Canadian Barn Project

Back in 2007 a timber framed barn was offered to us for sale. This wasn't anything unusual as these buildings do come to the end of their life as functional agricultural structure and are usually dismantled and stripped for the reclaimed timber within.

However, we always feels they should be maintained as complete buildings where possible and when a Canadian client showed an interest we took the opportunity to embark on an exciting project; to dismantle the building and ship it to the West coast of Canada. Work began in 2008 and the barn was deconstructed carefully and each piece recorded, labelled and stacked into shipping containers.

Two years on and construction has commenced with a Canadian carpentry team working with unfamiliar traditional framing techniques from photographs and plans...

Once complete, the barn will be the oldest building to be found on the West coast of Canada and will begin its new life as a charming home.