Homegrown Timber in UK Construction, Case Studies, Volume. 1
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Hazeland Holiday Lets<br />
Locally sourced oak seemed the ideal material for an eco tourism<br />
location.<br />
Hazeland Holiday Lets, Wiltshire<br />
The project<br />
Conversion of a steel portal frame barn to form three<br />
self cater<strong>in</strong>g holiday lets open<strong>in</strong>g out <strong>in</strong>to the garden<br />
and nearby woodland. A district biomass system has<br />
been <strong>in</strong>stalled <strong>in</strong> the converted barn to heat both the<br />
holiday lets and the ma<strong>in</strong> house, while solar PV cells<br />
on the south fac<strong>in</strong>g roof, produce the electricity.<br />
Wood burners allow localised heat<strong>in</strong>g to the ma<strong>in</strong> liv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
spaces.<br />
Rather than the familiar barn<br />
conversions that restore and<br />
reuse an already beautiful<br />
structure, this scheme<br />
started from a rather less<br />
elegant steel barn, so it had<br />
to create an aesthetic of its<br />
own, creat<strong>in</strong>g an entirely new<br />
feel with expressive natural<br />
materials.<br />
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