4 years of construction delivered this exceptional example of a barn conversion. This remarkable skilled transformation has been built keeping many of its original features as the pictures below show.
When we first saw the barn it was in a sorry state of repair. However the potential to make it into a fabulous home could be seen even at that early stage. In order to move in to the barn at the earliest time we decided to divide the project into three stages 1) The East Wing 2) The Main Barn 3) The West Wing. The services had to be laid on and groundwork for drainage completed before we could start on the East Wing. The East Wing A new roof was designed by our structural engineer to carry a pantile roof (the east wing was originally covered in corrugated tin). All walls, floors and roof were insulated with insulation board. All windows are glazed in 24mm K glass, which allows the heat of the sunlight into the rooms but does not let it out again. Warm water under-floor heating was installed throughout which is controlled from the utility room. This is run by oil fired condensing boiler to supply the heating and the domestic hot water. The gable end of the main timber frame, which joins the east wing at the kitchen, was striped and timbers were replaced and jointed and pegged as original where necessary. Having made the east wing watertight we then continued to second fix and decoration to allow for this wing to be habitable. The Main Barn Again all foundations had to be renewed and this meant supporting the timber frame in sections whilst the foundations were put in and dwarf walls rebuilt. The timber frame was repaired and replaced were necessary with 6” X 4” studs and 8” X 6” sole plates. Additional load bearing beams and posts were incorporated to take the weight of the first floor. Many of the roof timbers had to be replaced with new 5” x 3” oak rafters. The West Wing Which incorporates part of the living area, double garage and drive through was mainly rebuilt in flint, brick and timber to the same specification as the rest of the barn maintaining the original features.
