Barrow House

The UK has some breathtaking countryside and the Lincolnshire Wolds is chief amongst it and that’s where you’ll find Barrow House from ID Architecture. This majestic piece of modern architecture is aesthetically striking yet understated and we’re big fans with what the architects have achieved with the 340m² of living space. Located in a designated Area of Natural Beauty (AONB), Barrow House boasts some amazing views which make it the ideal spot for relaxing and unwinding.

Barrow House is located in a rural setting surrounded by wildflower meadows and it overlooks an extensive private pond. From the public views the barn is understated in size and simple in form, and it has been purposively designed to resemble a brick and pantile barn, adopting the agricultural language of the area, whilst to the private side the living areas are superbly connected to the incredible views over the Lincolnshire Wolds and towards the Bronze Age Barrow. It is one of the largest ’round barrows’ in Lincolnshire, measuring 30m wide and 3m high.

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This breathtaking, partially subterranean private property is definitely an impressive piece of contemporary architecture and Barrow House has scooped multiple prestigious awards which includes the celebrated Grand Designs House of the Year Longlist 2021, which featured on Channel 4 in the UK. The clients approached ID Architecture with this previously farmed arable site in the open countryside, to create a family home for their young family and they’ve achieved amazing results with their design.

Barrow House boasts 18-metre-long sliding doors and a projecting master bedroom pod that ensures unparalleled views over the natural landscape and Bronze-Age Barrow. The simple above-ground barn form is true to the agricultural visuals common in the area and was made with durable steel cladding – designed to gradually rust, turning orange then brown , as it is exposed to the elements. This property sits on the semi-subterranean concrete plinth forming the ground floor entrance level, with the wildflower planted flat roof continuing, and connecting with the surrounding meadows.

An extensive schedule of landscaping, local orchard planting, wildflower meadows and new tree planting all come together to help in creating a home that is sensitively embedded within the beautiful landscape that surrounds it, reinstating the type of rolling meadow that would have once been abundant in the Wolds. ID Architecture have done a fantastic job of delivering a modern home that doesn’t detract from the Area of Natural Beauty in which it sits – a most impressive feat indeed.

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