Our long-time developer client decided to return to his childhood home with the idea of becoming a gentleman farmer on his 30-acre property. Having previously renovated and expanded his main house with its fieldstone cladding and wood siding, he wanted a new barn with timber and metal detailing on a field stone foundation, typical of the area. The new 1,200sf barn is sited at the top of the hill from the house and replaced an old lean-to that had collapsed into ruin. The new barn will accommodate tractor storage, a workshop for produce-sorting and carpentry, a studio office and bedroom and an expansive common area that will double as an event space or retreat, making use of the client’s organic farming endeavors and the views of the southern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains.