Tuppenny Barn: Cotswold Stone Barn Conversion in Lower Slaughter
Tuppenny Barn is a historic Cotswold stone barn in Lower Slaughter, converted into a contemporary home by Cotswold Architects. Built on sloping ground, the barn’s changes in floor level and its roofline became central to the design, which retains the building’s historic features, character and sense of openness.
Location: Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire
Type: Barn conversion
Original building: Historic agricultural barn
Works: Conversion into a contemporary home
Status: Completed
Architect: Cotswold Architects – Matthew Edwards ARB, RIBA Chartered Practice
Materials: Cotswold stone, stone slate, oak, glass
A dilapidated stone barn in Lower Slaughter
Cotswold Architects was approached by a builder to explore the conversion of Tuppenny Barn, a distinctive but dilapidated stone barn in Lower Slaughter.
Designing around the slope
Tuppenny Barn is built on sloping ground. The barn featured substantial changes in floor level and a roofline that followed the contours of the site. These unusual characteristics became central to the barn conversion design.
Converting the barn while keeping its character
We developed a sensitive scheme to renovate, remodel and convert Tuppenny Barn into a modern home. The scheme retains the building’s historic features, character and sense of openness.
The stone walls and stone-slate roofs are kept, with full-height glazed doors set within oak frames along the wings. Stone terraces step down with the ground in front of the barn.
A new purpose for an agricultural building
The completed Cotswold stone barn conversion demonstrates how thoughtful residential architecture can give an agricultural building a new purpose while preserving the qualities that make it special.
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