Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn in Coven Lawn

Get a Quote

Converting a barn in Coven Lawn WV9 5 gives you an incredibly unique opportunity to create something special. Whether you are refurbishing an old barn or taking part in a modern barn conversion project, there are countless ways that you can create something special with the extra space.

The hardest part is knowing where to begin and what kind of steps might be involved in creating a stunning barn conversion. The more you know, the easier it becomes to plan ahead and understand what you should focus on first.

GET IN TOUCH

Why Make Barn Conversions?

If you have a property with an attached barn, you probably are not using it for much except storage. Most people ignore them entirely unless they need the extra space for anything.

While farms and industrial companies can find them incredibly useful, the average barn is not suitable as a living space and does not have access to everything that a second home would require.

Barns, and other similar farm buildings, are not going to work as modern living spaces unless you convert the original structure into something fresh, like a contemporary home.

A converted barn also offers a lot of open space to work with, as well as the outstanding natural beauty of rural surroundings.

Our services can make barn conversions incredibly easy, helping you get started with the conversion work and allowing you full control over what your barn eventually becomes.

If you need to know anything specific, contact us, and our experts will do their best to help.

What Can a Converted Barn in Coven Lawn Be Used For?

A converted barn can be many things: an indoor tennis court, a sheltered swimming pool, an extra house, guest accommodations, or almost anything else you can think of.

However, most barn conversions provide a similar set of improvements, making them suitable as relaxation or living spaces.

A New Home

Making a second home out of a beautiful barn conversion is quite a common option. Even though many barns are only a ground floor building, the spacious and versatile accommodation makes them useful as both private grounds and a rental home.

Multiple Homes

A barn conversion can also span multiple homes, especially a larger barn. Many barn conversion projects have involved turning one large space into multiple distinct homes or spaces, even if that means splitting the main room into several smaller ones.

An Office

A rural area can often have limited office space, especially in smaller communities. Converting the entire first floor of the barn into an office can make it a popular village workplace, and you could even lease it out to entire companies who might not have buildings of their own.
Studio Space
The natural light and rural setting of a barn can make it a great opportunity for creating your own studio space to lease out for some extra income or for your own uses.

Artists, photographers, musicians, and even filmmakers could be willing to lease your barn for a while, working on projects that benefit from the spacious interior you offer.

Lodging Space

It is possible to turn a large barn building into multiple small 'house' areas, each of which you could rent out in the short term.

The amount of room offered by a barn means that there are a lot of ways to convert it into multiple living spaces, each of which is suitable for rent.

MORE INFORMATION

What to Consider Before a Modern Barn Conversion

While barn conversions are very simple on paper, there is a lot to consider about the process. A conversion can go off without a hitch, but if something is wrong with the building or the planning permission that you have acquired, then there might be other issues to tackle later on.

Rights

Make sure that you check the rights to the barn. Some agricultural buildings have strange ownership rights and responsibilities, especially if you are technically sharing them with somebody else.

You can't always convert a barn until you can show proof that you own the building itself, so have the right documents on standby, just in case.

Listed Barns in Coven Lawn

Listed barn conversion can be even riskier since listed buildings in a conservation area can't usually be modified much.

There are restrictions on anything that modifies the 'character' of listed sites in England, including the exteriors of properties or the gardens and greenery nearby.

While a listed barn can be converted, you have to preserve the same style and feel as the original building.

Listed country properties can take more money to have converted since you have to create a modern house around the shell of an older building.

Planning Permission

You always need permission to change the original features and design of a barn.

Even if the barn is entirely on your property and there are no other property owners nearby, having the right legal documents is important for making sure that the finished conversion is safe (and legal).

In certain situations, you might be able to rely on permitted development rights. This only happens with Class Q conversions, which are more limited in scope.

If you want to know more about this, contact us, and we can offer a full breakdown of what changes your barn could undergo. Our experts are able to explain any relevant restrictions or laws involved.

Budget

Your budget is everything. A full barn conversion can be as cheap or expensive as you make it, but there is more than just material costs.

Are you making multiple bedrooms? Is each room getting its own plumbing and heating? Or are you keeping the space open and using the barn as one large room?

Even something less obvious, like keeping the vaulted ceiling or converting it into a loft, can impact the costs involved. Many barns are effectively just large outbuildings, so a modern conversion might involve a lot of unexpected work to make it into a liveable, comfortable area.

Safety Surveys

Having a proper survey done of the barn and surrounding property can be a vital step in figuring out your conversion requirements.

