300-year-old Lake District barn approved for conversion to home

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 07:02 · Archive

Planning permission has been granted to convert a Grade II-listed 18th-century barn into a two-bedroom family home.

The Lake District National Park Authority has granted planning permission to convert Bryan Beck Bank Barn at Cartmel Fell, near Windermere, into a two-bedroom family home. The Grade II-listed barn dates from the early 18th century and is a relatively rare surviving example of its type, with historic significance including its original pegged roof structure, survival of almost all original wall fabric and historic layout illustrating its former threshing, storage, animal housing and domestic functions. Historic mapping shows the barn on the first edition Ordnance Survey map from 1860, with its footprint unchanged to the present day.

Applicants John and Joanna Hughes sought permission to transform the historic agricultural building. The plans were approved with conditions on 12 October. The detached bank barn sits among a small group of predominantly traditional buildings, with Bryan Beck Farm below it and another home, Ghyll Bank, above.

Under the approved plans, the building will incorporate an open-plan kitchen, dining and living area making use of the double-height main barn, a principal bedroom with en-suite, and a mezzanine dressing room that could double as guest accommodation. Additional features include a guest bedroom, bathroom, utility and plant space on the lower level, and another mezzanine to be used as a study.

How it is being reported

• 300-year-old Lake District barn to be transformed into a homePlans to turn a rare Grade II-listed barn dating back to the early 18th century into a family home have been approved.NW Evening Mail · 21 Oct, 06:00
• 300-year-old Lake District barn to be transformed into a homePlans to turn a rare Grade II-listed barn dating back to the early 18th century into a family home have been approved.Westmorland Gazette · 21 Oct, 06:00

In this story: Bryan Beck Bank Barn · Cartmel Fell · Lake District National Park Authority · John Hughes · Joanna Hughes · Windermere

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