{"id":145542,"date":"2024-06-28T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-nearby-farmer-took-the-whole-herd-how-a-couple-turned-a-cowshed-into-a-dream-home-for-artists\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T17:15:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T10:15:21","slug":"a-nearby-farmer-took-the-whole-herd-how-a-couple-turned-a-cowshed-into-a-dream-home-for-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-nearby-farmer-took-the-whole-herd-how-a-couple-turned-a-cowshed-into-a-dream-home-for-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A nearby farmer took the whole herd\u2019: how a couple turned a cowshed into a dream home for artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nA former dairy business now hosts a thriving artistic community \u2013 and a spectacular converted barnSuzanne Blank Redstone and her husband, Peter Redstone, have lived on the same Devon farm, nestled in a tree-fringed valley a\u00a0mile from the sea, for 50 years. The couple\u2019s current home was once\u00a0their cowshed, a simple, functional structure that they built in 1979 to shelter their herd of\u00a0Jerseys over winter.Today, it\u2019s an architectural statement, albeit a very livable one. It was longlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects\u2019 house of the year in 2023 and bagged a prestigious Manser medal, too, while a photograph of the property was selected for this year\u2019s Royal Academy of Arts\u2019 Summer Exhibition, which runs in London until 18 August. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/article\/2024\/jun\/28\/a-nearby-farmer-took-the-whole-herd-how-a-couple-turned-a-cowshed-into-a-dream-home-for-artists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018A nearby farmer took the whole herd\u2019: how a couple turned a cowshed into a dream home for artists<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A former dairy business now hosts a thriving artistic community \u2013 and a spectacular converted&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-BRs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102287,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/relax-right-on-the-beach\/","url_meta":{"origin":145542,"position":0},"title":"Relax right on the beach","date":"December 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r When Graham Milne bought this beachfront property there was just a basic sleepout on the land. 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