The Threshing Barn

Project Info

A large, Grade II listed 18th Century threshing barn, which has been carefully repaired and refurbished with a reliance on traditional skills.

The barn is one in a group of three Grade II listed buildings which once formed a working farmstead. It is a traditionally constructed timber-framed aisled threshing barn featuring cantilevered half bays to both hip ends – a trait usually associated with earlier barns of medieval origins.

The project consisted of the thorough repair and refurbishment of the barn, which was in poor condition after years of neglect. In addition to significant repairs to the historic oak frame, the fallen porch was reinstated alongside the installation of a heated floor, rebuilt ragstone plinth walls, locally made oak barn doors and a wood fibre insulated, structural, birch plywood lining throughout.

The guiding principle of the project team was to conserve the historical character of the building. In carrying out necessary repairs and upgrading the thermal envelope, the space is now suited to a range of uses, securing the future of the barn for generations to come.