The Barn..

This Winter gone We have realised that we couldn't do without our barn, but it is an old eyesore, no matter how practical it might be. Thus once construction begins on Willowbrook, we will build a new barn on the farm. The current barn needs to be demolished to make way for the small vinyard and the driveway. The logical place to build the new one is on the farm (not the park).

The word barn derrvies from the old English bereærn, literally meaning "barley house," from bere "barley" + aern "house". An appropriate name given all the barley and grains we store in ours for the horses and other animals.

Having a barn with a small open bay at one end for housing sick animals or stabling for horses during cold weather would be one really useful feature. It would also be really good if it had some space behind it for storing less used tractor implements such as the grader blade, and also barrels for collecting rain water...

A barn like the one below would be ideal...

It would have to be an English styled barn, to fit with the rest of the buildings, but could be very simple in design. Here are a few ideas gleamed from some English Barn specialists...

The above 3 pictures are examples of Oakwrights' Buildings

Above are 2 examples of Tamar Joinery's craftmanship. I love the sturdy big oak trusses and the crafting of traditional joints wihtout nails.

Here are some more styles of small barns. I am not sure I could cope with the asymmetric design of the first one though...

(Question: How many Range Rovers is too many?)

Above: Examples of Oak barns from The Rookery

Love the British Racing Green...