Extensive reconstruction of a ruined Devon linhay to form a new dwelling house.

Our Clients had purchased a small ruined Linhay, essentially an open-sided barn with a single row of circular drum columns supporting a lean-to roof. The brief was to provide a contemporary living space using natural unfinished oak and stone as the principal materials and to ensure that the essential character of the barn was not lost.

We developed a loose plan for the principal living accommodation on two levels, at the same time retaining a sense of the volume of the barn. The upper gallery contains a large living space. The bedrooms were conceived as traditional cellular rooms at the opposite end of the barn.

Externally, the oak was left to weather naturally to an attractive silver colour. The spaces between each of the existing stone drum columns were extensively glazed to retain the character of the original barn.