Crotlieve Barn Rostrevor | Self Catering Accommodation | Unique Barn Conversion | Holiday Rental County Down | Holiday Home Rostrevor

A 50 year apprenticeship and 500 year old oak

Crotlieve barn was a labour of love.

"I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WOOD SINCE I WAS 15 YEARS OLD.
The barn was my workshop. renovations started in 2008 USING NATURAL MATERIALS AND TRADITIONAL SKILLS to transform the building into the character filled eco-conversion it is today, nestled in 3 acres of gardens filled with trees i grew from the seed collected from Rostrevor's ancient trees."

Ground floor

Front entrance with veranda and off hall wc
The great room with sofas by the wood burning stove and double height vaulted ceiling.
Fully equipped kitchen with stone and oak tops.
8 person dining area with a door out to the front deck.
Bedroom 4 - Double with ensuite.
Utility room, with back door out to drying area.

First floor

Second floor

External:

Built with natural and recycled materials
South facing energy efficient windows
The south facing orientation of the building welcomes the suns energy, while sheltered from the north with the forest
Maximum internal usable space from minimal heat loosing external wall areas and wind deflecting half hip gables
Underfloor heating to ground floor
Cast iron radiators and heated towel rails to first floor
7 heating zones and two heated airing cupboards
600lt thermal store, fed from 3 heat sources, Solar thermal panels, wood stove, minimal condensing boiler
All led lighting, master switch isolating non essentials at night
Sheltered external doors, front door with low threshold access
Three off road, secure covered car ports
Airtight build, no thermal bridging and maximum insulation
90% efficient filtered Heat Recovery Ventilation system
Logs processed on site, stacked and dried 2yrs in 3 log stores