A glass-fronted portico leads from the cottage’s kitchen past four bedrooms to the new tower, accessed by a sculptural rectangular staircase. “The courtyard glazing is designed to open up this walkway to the outside and to brake up its sense of division,” Whittaker says. Photo 3 of 8 in This Modern Barn Looks Completely at Home in the English Countryside by Laura C. Mallonee

This Modern Barn Looks Completely at Home in the English Countryside

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A glass-fronted portico leads from the cottage’s kitchen past four bedrooms to the new tower, accessed by a sculptural rectangular staircase. “The courtyard glazing is designed to open up this walkway to the outside and to brake up its sense of division,” Whittaker says.