The kitchen, living and dining room in late afternoon autumn sun, from the kitchen end. Pale timber joists of the floor above left exposed across the ceiling. White flat-fronted kitchen units with an oak worktop and a white ceramic sink under a window, open shelves of plates and jars, plants. A small black wood stove on a slate hearth with a log basket, a worn leather armchair and a linen sofa. A farmhouse table with mismatched chairs by the glazed door, open onto the yard and fields. Lime-washed off-white walls and wide oiled pine boards.

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Kitchen, living, dining

29.2 m² on the ground floor, about 5.4 m square, with exposed joists and the stove at the heart.

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One room about 5.4 m square, with a 2.4 m ceiling. The pale timber joists of the floor above are left exposed, with the boards of the upper floor showing between them.

Simple white flat-pack units with oak worktops and open shelves run along one wall, with a white ceramic sink under a window. A small black wood stove stands on a slate hearth, with a leather armchair and a linen sofa beside it. A second-hand farmhouse table sits by the glazed back door, which opens onto the flagged yard. The walls are lime-washed off-white and the floor is wide oiled pine boards.

The exposed joists probably need fire resistance between floors. See Things to know in Building it.

The plates

1 · lift any one out