Surrey Barn
A contemporary barn conversion precedent combining traditional clay tile roofing and black weatherboard with heavy oak post-and-beam glazing bays.
- What we like about this project
- The transition from solid black weatherboard on the left to an entirely glazed structural timber screen on the right.
Materials
- terracotta-tile
- timber
- oak
- glass
- brick
- stone
Visual identifiers
- terracotta-tile-roof
- oak-post-framing
- black-weatherboard
- full-height-glazing
Style tags
- vernacular
- contemporary-rustic
- agricultural
Visual tags
- barn-conversion
- rural
- vernacular
- timber-frame
- residential
- indoor-outdoor
- Geometry
- Low-slung vernacular gable form with a stepped roofline, articulated by heavy vertical timber structural bays and a solid black-clad end wing.
- Facade system
- Post-and-beam timber structural glazing integrated with black timber weatherboard and brick dwarf walls.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame structure with oak posts and beams supporting a pitched roof.
- Spatial scale
- Domestic scale; a single-to-double height converted agricultural barn with large human-proportioned sliding glass openings.
- Lighting
- Direct bright daylight casting crisp, clean shadows from roof overhangs and structural posts across the facade and lawn.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, warm, and grounded in traditional materials refreshed with clean minimalist detailing.
- Environmental context
- Rural setting with rolling green hills, lawn, native ornamental grasses, and surrounding brick and stone outbuildings.
- Spatial experience
- The facade opens domestic living spaces directly onto manicured lawn and native grass planting beds, bridging indoor and outdoor rural settings.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady structural bay rhythm created by vertical oak posts contrasting with the massive horizontal sweep of the terracotta roof.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural vernacular architecture
- Program
- Residential home conversion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- terracotta-tile, timber, oak, glass, brick, stone
- Visual identifiers
- terracotta-tile-roof, oak-post-framing, black-weatherboard, full-height-glazing
- Style tags
- vernacular, contemporary-rustic, agricultural
- Visual tags
- barn-conversion, rural, vernacular, timber-frame, residential, indoor-outdoor
- Geometry
- Low-slung vernacular gable form with a stepped roofline, articulated by heavy vertical timber structural bays and a solid black-clad end wing.
- Facade system
- Post-and-beam timber structural glazing integrated with black timber weatherboard and brick dwarf walls.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame structure with oak posts and beams supporting a pitched roof.
- Spatial scale
- Domestic scale; a single-to-double height converted agricultural barn with large human-proportioned sliding glass openings.
- Lighting
- Direct bright daylight casting crisp, clean shadows from roof overhangs and structural posts across the facade and lawn.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, warm, and grounded in traditional materials refreshed with clean minimalist detailing.
- Environmental context
- Rural setting with rolling green hills, lawn, native ornamental grasses, and surrounding brick and stone outbuildings.
- Spatial experience
- The facade opens domestic living spaces directly onto manicured lawn and native grass planting beds, bridging indoor and outdoor rural settings.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady structural bay rhythm created by vertical oak posts contrasting with the massive horizontal sweep of the terracotta roof.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural vernacular architecture
- Program
- Residential home conversion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture