Charles Barclay Architects obtained planning consent for the conversion of a grade 2 listed stone barn outside a Cotswolds village into a family home. The strategy was to keep the main space of the barn intact and light-filled while providing accommodation for the clients and their two children. With opposing doorways overlooking open country, CBA installed 4m high glazed screens, fixed to the north and sliding to the south elevation. The barn interior is kept as open as possible, with a mezzanine at one end above the master bedroom. A concrete kitchen counter in the barn "transept" provides cooking with a view; a collapsed gable is replaced with glass to get light in at roof level and provide a viewing gallery of the surrounding landscape.