Chiltern Barn Conversion, Oxon

The farmstead consist of a farmhouse, barn and ancillary buildings situated around a North facing courtyard with views to the South. The barn had been part converted to residential use previously. It is attached to the existing farmhouse to form a long pendulous sequence of residential spaces around two sides of the courtyard. 

To the South open meadows rise towards the horizon and along the Western boundary, lies a ribbon of trees.

Evidence indicates that the existing barn was probably originally two individual buildings. The southerly end is constructed of masonry with simple timber trusses. The northern end is older and of timber frame construction on sleeper walls with trusses featuring curved under rafters bearing onto the main tie beams, unique to the area.

The farmhouse orientated North South, is a tile clad two storey house with a hipped roof. 

The clients required the domestic spaces to be consolidated and rationalised into domestic spaces for a growing family. Alongside this was a requirement to provide space for machinery necessary to maintain the sustainable management of wildflower meadows and indigenous woodland.