Steel-Framed Portal Building
Bespoke steel fabrication made on a custom basis for any size structure, including complete frames. Designed, fabricated, and erected from the workshop floor.
Industrial / FrameSteel, Precisely★ Made / in Somerset.
Worsdale Fabrication Ltd works with a large variety of main contractors and private clients providing an efficient, high-quality fabrication service. Agricultural, industrial and domestic — drawn, welded and finished from a workshop on the Somerset Levels.
"Do it once and do it right. Worsdale Fabrication Ltd use high quality materials and we are proud of this fact — check the specification of our products against others and you will find ours to be of peerless quality."
— Statement of intent / R.W., Founder
01 Agricultural/
02 Industrial/
03 Domestic/
04 Builders Beams/
05 Bolts & Fixings/
06 Stainless & Bespoke
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Dossier — The Workshop & Its Method
Established January 2011
A small craft business, run with the rigour of an engineer.
Founded in January 2011 by Richard Worsdale, Worsdale Fabrication grew out of a career spent with Case, New Holland, Krone and Amazone — and years working for CNH across Russia and the CIS regions. Connections to the Somerset farming community shaped the early years; the workshop served the agricultural industry first, then expanded into a diversified fabrication enterprise.
Today the workshop is staffed by multiple welders and fabricators alongside an in-house design manager. Projects run from a single repaired beam to complete steel-framed portal buildings — each made to a single, plain standard.
Our customers return to use our services time and time again. We enjoy a number of referral customers — testament to our consistently high standard of service.
Suppliers on file: Parker Steel, Parker Tools, AJN Steelstock. Community: sponsors of Somerton RFC.
Fig. 01 — Workshop, Somerton Door Farm
Plate / 4:3
15
Years / since 2011
03
Sectors served
09+
Project types
D+3
Beams turnaround
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Services — Five Disciplines
Catalogue / 2026
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Agricultural
Manufacture · Repair · Modify
Farmers constantly need to repair and modify machinery and equipment to suit their specific needs. The ability to alter buildings, gates and animal pens is a massive benefit to the agricultural industry — and our deepest area of practice. Featured: automated trough covers for a calving shed, operated remotely from the tractor cab.
- Buildings
- Gates & pens
- Sheeted gates
- Backing gates
- Walkways
- Plant repair
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Industrial
Contractor · Site · Structural
Worsdale Fabrication Ltd is able to undertake industrial projects of all sizes — there is no job too big or too small. We partner with main contractors for high-quality solutions across various applications. We also specialise in fabricating walkways, platforms, staircases, mezzanines and fire escapes for buildings of every kind.
- Complete buildings
- Extensions
- Walkways · gantries
- Mezzanines
- Security gates
- Guardrails · barriers
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Domestic
Bespoke · Decorative · Structural
We undertake domestic fabrication projects of every kind — steel work, gates, fencing, decorative garden projects, hand rails, stairs, balconies and balustrades. From traditional styles to sleek contemporary designs, the limitations are endless. Galvanised, powder-coated or painted; full automation optional.
- Structural beams
- Gates & railings
- Balconies
- Balustrades
- Canopies
- Garden steel
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Builders Beams
D+3 · Processed · Painted
Quick turnaround fabrication. Order before 3 PM and your processed and painted beam is ready for delivery on day three. Availability is subject to current steel stock; call the workshop to confirm. A workhorse service for builders and contractors who can't wait two weeks.
- Same-day order
- D+3 delivery
- Cut to spec
- Painted finish
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Bolts & Fixings
Custom · To Specification
Custom bolts and fixings made to specification for whichever application you have in hand — from one-off restorations to small batches for site work. If it doesn't exist on a shelf, we'll make it.
- Custom bolts
- Brackets
- Anchor sets
- Stainless options
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Selected Works — Plates I–VI
All built in Somerton
AerWorx Aerators
Designed and built in-house by Richard Worsdale. Aerators that work quickly and efficiently to improve the soil — making land more productive while reducing costs.
Agricultural / MachineBalconies
Add a new dimension to upstairs rooms — access to fresh air and to the long Somerset sunsets.
Domestic / BespokeDecorative Garden Steel
The use of metal in your garden can add structure and form. We have been involved in many garden projects across the South West.
Domestic / DecorativeGoat Farm Backing Gate
A custom backing-gate solution addressing the specific needs of a goat dairy — designed around handling patterns, not catalogues.
Agricultural / CustomEducational Settings — Schools & Colleges
Aesthetically pleasing solutions meeting strength, durability and the legislative requirements that come with schools and colleges. Plus stainless steel supply and welding for bespoke installations, and structural steels delivered with the quick turnaround that keeps customer operations running smoothly.
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Capability Index — A–Z
Reference / Workshop List
If it can be drawn, it can be welded.
Our workshop is configured for projects of any scale. Everything below has come off our shop floor at one time or another — from a single repair to a complete site package.
If a discipline you need isn't on this list, send us the drawings anyway. We'll tell you straight whether we're the right workshop for the job.
| No. | Category | Item |
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| 01 | StructuralFrame | Steel-framed portal buildings & complete frames |
| 02 | StructuralBeam | Single beams, structural steels, reinforcements |
| 03 | StructuralMezzanine | Mezzanine floors, walkways, platforms |
| 04 | AccessVertical | Staircases, fire escapes, gantries |
| 05 | ContainmentGates | Security, sheeted, backing & agricultural gates |
| 06 | ContainmentPens | Animal pens & livestock infrastructure |
| 07 | DomesticExternal | Balconies, balustrades, canopies, hand rails |
| 08 | DomesticDecorative | Garden steel, contemporary & traditional |
| 09 | BespokeStainless | Stainless supply & welding, bespoke items |
| 10 | BespokeMachine | Plant & machinery repairs, modifications |
| 11 | FinishCoating | Galvanised · powder-coated · painted |
| 12 | FinishAuto. | Optional full automation on gates & entries |
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Contact — The Workshop
Mon–Fri 08:00 — 18:00
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The Workshops
Somerton Door Farm
Somerton Drove
Somerton, TA11 6JN
Somerton Door Farm
Somerton Drove
Somerton, TA11 6JN
Hours
Monday — Friday
08:00 — 18:00
Saturday
By appointment
Sunday
By appointment
08:00 — 18:00
Saturday
By appointment
Sunday
By appointment