Cotswolds architecture

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News • News • 30 Nov 2021

Sustainable farming education centre FarmED by Timothy Tasker includes exemplary energy-efficient mixed-use farm buildings

Recently completed FarmED at Honeydale Farm by Timothy Tasker is a sustainable farming education centre in the Cotswolds. With environment and regeneration at its core, FarmED was established as a demonstration farm to show how regenerative farming techniques can combat climate change, as well as educate communities, farmers, and governing bodies about sustainable farming methods. The Farm’s mission extends to its architecture, which includes three energy-efficient mixed-used farm buildings. Tim Crocker The three farm buildings take the form of long timber barns arranged around a central courtyard, a formation that draws on the traditional farmsteads of the Cotswolds region. The buildings and the courtyards were desi... More

Jim Stephenson

Project • By McLean Quinlan • Private Houses

Cotswold Barn

Jim Stephenson Jim Stephenson A radical approach was required for this converted barn sited in open countryside. The aim was to create a house that sat naturally in the landscape with the appearance of a traditional agricultural building. The previously poor conversion required a new build. We used the salvaged stonework and added two new wings and a swimming pool. A new build meant the standard of construction and insulation would be of the very highest standard and had the added benefit of being zero rated for VAT. Jim Stephenson Jim Stephenson Jim Stephenson We had worked on the clients' London home and they were keen to have our design ideas for their new weekend and holiday house. The brief in... More