Planning policy allows conversion of redundant farmyard buildings to dwellings
Three houses at Lane End, Tysoe, Warwickshire
The design follows traditional farmyard forms and scale of development
The three houses are laid out around a restored farmyard court. One side is formed by a listed barn, beside the original farmhouse (bottom right).
Detailed planning permission was secured from Stratford-upon-Avon District Council for three stone-built houses occupying the site of a former cattle unit. Policy now allows the re-use of existing redundant farmyard buildings for residential use of up to three dwellings and a maximum combined floor area of 450 m². In this case the existing buildings were in very dilapidated condition and included extensive areas of steel framed structures and concrete surfaces, so that re-use of most of it was not practical. It was therefore agreed with the Council that new buildings should follow the form of the traditional farmyard and not extend beyond the remaining buildings behind the original farmhouse. Removing the framed structures reveals the side of a listed stone-built barn beside Home Farm, which which forms one side of a reinstated farmyard court.
Lane End House
The Lane End house was commissioned by a farming family to provide a new family home adjacent to the original farmhouse. The design was developed working very closely with the owners using the local Hornton stone around a highly insulated framed structure and including proposals for ground source heating.