Many of the barn’s original features remain, including the large opening which would have once been the cattle doors, as well as the side buttress and the distinct exposed king post timber trusses on display.
Our design creates a modern two-storey extension to the rear of the property, providing an open-plan kitchen, dining area, living space and separate utility, as well as a first-floor bedroom with en-suite and dressing room.

The form carefully ensures that it sits well and compliments the original barn. The concept of the massing takes on the idea of a new contemporary structure that has had either side stretched across in a glazed ribbon that extends across the garden.
The light-weight and linear nature of the extension allows clear views on to the existing barn masonry. The new zinc clad roof band delicately floats above the garden setting and reinforces the linearity of the form.

The first-floor element of the extension punctuates the linear nature of the proposal with a strong gable form onto the garden, with a crisp modern take on the agricultural heritage of the barn. A new glass link at first floor creates a seamless link between the old and the new.

The deliberate shift in the extension sitting to one side has been thoughtfully considered to ensure that there is a symbiotic relationship between the original and proposed. The finish floor level of the whole proposal has been set down to accentuate the linearity of the new structure, and the height and pitch of the new apex has been kept lower than the original barn to assert that the proposed extension is subservient to the original.