Hardwood PAS 24 Windows & Doors for a Barn Conversion

A barn conversion where the openings set the design

This development converts a group of traditional stone and brick farm buildings into homes, arranged around a shared gravel courtyard. We made the windows and doors for the builder and fitted them across the scheme.

Barn conversions rarely have standard openings. The arched openings, doorways and small original windows give each elevation its character, so each frame was made to suit its own opening rather than forcing a standard size into the stonework.

Courtyard view of the barn conversion with two arched-head glazed doors in the stone wing and French doors in the brick wing — The arched-head glazed doors follow the curve of the original openings, with French doors in the adjoining brick wing.

Hardwood, made to PAS 24

The whole package is in hardwood and made to PAS 24, the UK security standard for doors and windows. For a new-build or conversion development, that gives the builder a tested security specification for every opening.

The frames are finished in a soft off-white that works with both the pale limestone and the red brick. The casement windows use glazing bars sized to the scale of the agricultural openings, keeping the rural look the conversion depends on.

Two-storey stone barn conversion with hardwood casement windows and a fenced garden area — Casement windows across the two-storey stone range.

Long stone barn elevation with small hardwood casement windows set into the original openings — Small casements set into the existing openings on the long elevation.

A full-height glazed screen for the tallest opening

For the tallest opening on the site we made a full-height glazed screen with a central pair of glazed doors, a row of fanlights above and boarded infill panels between, bringing a lot of light into the converted barn while keeping a strong, simple frame.

Full-height hardwood glazed screen with central glazed doors, fanlights and boarded panels in a stone barn wall — The full-height glazed screen, with fanlights above the central doors.

Stone barn elevation with a glazed screen, a boarded hardwood door and casement windows — The screen alongside a boarded door and casement windows on the same elevation.

Project at a glance

Location: Near Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire
Client: Builder (trade project)
Property: Stone and brick barn conversion development
Timber: Hardwood
Security: PAS 24
Our scope: Arched glazed doors, French doors, casement windows, boarded door and full-height glazed screen, made and fitted

Working with builders and developers

For a development like this, a window schedule and drawings at an early stage make it easier to agree sizes, glazing and security requirements across every unit. We can work from the architect's drawings and survey the openings once the shell is ready.

Our builders, developers and architects page explains how we work with trade clients. For more ideas, see our timber casement windows and French and bifold doors, or another trade example: the Accoya orangery we made for a builder in Scarcroft.

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Hardwood PAS 24 windows and doors for a North Yorkshire barn conversion.