Even something small, like exposed beams in the roof, can require you to replace them before the property can be used for anything safely.

Repairs

Barns often need some repairs before they can be converted. Sitting out in the country unused will often lead to them wearing down or decaying, and a damaged building is not suitable for conversion into a family house.

These repairs can eat into your budget, so be careful. Some can be incredibly costly, and there are times where replacement is better than repairs.
Heating

Proper heating is important, even in warmer months. Before you move into anything fancy like underfloor heating, look at windows, walls, and any other part of the barn that might matter.

Does it have triple glazing? Does the roof leak heat or retain it? Keep track of these details before any work starts since they might have a direct impact on the heating effectiveness of your finished conversion.

Flooring

Not all barns have an actual floor. While a modern barn usually will, older barns are sometimes dirt-floored or use loose wooden planks, especially if the barn has not been used in a long time.

In extreme cases, you might need the entire barn re-floored to use it as anything but a barn. This often happens with older barns that did not rely on actual flooring, meaning that most of it is dirt and mud with no foundations.

Conversion Limits

A conversion project can only push a barn so far before you essentially have to reconstruct the entire building. Figure out how far you are willing to go, especially if you want the barn to still look and feel like a barn in each room.

ENQUIRE NOW

How Do I Get a Stunning Barn Conversion?

Where do you actually begin when you want a barn conversion? It can seem tough to actually figure out how barn conversions work or where you are supposed to start if you have never considered it before.
A barn is far larger than a house, and there is not always a clear conversion idea in your head.

We can make the process much easier. We have worked with countless clients in the past, helping them create perfect properties out of barns that otherwise would have gone unused and underappreciated. Projects like turning an old property into a modern home are one of our specialities.

Plan the Project

A basic plan is always helpful when preparing for a barn conversion. Even if you are not very good at sketching out your ideas, come to us with a very basic plan, and we can help you define the rest.

Even small details, like where you would want double doors, can be extremely important. They define the shape and layout of your new conversion.

Note down any ideas you have for the project, no matter how small. An abundance of notes only makes it easier to tailor each space to your needs, especially if you plan to have at least one bedroom in the new house.

The more in-depth your plan, the easier it becomes to figure out what you might want. We can work with you to map out bedrooms, gardens, roof improvements and other tweaks to your new house before the work has even begun.

Consider the Character

A barn conversion can either retain the barn character, replace it, or get something in between.

When planning out a new house, think about every space, from the bedroom to the garden. Do you want the same country style as an old barn, or a brand new style, as if the house was created from scratch?

This can be important for rental and future sale, too. Do you want an office or multi-bedroom home that you can lease based on its unique style, or do you want something more modern and practical?

Remember the Location

A barn out in the country can be quite a far walking distance away from many other important locations. Whether you are making a family home or a studio for hire, your renovations need to consider location.
Each acre of field or garden around you can be a benefit to some people but a detriment to others. A bedroom looking out onto an acre of beautiful garden land is good, but offices can struggle if they are surrounded by gardens that do not leave much parking space.

Get in Touch

We have dozens of different ways to help you with your barn conversions, whether you are making a family house out in the country or something completely different.

Every barn conversion is created differently, and it can be tough to search for the right options for your next family home or leased office space. That search becomes much easier with our experts working alongside you, and our experience can help you get the best possible plan for your needs.

Other Architect Services We Offer

What Now?

Do not be afraid to contact us and let us know what you are looking for. No matter the scale of your project, we have the skills and resources to help you pull it off - all while keeping the same style, character and layout that you detail in your finished plans.

CONTACT US

We cover Coven Lawn (Staffordshire)

Get in touch

We aim to get back to you in 1 working day.


