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Field Farm

Field Farm is a single storey building, based around a simple L-shaped layout, which combines an oak frame with local stone. The open-plan building forms the heart of Marshfield Organic Farm, a small family-run business that provides traditional, hand-reared organic meat through farmers’ markets.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 · Wiltshire

Built with a modest budget within tight timescales (around nine months), Field Farm had to combine living space with the business’s organic meat preparation area.

Oak frame combined with natural stone 

Given the nature of the business, making the building ecologically sound was also part of the brief – this was achieved by combining high levels of insulation with a ground-source heat pump.

The building replaced the client’s temporary accommodation on a green-belt site that is in a recognised area of outstanding natural beauty. The design, while clean and contemporary, makes excellent use of natural building products such as local stone and green oak.

Oak framed house Wiltshire, pergola 

The load-bearing construction was faced with local stone, while the timber frame plays a prominent part in the design at two ends of the building. Unusually, the clients chose that the frame itself be left in its natural raw condition, rather than being sandblasted clean after erection.

The L-shape consists of a three-bay living space and a two-bay double-height kitchen. The two bays of the L-shape are connected by a curved sunroom, which leads onto an outside terrace. The northeast corner of the building contains an extensive utility room area, which is itself adjacent to the butchery and meat preparation area of the business.

Oak frame glazed gable 

Large expanses of glass play a huge part in this very successful building design, creating a light and open environment in which to live and work.

The timber frame is an important part of the building’s design, both structurally and aesthetically

The oak frame

  • The frame was constructed during approx 5½ weeks at Carpenter Oak & Woodland’s framing yard in Wiltshire
  • The frame was erected on site in Chippenham in around 1½ weeks
  • The timber frame cost £49,840

The building 

  • Open-plan L-shaped design
  • 2-bay double-height kitchen
  • 3-bay living area
  • Full-height glazing on the south and east elevation
  • Curved sunroom leading to a terrace
  • Utility room
  • Butchery and cutting room
  • Highly insulated, with a ground-source heat pump to reduce energy costs

 

 

 

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