Vernacular Homes See Their Linton Park Estate Barn Conversions Go On Sale
House designers and builders Vernacular Homes has been watching with keen interest, the sale of The Linton Park Estate in Maidstone.
It’s thought to be Kent’s largest country house and is selling for £32m. It includes the main house, coach house, 16 properties, gardens, parkland, lake, pool, tennis court, art gallery and cricket pitch – 440 acres (178ha), in total.
The site has undergone huge renovation over the last 40 years and Vernacular Homes was honoured to be a part of project, restoring, renovating and bringing back to life, five disused barns – all in varying states of disrepair.
The estate management wanted to work with a specialist in barn conversion, finding Trevor Weeks and the team at Vernacular Homes.
The Woodchurch-based company’s conversions, carried out to make the most of original features, feature on the Strutt & Parker sales brochure as Lot 2:
- Lime Tree Barn & Ash Tree Barn – a large barn converted into two new homes.
Lime Tree Barn is a 5-bedroom property with private garden and courtyard, while Ash Tree Barn is a 3-bedroom home with private garden. - The Old Barn – a large T-shaped brick and timber Victoria barn originally used for cart horses. It’s now a 3-bedroom home with exposed timber inside to preserve some of the history.
- Home Farm – it’s now a 6-bedroom property with high ceilings, and huge windows giving amazing views across the parkland.
- The Potting Sheds – three storage buildings converted into a 2-bedroom detached home which makes the most of the views over the estate.
- The Tractor Shed – a single storey staff home.
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