Pub wins Shed of the Year 2012

A garden shed converted into a working pub with over 500 real ales and 110 ciders has won the 2012 Shed of the Year award.

John Plumridge, from Shrewsbury in Shropshire, spent more than four years converting his shed into a local pub, which has been dubbed the Woodhenge Pub

“When I was told I’d won the competition, I was absolutely thrilled,” he said.

“Normally I’m a very chatty and jovial person but I did find myself lost for words and I must confess to having “shed” a tear. I’ve been working on “Woodhenge” for around four years now and have enjoyed every minute of it. I can’t even hazard a guess at the cost involved but it’s a great venue for our family and friends to party in and the good thing is we haven’t got too far to get home.”

The Shed of the Year judges were “Head Sheddie” and creator of the competition Uncle Wilco, property guru and shed fan Sarah Beeny, world famous author Neil Gaiman, author of Shedworking Alex Johnson, and 2011 winner Jon Earl.

Sarah Beeny, said: “Shed of the Year is a great inspiration and clearly encourages people to get creative with their sheds. I am really happy that a pub shed has won after I created my own Kings Head pub shed for Cuprinol, which is currently on display in Rufford Park in Nottingham. Hopefully others will be inspired to create their own sheddie haven too.”

People in London submitted the most shed entries (63) to the competition which is sponsored by Cuprinol followed by 42 sheddies in Kent then those in Lancashire and Essex with 35 shed entries each.

It was the Garden Office category which proved the most popular this year seeing more than 125 entries.

More images of the pub shed are on the following pages.

John Plumridge, from Shrewsbury in Shropshire, outside “Woodhenge.”

John Plumridge serving at his pub shed, which has Shed of the Year 2012