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Living room at The Makers Barn with clay-plastered walls and ceiling, a Camaleonda chair and full-height glazing onto a wildflower meadow.
Our work — English countryside, United Kingdom

The Makers Barn

An abandoned piggery turned study in elemental architecture by Hutch Design — Rustic clay plaster on walls and ceilings, Exterior Rustic at either end.

The Makers Barn — Rustic clay plaster to walls and ceilings.

Location English countryside, UK
Design Hutch Design
Finishes Rustic · Exterior Rustic
Applied to Walls, ceilings, facade

The project

The Makers Barn transforms an abandoned piggery into a study in elemental architecture, blending agricultural heritage with contemporary living.

Rather than dividing the space or creating a single open-plan, Hutch Design wrapped a free-flowing layout around an oversized central concrete fireplace and chimney, with a sunken bath and shower beneath a roof-light to evoke the feeling of bathing outdoors. The interiors, enriched with organic, earthy tones and natural materials, celebrate craftsmanship and thoughtful design, balancing iconic design pieces with the barn’s more tactile, rustic character.

Rustic clay plaster is applied throughout on walls and ceilings, complementing local elm joinery, shuttered concrete and glass. Outside, the Exterior Rustic finish adorns either end of the building, creating a seamless material flow between inside and out. Evoking an English interpretation of an adobe estancia, The Makers Barn exudes an earthen, elemental quality that becomes ever more grounded and resonant with age.

Internally we placed an emphasis on crafted, organic materials with earthy tones borrowed from nature — including clay-plastered walls and ceilings, end grain flooring and English elm joinery.

Hutch Design

Kitchen at The Makers Barn: clay-plastered ceiling and shuttered concrete wall beside a fluted timber island and zellige tiling.
The kitchen.
Clay-plastered wall at The Makers Barn with a slender floor lamp, beside a fluted timber run and shuttered concrete.
Rustic clay plaster against shuttered concrete.
The Makers Barn seen across a wildflower meadow: timber-clad roof, clay-plastered gable and chimney.
Exterior Rustic on the gable.
Sunken bath at The Makers Barn beneath a clay-plastered vaulted ceiling, brass tap and shuttered concrete wall.
The sunken bath under the roof-light.
Central concrete fireplace and chimney at The Makers Barn with elm shelving niches and a wood-burning stove.
The central fireplace.
Doorway at The Makers Barn opening onto the meadow, clay-plastered ceiling and shuttered concrete beside elm joinery.
Out to the meadow.
Finishes Rustic Exterior Rustic Clay Plaster
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Materials on this project

Supplied and applied by our own artisans. The links go to the material itself — the finish, the range, and the technical data needed to specify the same surface.

Clay plaster

Clayworks Rustic — the coarse aggregate fully expressed