Facts
- Planning Approved
- Open Countryside
- Zero Carbon Design
- Farmland
- Barn conversion
- Rural location
- Hill-top site
- 2019 -2021
- Ross on Wye, Herefordshire.
- Private Client
CONCEPT
- Rural vernacular. Use of traditional barn materials – pre-rusted corrugated sheeting to maintain visual integrity and site-familiarity.
- Traditional Dutch Barn form maintained. Weathered cladding and shielding of new windows to reduce visual impact from afar.
- Zero carbon. Thermally controlled design, integral photovoltaics within adjacent haha, ground source and air source heat pumps, under-floor heating, enhanced thermal performance and airtightness.
- Orientation and topographically responsive design to take advantage of views and light.
- Ground Floor Living spaces First floor Bedrooms and rooftop terrace.
DELIVERY
Retention of existing structure. Framed construction. Weathered rainscreen with punctured openings.
COMPLETION
Open but secure design, effective landscape integration within new orchard. Careful landscape assessment and enhanced Ecological benefits.