"It only cost about $48,000 to build, which was incredibly cheap," says Turner of the Stealth Barn. "We got the Timber Frame Company to supply the shell, then we clad it and fitted out the interior and windows ourselves. The idea was to take the archetypal black tar-painted agricultural building and make an almost childlike icon of that." Photo 1 of 7 in New Homes and Renovations That Were Less Than $200 Per Square Foot by Zach Edelson from A Pair of English Barns Hide Unabashedly Bold and Budget-Friendly Minimalist Interiors

New Homes and Renovations That Were Less Than $200 Per Square Foot

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Subverting the traditional, conservatively cozy British barn conversion, Carl Turner created a getaway in rural Norfolk for himself and his friends to visit, repose, and consider the beauty of agrarian minimalism. He renovated one old structure and built an entirely new adjacent black dwelling—the Stealth Barn. "It only cost about $48,000 to build, which was incredibly cheap," says Turner of the new barn. At 800 square feet, that's only $60 per square foot. "We got the Timber Frame Company to supply the shell, then we clad it and fitted out the interior and windows ourselves. The idea was to take the archetypal black tar-painted agricultural building and make an almost childlike icon of that."

"It only cost about $48,000 to build, which was incredibly cheap," says Turner of the Stealth Barn. "We got the Timber Frame Company to supply the shell, then we clad it and fitted out the interior and windows ourselves. The idea was to take the archetypal black tar-painted agricultural building and make an almost childlike icon of that."