Situated in Suffolk, United Kingdom, this beautiful historic farmhouse was redesigned by Nash Baker Architects.

Description by Nash Baker Architects
Church Farm is a Grade II listed farmhouse that occupies around 2 hectares of grounds and gardens. The house was built in about 1630 on the site of a former Manor House with significant alterations being made in the Victorian Era and in the 1930?s. The external walls are of Flemish brickwork around 18? thick with Dutch style gable ends. Although only one room deep, the farmhouse is some 25 metres long. This length, together with the relatively high storey heights gives the building considerable presence, certainly greater than would normally be associated with a farmhouse.
The client wanted a scheme that respected Church Farm?s historic qualities whilst making effective interventions to address those aspects that had been most compromised by earlier alterations whilst at the same time fitting the house for a long term future. It was important for us to trace the history and evolution of the property in order to understand how best to tackle the problem issues, like the restoration of original features, deficiencies in the internal layout, external access and the building?s relationship to its setting. One of the key starting points for the project was restoring the Dutch gabled roof. The high quality 17th Century oak carpentry of the trusses, wallplates and ceiling joists remained largely intact, but repairs...