The Barn Book

by David Parmiter (Illustrator), Kate Corbett-Winder (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1990

  $3.24

  A study which focuses on 26 working farm buildings that have been converted to private homes without losing their original character. There are converted cowsheds, stables and hopkilns as well as barns from Ayr to Penzance, Wales to Essex. Their owners provide background information on their working history, as well as detailed accounts of the restoration process. Photographs of the interiors and exteriors of the houses are included. The author's previous books include More Dash than Cash , Even More Dash than Cash and Laura Ashley Living Rooms .

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.24

  Living in a barn requires a sense of adventure, but once experienced it becomes an addictive way of life, according to the owners of some of these converted barns. Now, in place of cows, horses, fodder or hops, the new occupants of the barns are people who have painstakingly restored a valuable part of the British countryside. Many are artists or architects whose imaginations have been challenged by the potential of a medieval monastic barn, Palladian stable block or towering hopkiln. 24 barns are featured, accompanied by colour photographs showing both the exteriors and interiors, and all were once empty, threatened or derelict. Salvaged by imaginative conversions that respect their agricultural past and dominant architectural features, the barns have been transformed into a variety of comfortable and surprisingly practical homes. Kate Corbett-Winder is the author of Vogue More Cash than Dash , Vogue Even More Dash Than Cash and Laura Ashley Living Rooms .