Skip to

Gallery

Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 0 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 1 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 2 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 3 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 4 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 5 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 6 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 7 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 8 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 9 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 10 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 11 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 12 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 13 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 14 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 15 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 16 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 17 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 18 Barn Conversion Architects in Coven Lawn 19
Other locations available for barn conversion architects in coven lawn
Broughton Barlaston Common Little Heath Otherton Seabridge Spring Hill Bowsey Wood Armsdale Rakes Dale Wheatlow Brooks Beech Rushton Bank Outlands Upper Ellastone Oulton Borough Park Tithebarn Draycott in the Clay Oakamoor Orgreave Hilton Standon Essington Uttoxeter Ryecroft Gate Blakeley Ball Green Whitmore Woodshutts Dunstal Overmoor Gerrard's Bromley Horninglow Middle Hill Quarry Heath Broomhill Upper Tean Wolstanton Brinsford Springfields Sandyford Greensforge Tittensor Oak Hill Stanshope Ramshorn Ravenshall Stonnall Gospel Ash Rocester Birches Head Seighford Audley Mile Oak Long Compton Norton-in-the-Moors Knypersley Acton Trussell Upper Nobut Beaconside Newborough Ridgeway Wilnecote Elford Heath Barnfields Knowle Style Featherstone High Offley Bishops Offley Coton in the Clay Ranton Green Browns Lane Lordsley Armitage Bramshall Fradley South Fulford Bromstead Heath High Onn Kingsley Moor Field Newfield Blore Abbots Bromley Heron Cross Leacroft Hollins Alrewas Pattingham Rumer Hill Middleport Dogingtree Estate Olive Green Brund Acton Gate Bromley Wood Cheadle Park Norbury Lask Edge Rickerscote Creighton Hints Hopedale Baddeley Edge Cheddleton Longbridge Hayes Robin Hill Littleworth Combridge Hillsdale Shenstone Woodend Apeton Elford Whittington Lower Penn Cookshill The Blythe Farewell Parkgate Chasetown Great Wyrley Outwoods Woodgate Milford Bond End Weston-under-Lizard Yoxall Woodhouses Stourton Blakeley Lane Aston-by-Stone Whiston Acton Fairoak Walton-on-the-Hill Tixall Tunstall Almington Saverley Green Church Eaton Longton Madeley Cornhill Goosemoor Green Fradswell Church Hill Ribden Handsacre Coton Hayes Bloreheath Rake End Wildwood Levedale Cross Heath Werrington Willoughbridge Woodlane Billington Dresden Wychnor Bridges Gayton Loggerheads Above Church Great Bridgeford Marchington Woodlands Cowley Gailey Wharf Painleyhill Brineton Tadgedale Overton Whitemoor Gratwich Springhill Middle Madeley Meir High Onn Wharf Red Bull Madeley Heath Oulton Grange Cellarhead Far Hoarcross Commonside Hazles Perton Etruria Alder Moor Dunsley Bishops Wood Wychnor Birch Cross Muckley Corner Brereton Cross Bowers Balance Hill Blackshaw Moor Gospel End Village The Laches Horton Ash Bank Hazelslade Brocton Hill Top Cats Edge Poolend Gillow Heath Yarlet Seisdon The Bodnets Wetley Rocks Lower Knightley Blackfords Southlow Flash Abbey Green Compton Barton Green Weaverslake Little Wyrley Stanley Moor Dapple Heath Aspley Stallington Heatley Copmere End Barton Turn Ashley Heath The Rowe Moreton Carmountside Beasley Walton Winkhill Milldale Leadendale Hopwas Hamstall Ridware Rolleston on Dove Shelton under Harley Hillcroft Park Bednall Head Church Eaton Green Bucknall Radmore Wood Mill Green Anslow Common Wall Plardiwick Brewood Redhill Stretton Beamhurst Lane Gorstyhill Etchinghill Sandborough Upper Hulme Withystakes Florence Sandfields The Rookery