A former dairy business now hosts a thriving artistic community – and a spectacular converted barn
Suzanne Blank Redstone and her husband, Peter Redstone, have lived on the same Devon farm, nestled in a tree-fringed valley a mile from the sea, for 50 years. The couple’s current home was once their cowshed, a simple, functional structure that they built in 1979 to shelter their herd of Jerseys over winter.
Today, it’s an architectural statement, albeit a very livable one. It was longlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects’ house of the year in 2023 and bagged a prestigious Manser medal, too, while a photograph of the property was selected for this year’s Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition, which runs in London until 18 August.
Continue reading… A former dairy business now hosts a thriving artistic community – and a spectacular converted barnSuzanne Blank Redstone and her husband, Peter Redstone, have lived on the same Devon farm, nestled in a tree-fringed valley a mile from the sea, for 50 years. The couple’s current home was once their cowshed, a simple, functional structure that they built in 1979 to shelter their herd of Jerseys over winter.Today, it’s an architectural statement, albeit a very livable one. It was longlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects’ house of the year in 2023 and bagged a prestigious Manser medal, too, while a photograph of the property was selected for this year’s Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition, which runs in London until 18 August. Continue reading… Homes, Interiors, Life and style, Architecture, Design, Art and design
