Outwardly, barely different. Inwardly, this barn has been transformed.

Approval was granted for the conversion of a steel-frame, corrugated tin-clad Dutch barn, synonymous with the English countryside and fast disappearing.

In a clever, innovative adaptation of the existing building, the accommodation within benefits from a completely open-plan ground floor kitchen and living area with an almost entirely glazed end elevation opening onto a terrace with fantastic south facing, panoramic, infinity-views across the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire countryside.

The first floor provides a study, three bedrooms and a bathroom, plus a barrel-vaulted master bedroom suite with en-suite bathroom and the same fantastic view from the glazed end and balcony.

Straw-coloured rain screen cladding to the building within the barn is a nod to its former use as a field shelter for straw bales.

Awards success

The completed works at the barn in Kingsey have been awarded 'Best Conversion' in the 2018 Aylesbury Vale District Council Design Awards.

Read more about the award here.

Above and below: The imposing barn in its former condition.