Barn to be wild: a Wiltshire farm building reimagined as a joyful, contemporary home

A painter and her designer husband have converted a farm building into a thrilling family home

To see Lucy Kent and her husband John Gilbey in their Wiltshire barn with their two small children you could believe that they had lived and worked there for years – but this ambitious, bold and joyful home was created from scratch after many weekends spent peering over fences in search of a plot.

The legwork finally paid off when John found a piece of land with an existing agriculture building sitting at the head of the plot and tracked down the farmer. Fates collided as the farmer was in the market for selling the building and adjoining meadows. Yet it was still a leap of faith because there was no precedent for building a residential property on the agricultural plot, but with determination and patience the couple finally got planning permission two years later.

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