John Pawson designed his personal retreat in Home Farm, a small village in the Cotswolds. The house is on a 22-acre ‘super site’ in the ’golden triangle’ of Stowe, Morton and Chipping Norton: on an escarpment, looking down a valley, a long way from a main road, and no pylons. Home Farm was originally built in 1610 and it came with a pond full of carp that predates the house, but Pawson external intervention was adding what he calls ’the link’, joining the barn and the cottage.
The barn had large double doors on both sides and he closed off the pair facing the road, but left it visible from the outside. Inside, the barn is made up of two large volumes, with a main kitchen and dining area that leads down two steps to a seating area. The road-facing east side retains its original metal-paned glass, while the west side has been given modern glazing to better let in the view.
Upstairs are three bedrooms and every bedroom has its own amazing bathroom. Across the graveled courtyard from the main building, the former stables have been made into a self-contained guesthouse, its interior lined entirely in elm.