Protecting a Listed Barn Through Repair and Re-Use
When we surveyed this timber frame Essex barn we discovered it was actually three structures; two barns and a dairy shed. The oldest barn was well on the way to collapse.
The barns are on an ancient moated site occupied by a 16th Century manor house in a Special Landscape Conservation Area.
As well as repairing the existing structure, retaining as much as possible of the original fabric and using traditional or approved techniques and materials, it was converted to a comfortable country residence with a self-contained self catering apartment for visitors.
The residential development conflicted with planning policy, which favoured commercial reuse of an historic barn. Our design maintained enough of the barn-like qualities of the internal volumes to satisfy the planning authority that it was the best strategy for conserving the historic building.
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