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Owners Rebecca Outerbridge lives here with her husband Mark and black labrador Betsie. Rebecca works in finance and Mark is a managing director.

House An 18th-century, fivebedroom barn that was first converted in the 1980s. It sits in 13 acres.

When Rebecca and Mark Outerbridge bought their 18th-century barn conversion in North Yorkshire in 2017, they took a pragmatic view. On one hand they loved it and it was perfectly liveable; on the other they felt it had the potential to be a project they could

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