Converted Single Storey Barn - Proposed Extension, Interior Remodel & Design

The brief required a reassessment of passed plans for a former agricultural shippon, to include proposals for a rear extension and side entrance porch / boot room, mezzanine level and a courtyard kitchen garden. Our design solution emphasises the visual and physical connection between the interior of the house and the exterior landscape, a respect for the original character of the existing brick built, trussed / vaulted roof building and a focus towards the western sunsets.

We proposed a new spatial plan with a clear definition and hierarchy between open plan social / semi-private kitchen, dining & living, and private, bedroom & bathroom spaces.

All original window apertures are retained along the private edge of the plan, giving each bedroom & bathroom natural daylight. Glazed sliding doors and a fixed glazed unit are proposed to the living kitchen, which is a pivotal space, benefitting from the height of the original trussed roof and a lowered ceiling above the working area, above which sits a new mezzanine loft area for storage and occasional use.

The proposed extension allows the original brick gable end to feature within the newly reconfigured plan, following the form of the existing barn & roof, linked via a wrap over aluminium profile glazed channel, defining existing and new architectural elements. A glulam beam and post frame is proposed for a greater span and an open vaulted ceiling, as a contemporary reflection of the existing barn. As the external terrain gently slopes, so the interior of the new extension follows, stepping down to a sunken effect living area focused towards the landscape.

With the hearth always visually central to the social areas, this offers a focal point and sense of arrival, framed by views overlooking the beautiful landscape and surrounding sky, via large apex windows which heighten the sense of space, light and place.

Proposed external materials include restored brickwork, oak cladding, aluminium profile roofing, powder coated aluminium profile window and doors. Internally, pure white quartz surfaces and paintwork, are contrasted with a rustic and warm palette of terracotta herringbone floor tiles, cherrywood, maple and European larch.
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