{
  "id": 13056484,
  "title": "UK girl gave dad £500 to build mushroom house; it later won Shed of the Year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/uk-girl-gave-dad-500-to-build-mushroom-house-it-later-won-shed-of-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-09T06:35:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/a-12-year-old-surrey-girl-handed-her-father-500-of-savings-and-asked-for-a-mushroom-shaped-house-he-built-a-two-storey-backyard-hideaway-with-a-glass-floor-and-trapdoor-that-went-on-to-win-shed-of-the-year-in-2017/articleshow/134811651.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 12-year-old girl in Surrey gave her father £500 from her savings to build a mushroom-shaped house in their garden. Ben Swanborough created a two-storey hideaway featuring a trapdoor, stained-glass windows, a glass floor overlooking a stream and a glass roof for stargazing. The unusual structure went on to win the 2017 Shed of the Year competition.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}