Modern rustic
After 25 years in London, Fiona Lindsay had envisaged moving to a Georgian vicarage until she saw a derelict barn near the Wiltshire village where she grew up. ‘It was an abandoned shell with a corrugated-iron roof and pigeons living inside, but the amazing views clinched it,’ she says. As planning permission was already granted, architect Mike Fowler () adapted the plans and added an extra bedroom. ‘It’s essentially a giant bungalow, the opposite to the Victorian terrace we had before,’ says Fiona. ‘We wanted to preserve the beams so there are only two first-floor rooms at each end, plus a
