Set in the grounds of an 18th Century dower house, this modern barn conversion offered an opportunity for a multilayered and bold landscape design response, to create a garden for a newly retired couple.

An upper courtyard, enclosed on three and a half sides features a Mediterranean-inspired ‘dry garden’ with a beautiful, calm reflective pool as a counterpoint to the exuberance of the planting. 

Large stepping stones provide the route linking the kitchen / living area to the master bedroom.

A outer garden, accessed though one of two anthracite arches, features a lawn ’quadrangle' with a perennial walk and a wildflower meadow fringe with open views to the horse paddock beyond.

Completed
Autumn 2022

Architect
I.C. Architects

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Gardens Illustrated June 2024

Lighting D.P.A

Photography
Rachel Warne