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Rustic design: spacious home converted from an old barn

Ancient Party Barn is a residential building converted from an 18th century barn.

Ancient Party Barn – a residential building converted from an 18th century barn.

Recently, architects have not ceased to amaze with the buildings they choose for reconstruction into residential buildings. This time, modern inhabitants were presented with a dwelling, converted from an abandoned agricultural barn of the 18th century. A spacious and cozy space with a rustic flavor is hidden behind the nondescript facade..

Architectural project by Liddicoat & Goldhill studio.



Architectural project by Liddicoat & Goldhill studio.

London-based architecture studio Liddicoat & Goldhill has completed the renovation of an 18th-century agricultural barn into the spacious Ancient Party Barn. Customers did not limit the designers to any special requirements regarding the house, so the specialists focused on preserving the integrity of the old structure.

Ancient Party Barn. Interior.

Ancient Party Barn. Interior.

For this, a thorough work was carried out with the source materials. The oak planks were dismantled, rebuilt and nailed back into place. The entire structure is supported by a steel exoskeleton and sheathed with high quality thermal insulation materials.

Mechanisms that have become part of interior design.

Mechanisms that have become part of interior design.

The architects have filled the house with mechanisms that drive the entrance through kinetic energy. At the entrance, there is a huge glass door that opens horizontally when pulled on the chains. The shutters are opened according to the same principle..

Ancient Party Barn. Interior.

Ancient Party Barn. Interior.

Despite the seeming rustic simplicity, the house is equipped with energy-saving technologies, a heat pump, LED lamps.

Another 10 old sheds, turned into comfortable residential buildings, will demonstrate how you can comfortably settle in previously non-residential premises..

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