Homebuilding & Renovating

Rural challenge

Hidden down a leafy country lane in east Kent – so peaceful that there are virtually no neighbours and certainly no noise – lies a barn conversion centred around a courtyard that would once have rung out with the noise of clattering hoofs and the shouts of farm workers.

Left empty for at least 20 years, this sizeable brick barn has now been given a makeover that properly celebrates its intriguing features. And a new name, Roseyard, that celebrates virtually the only thing still growing on the dilapidated plot: roses.

William and George Pound saw the

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