Before & After: Medieval Grade II* Listed Barn Conversion
This project involves the conversion of an ancient and important heritage Grade II* listed building in Bude, Cornwall. It is one of only a handful of examples of 14th century design for agricultural buildings, but had sadly fallen into disrepair.
The Bazeley Partnership successfully gained planning permission for our client to restore, repair and convert the dilapidated barn into a stunning, contemporary family home.
We were briefed to integrate contemporary design into elements of the medieval barn which were beyond repair, creating a pitched glazed extension bridging the oldest part of the building with the newer barn.
This complex project involved working with traditional building materials, with the majority of the stone, timber and slate found on site re-used in the re-construction of the building.
The finished accommodation includes bespoke features – such as the staircase and kitchen – and offers an extraordinary blend of old and new, in an idyllic location overlooking the Cornish coast.
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Comments (3)Thank you. We were planning on having a separate garage/workshop and could easily put that underneath, Its just that everything I have looked up that incorporates this seems to huge and out of keeping with the area! I wondered if anyone has come across an elegant solution? The new rules mean that even though where we are building in a village that has never flooded (as far back as records go back, over 400 years) we now have to build as if there were a 50m breach in the flood defences (well maintainted 30') down to ground level - at the point most likely to likely to flood our property (not the weakest!) - what our flood risk expert deems as a "war case scenario"! I am sure there will be countless prospective house builders in the same position as these rulings begin to be applied. Beautiful, raised living area houses will be at a premium, if someone could come up with one that is affordable, spacious yet blends in with the surroudings (there are several around but all very modern, housing estatish and would not please the conservation officers) - they could corner the market! A challenge for all UK architects!...See MoreThinking of buying a Grade II Listed House but......
Comments (13)Hi Dean, fingers crossed you are correct re the listing..however I'd suggest you double check on britishlistedbuildings.co.uk Also......remember that there are other aspects which might still restrict what you can do, for example if you are close to another listed building and/or in a conservation area. So regardless of if it's listed or not my strong advice is to speak your local planning team before you proceed. Nearly everyone on this thread has said the same, that it's better to have an upfront conversation. Every local area is different and you might find something useful/encouraging/terrifying from speaking to them. It might help you on house price negotiation too. Come back and tell us if your offer is accepted.... A-M...See More18th Century Mill 'Wash House' to Compact & Bijoux Barn Annex
Comments (1)This is really sympathetically done, and love how you have stayed true to some of it's original features!...See MoreHome layout dilema after plans approved for extension into barn
Comments (28)Hi Minnie, Thanks for this. You've had some serious thought into my predicament. There is a scale on the drawing but for you its approx 12m x 5.8 (external of the barn unit excluding 'link) but walls are quite thick. I do like your idea and think modern living, which i like tends to focus round a kitchen dining living space which doing what you say would achieve. I think I'm going to have to sketch up your ideas too and see which would practically be the better choice. We've probably spent most of our time obsessing over a really nice master, when actually you spend little time in it... well little time awake. so does it need to be so big. Id hoped to actually create a similar kitchen dining experience by removing the wall between the kitchen and living room to crate a bigger room. This would enable a small island and allow space for a dining table in the current front room and replacing the windows on the kitchen facing the garden with a more modern 'letterbox' picture postcard window to draw in the view. It was also my concern that creating this kitchen / dining in the barn would negate the need to use the original house as all family time would realistically be spend on the ground foor of the barn / bedrooms above. For what essentially is a compromise to what we had originally submitted to planning, i don't want to create anything that means the house becomes the subordinate or poorer relation to the new. It should flow and be part of the whole. I think if we went with the kitchen in barn (as awesome as it would be) wed just may as well not build the link and make a separate house minus your boot room of course. This would maximise our investment but I'm not a developer, Money is not the driver....See More- PRO
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