The Hoppers Hut

The Hoppers Hut is inspired by the simple accommodation farmers provided for families of seasonal workers from East London, coming to pick the Hop Harvest, from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries.  We have an old Oast House at Bore Place, so it's likely we had Hoppers Huts here. Just finished, it's simple, yet comfortable and of this place. Handmade by our own crafts people David & John, fully insulated and clad in planks of locally grown and cut waney edge larch.

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Inside is a Kingsize double bed and a bench with a sink, for preparing and eating food.  Outside there's a fire pit with chairs around it.  There's a compost toilet behind and the shared flush toilets and showers at the farm about 300m away.  In the summer months you can use the outdoor shower too.

 

Solar panels on the roof enable us to have 230v and USB sockets, as well as powering a single hob induction cooker.  You'll probably want to do most of your cooking on the firepit outside.  You can buy wood here for £10 per crate.

 

To keep the cost affordable, the Hoppers Hut, like it's forebears, is self-service.  Please bring a Kingsize double undersheet, duvet cover and  pillow cases.  Unlike the original Hoppers Hut, pillows and a duvet are provided.  If you forget, don't worry you can rent a set when you arrive.  

 

At the end of your stay, please wipe the bench sweep the floor, empty the bins, and generally make it ready for the next guests.     If any of this isn't done, we charge a flat £50 fee we either use to pay for last minute cleaning, or pass onto the next guests, if they had to do it when they arrived.   This means we can allow much more flexibility in the length of stays, and often later checkouts, and earlier check-ins.  

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As it’s such beautiful place people are keen to get married in the main farmhouse about 300m away, here's the upcoming wedding dates.