Middleton Green Upper Hatton Fisherwick Napley Heath Hanford Porthill Halmer End Newchurch Colwich Kidsgrove Penkridge Totmonslow Woodend Blurton Barton Gate Knotbury Holmcroft Garshall Green Netherland Green Enville Dunkirk Rough Close Clifton Campville Townsend Great Chatwell Westcroft Holt Hill Stoke-upon-Trent Lane Green Rodbaston Denstone Mitton Hulme Six Ashes Cheslyn Hay Whittington Blymhill Lawns Oulton Heath Hoften's Cross Little Burton Newstead Willslock Ford Green Littleworth Braddocks Hay Bradley in the Moors Stonydelph Talke Pits Bradshaw Croxton Blackwaters Godstone Fradley Clough Hall Brereton Burntwood Green Park End Berry Hill Cotton Blithfield Colton Hills Newtown Sharpley Heath Gnosall Heath Spath Hockley Little Onn Overley Highfields Brickbridge The Shruggs Scounslow Green Middle Cliff Hanbury Dilhorne Pershall Boundary Mosslane Ford Branston Bromley Hall Bilbrook Creswell Green Edingale Weston Coyney Chorley Crateford Wigginstall Quixhill Boley Park Four Ashes Harriseahead Stretton Coven Lawn Sandyford Rangemore Hem Heath Lower Tean Hazlecross Burntwood Sideway Whiston Weston Beechcliff Cross Green Talke Knighton Coppenhall Newtown Kingstone Beam Hill Warslow Church Leigh Stone Wood Lane Marston Grindley Smallthorne Marston Kettlebrook Hollybush Wereton Kinver Stanley Wigginton Harper's Gate Stanton Wimblebury Stowe Lawns Wood Bednall Podmore Sutton Foxt Stockwell Heath Trescott Burton upon Trent Woodmill Wallbridge Park Knenhall Elmhurst Cauldon Lowe The Lymes Shut Heath Broad Meadow Shraleybrook Chatcull Blithbury Whittington Butt Lane Tatenhill Upper Mayfield Longnor Bagnall Dam Mill Fradley Junction Swinscoe Rock End Coton Farm Wombourne Oulton Blore Cold Norton Rue Hill Stonywell Highfields Woodcroft Congleton Edge Ashwood Ashley Newchapel Cannock Hyde Lea Two Gates Oaken Newborough End Tutbury Church Mayfield Millmeece Madeley Park Colshaw Congreve Ipstones Biddulph Threapwood Lower Elkstone Bromstead Chebsey Joiner's Square Blythe Marsh Hoar Cross Offleyrock Carroway Head Coldmeece Hademore Cowall Moor Lightwood Anslow Gate Doley Crakemarsh Lower Drayton Cresswell Latherford Brookhouses Ravenhill Glascote Waterhouses Coxgreen Miles Green Footherley Barton-under-Needwood Horsebrook Gipsy Green Morrey Giggetty Freehay Enson Rugeley Blythe Bridge Woottons Gospel End Brazenhill Tamworth Wootton Summerhill Boney Hay Cat's Hill Cross Prospect Village Blount's Green Swynnerton Sheen Ecton Upper Landywood Kiddemore Green Dove Bank Pipe Ridware Dunston Heath Windy Harbour Thornes Woodhouses Apedale Landywood Coven Queensville Prestwood Doxey Whitehill Bottom House Ashley Dale Heaton Bradeley Charnes Castletown Farley Penkhull Norton Bridge Fawfieldhead Lupin Forebridge Stramshall Swindon Little Stoke Acres Nook Offleyhay Fazeley Sandford Hill Longdon Green Burslem Leyfields Little Ingestre Hollinsclough Little Bridgeford Cotes Heath Gunstone Allimore Green Sidway Aston Hilliard's Cross Bolehall Newtown Highwood Heath Hayes Stowe-by-Chartley Tompkin Oldfurnace Light Oaks Cranberry Loxley Green Outwoods Butter Bank Foxley Hawthorns Hill Chorlton Yarnfield Chestall Scot Hay Gratton Common Side Poolfold Fenton Low Western Downs Whitgreave Brown Edge Blakelow Heighley Nether Stowe Cracow Moss Turnhurst Bradley Fenton Napley Newlands Stadmorslow Sandonbank Bonehill Cobridge Warstone Blymhill Huddlesford Oldfallow Belgrave Chesterton Betley Silverdale Slitting Mill Whitecross May Bank Hinksford Little Madeley Bridgtown Kingston Hill Anslow Moss Pit Knutton Goldenhill Newton Dunstall Cotes Hartley Green Moorend Woodwall Green Chapel Chorlton Hookgate Tatenhill Common Newpool Meaford Walford Lower Nobut Green Heath Onecote High Town Hammerwich Parkside Whitfield Balterley Green Draycott in the Moors Gillway Basford Westbeech Needwood Hadley End Maer Rakeway Ashmore Brook Upper Leigh Morridge Side Lichfield Smallrice Milton Hollins Wootton Ranton Alton Loynton Biddulph Moor West Chadsmoor Longport Baswich Weston Jones Rownall Lower Loxley Stonehouses Pasturefields Hardings Wood Shirleywich Forsbrook Boon Hill