The barn is a classic 5 bay form with centrally located cart entrance or mid-strey. Barns are working buildings and conform to a strict logic as regards use and form. The cart entrance thus allows the cart to be unloaded into the two storage bays to either side, minimising movement of heavy materials.

The barn doors are set back against the frame and can be used as shutters. They are handsome pieces of joinery; note the five diminishing rails and braces to each door-leaf and the absence of a swinging stile (vertical rail) on the outer edge of the door to reduce weight. The barn is seen here in context with the farmhouse, which has an expressed ancient cruck frame probably 13th C.

Mezzanines have been inserted into both the end bays with an elevated walkway between, stepping up and over the tie beams of the trusses. This is a light touch conversion that does much to retain the open character and drama of the space, which after all, should be the aim of all good barn conversions.  

The combination of the polished concrete floor, plain white decorated surfaces and insertion of new materials such as the stainless steel and glass balustrade, create an appealing juxtaposition with the rugged beams of the original structure

Green Oak fabricated and installed the columns you see here supporting the mezzanine steelwork. Jointing cruciform galvanised steel plate to the column heads and bases and counter boring the fixings (leaving them exposed but set just below the surface) gives an unfussy contemporary look.

The picture taken from the gallery gives one of the best views of the historic carpentry. The roof structure is a little unusual with twin purlins; the lower purlin is threaded between the straight outer truss rafter and the curved inner ‘curb rafter’, whereas the upper purlin is clasped at the junction of the collar.