We now have shirts available for our volunteers and fans!
These shirts can be worn while you are out in the field surveying barns or just talking about barns with your friends.
Last week I told a sad story of decaying barns. This time the good news - barns ARE being rescued - some are re-used for new and different purposes. For example, a barn makes a great antique shop - here's one in Coventry.
A barn can become a cafe as in this Easton example.
A chicken coop in Chaplin is an artist's studio.
A pair of barns on Stone House Lane in Guilford are undergoing a transformation into a daycare center - you'll barely recognize these if you stop by today!
Nearby, the former 1880s barn of the Whitfield House (the landmark stone house from 1639) has been a caretaker's house and now is a museum exhibit space.
Before and after: the Karosi family barn in Ashford was reincarnated as the family's home.
These examples were all re-used on their original sites, but barns can be dismantled and re-erected on a new site or a new foundation. Even a historic barn may incorporate recycled timbers from an earlier one. Keep an eye out for un-matching joinery such unused mortises.
Photography: D. Fitton, C. Hitchcock, S. Lessard, W. Karosi
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