements with pleasure.
A summer house is an outdoor structure designed to enhance your garden space. Typically designed in timber, a summer house is flexible to provide a cool, shaded place to retreat from the summer heat, or a cosy hideaway for cooler spring and autumn days. Ideal for use as a craft room, yoga studio or gym, or even as outdoor bar, a bespoke summer house provides a unique and beautiful space for an idyllic garden upgrade. You can also add supplementary security and aesthetic features. Choose a glass fibre effect or cedar shingle roof, additional windows, or glazed doors to create a light-filled space.
Scotts’ bespoke summer houses can be designed and built in a range of shapes and sizes whether you want to make a splash with a sophisticated corner summer house or stretch out in a luxurious custom-built garden room. Enhance your lifestyle and boost your wellbeing with a hobby room, yoga studio or home office.
Whatever the season, our luxury summer houses can be enjoyed comfortably all year round enabling you to spend more time relaxing in your own, personal garden paradise. All Scotts summer houses are built with craftsmanship using sustainably sourced hardwood which means that they are exceptionally durable and hardwearing. Review some summer house designs here for inspiration on colours, shapes, and sizes.
In recent years, the way we use summer houses has consistently changed and evolved. Your summer house represents an extension to your home and can be used for whatever you desire. Depending on the size and location of your summer house, it could be a wonderful place for indulging in your favourite hobbies such as painting, crafting, or keeping fit. Custom it anyway and it could become your favourite entertaining space or a place to work quietly undisturbed. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination.
We offer free-standing seating consisting of self-contained storage boxes upholstered in beautiful fabrics. Alternatively, you can simply arrange your own furniture to create a capacious summer house that perfectly suits your taste.
Allow Scotts to help to design the ideal space to bring your vision to life. If you would like some inspiration, take a look at what some of our satisfied customers say. Contact us to start planning your custom, bespoke summer house project, personalised and built just the way that you want it.
Summer houses and garden buildings are regarded as ‘permitted development’ so they do not usually require planning permission, however some criteria apply. Although we cannot provide definitive advice on whether planning permission is required in each individual circumstance, we hope that these guidelines* will assist you.
*The guidelines are intended to give an overview of regulations which may be subject to changes in legislation. We recommend that you contact your local planning authority for specific advice.
Summer houses and garden buildings of all sizes require a firm base constructed on a level surface to promote their stability and longevity. You will need to obtain the base plan for your choice of summer house from Scotts before it is constructed to ensure that the size and dimensions are appropriate.
Alternatively, Scotts offer an innovative and convenient ground screw base that will provide the perfect support your summer house on an uneven surface. Find out more about our ground screw base here.
Your custom-made summer house can be installed anywhere in your garden. Below we look at some of the factors you should consider before making your decision. Think about whether you would like your summer house to be:
The external cladding, wall framing, roof, doors, and windows are manufactured from stable, durable, and dense Red Grandis, a premium quality, sustainably sourced hardwood timber derived from well-managed forests.
The floor is manufactured from high quality PEFC® certified European Redwood which is vacuum pressure impregnated with Osmose Naturewood. All timber is carefully selected to deliver a maximum lifespan.
Our luxury summer house range can be customed with a variety of optional accessories as required. You can custom-design and personalise your summer house with a range of:
In addition, you can select from a number of innovative features including:
Alternatively, simply ask us about any specific feature that you like to include, and we will create a design to accommodate your vision.
For guidelines and advice on maintaining your building throughout its lifespan, take a look at the Scotts summer house maintenance manual we provide at the time of sale. If you require a replacement copy, please email a request to gazebos@scottsofthrapston.co.uk
To assist your decision-making, why not visit our stunning summer house show site at Thrapston which is open from Monday to Friday (9am to 5pm, excluding Bank Holidays)? We organise several open days at the show site throughout the year. In addition, our summer houses can be seen on display all year round at selected garden centres across the country. Find out where you can view a Scotts summer house here.
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