Cheadle Derrington Fole Butterton Burston Upper Longdon Sugnall Normacot Forton Prestwood Dods Leigh Godleybrook Croxall Ellenhall Kingsley Holt Salt Norton East Burton Manor Admaston Mayfield Butterton Caverswall Beamhurst Bentilee Lutley Hollington Gailey Newtown Endon Bank Meir Heath The Brampton Waterfall Bemersley Green Stableford Tillington Dayhills Hansley Cross Kingsford The Raikes Stoke-on-Trent Owen's Bank Pasford Shallowford Basford Green Mossgate Balterley Winnington Leekbrook Finney Green Newton Moddershall Springhill Broadeye Coalpit Hill Hilltop Bishton Cliff Vale Stone Heath Hopton Trent Vale Boscomoor Weeford Coton Morrilow Heath Westwood Trentham Middle Mayfield Baldwin's Gate Birchendale Adderley Green Red Hill Coton End Alstonefield Hill Top Lower Hatton Wetwood Little Hay Roughcote Chase Terrace Birchall Windmill Bank Codsall Slade Heath Grindon Longsdon Beffcote Whitehurst Coton Clanford Calton The Quarry Great Moor Gorstey Ley Cold Well Moorside Dimsdale Shelton Brookhay Littlewood Hulme End Standeford Lower Stonnall Washerwall Moneystone Mavesyn Ridware Hardings Booth Callingwood Abbey Hulton Withington Hartwell Clayton Townend Shutt Green Stockton Brook Hixon Brown Lees Drointon Kingsley Dagdale Fegg Hayes Hales Garmelow Wardlow Slindon Blackbrook Four Ashes Huntley Rowley Park Cauldon Coven Heath Four Crosses Bobbington Sneyd Green Onneley Church Fields Hatherton Woodhouse Green Ingestre Little Aston Jack Hayes Okeover The Bratch Stapenhill Thorpe Constantine Knowl Bank Comberford Teanford Winnothdale Mucklestone Crackley Stafford Newtown Millend Norbury Junction Orslow Boothen Shutlanehead Kerry Hill Tuppenhurst Threelows Longnor Huntington Deadman's Green Offleymarsh Leese Hill Marchington Lower Ellastone Hanchurch Eccleshall Ilam Churchbridge Nurton Westlands Trinity Fields Hednesford Norton Green Lightwood Iverley Hazles Cross Rushton Spencer Burnhill Green Winshill Pipehill Chadsmoor Packmoor Rising Brook Broomyshaw Newton Hurst Kingswood Common Sandon Efflinch Hilderstone Mill Green Perry Crofts Aldershawe Hawks Green Poolfields Ubberley Knightley Jugbank Milwich Lynn Bickford Meir Hay Haughton Norton Canes Aston Little Haywood Woodseaves Blackbrook Oultoncross Chesterfield Bignall End Armshead Bradnop Coltstone Harlaston Dunston The Handfords Back o'th' Brook Dunwood Lower Leigh Butters Green Cheddleton Heath Little Sugnall Wightwick Manor Coton Keele Hodgefield Rawnsley Croxden Red Street Shaffalong Rudyard Great Saredon Shobnall Hill Top Longshaw Darnford Wetton Glascote Heath Haunton Pillaton Knighton Bromstead Common Alders Coton Green Meretown Crossgate Orton Trysull Consall Wheaton Aston Shebdon Brockton Checkley Woollaston Shareshill Thorncliffe Moreton Upper Cotton Stanfield Nurton Hill Amington New Wood Leek Froghall Pye Green Cotwalton Northwood West Hill Hanley Gentleshaw Cannock Wood King's Bromley Weeping Cross Little Saredon Somerford Hartshill Cotonwood Halfpenny Green Townhead Buddileigh The Heath Mount Pleasant Roche Grange Leomansley Coombesdale Betley Common Bowers Bent Bridge End Hollies Common Wrinehill Mobberley Lea Heath Wain Lee Colton Longridge Codsall Wood Little Chell Great Haywood Hobble End Oakley Woodcock Heath Sturbridge Himley Lowe Hill Dales Green Longdon Creswell Upper Elkstone Curborough Newcastle-under-Lyme Pitts Hill Whitley Heath Denford Old Perton Stanley Moss Hill Ridware Baddeley Green Blundies Burybank Springwood Lawnhead Nethertown Blackbrook Haregate Ball Haye Green Tunstall Amerton Knowl Wall Edial Streethay Breretonhill Mixon Hanbury Woodend Shenstone Stonefield Bank Top Dosthill Walton Christ Church Great Gate Great Chell Ellastone Knightley Dale Endon Shawfield Coton Chell Heath Adbaston Bitterscote Laney Green Croxtonbank Smestow The Wharf Bank Top Goosemoor Water Eaton Oxford Ounsdale The Potteries The Hollies Gnosall Barlaston Calf Heath Greenhead Alsagers Bank Leycett Blackwood Hill The Leys Meerbrook Stubwood Drayton Bassett Waggersley Rileyhill Bradwell Haselour Blymhill Common Churnet Grange Cheadle Common Spot Acre Fauld Lapley