{"id":3432,"date":"2025-05-22T21:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/05\/22\/off-the-grid-a-modern-farm-sans-electricity\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T21:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:47:21","slug":"off-the-grid-a-modern-farm-sans-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/off-the-grid-a-modern-farm-sans-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Grid: A Modern Farm, Sans Electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"

When London architects Hackett Holland restored a 19th century farmhouse in North Wales, they took a sustainable, modern approach. But did we mention that there is no electricity (it’s pending)?<\/p>\n

Jane Hackett and Jonathan Holland have set their sights on achieving global sustainability; the design partners believe that the architecture of the future must be responsive to its surrounding environment. Holland, an alumnus of the Prince of Wales Institute and a frequent collaborator with the Princes Foundation for the Built Environment, eschews the \u201cfashionable late 20th-century notion of architecture as objects in space.\u201d With this farmhouse and its surrounding outbuildings, which they have restored close to their original state, the architects have created a considered response that is functional, practical, and formed through the use of good quality sustainable materials\u2014this is what modern means to them.<\/p>\n

N.B.: We’ve been told that electricity is on its way; once a renewable source is found.<\/p>\n

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Above: Built in 1805, abandoned in 1948, and vacant for 40 years, the farmhouse and outbuildings were restored; the roof was recovered in thick local Welsh slate.<\/p>\n

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Above: A map of the northern Welsh coast sits on a shelf above the wooden bed in this small guest bedroom.<\/p>\n

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Above: A rustic wooden staircase leads upstairs from the living room. The original slate slabs have been scrubbed and sealed with linseed oil and turpentine.<\/p>\n

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Above: A brass oil lamp hangs from the beamed ceiling above the table in the kitchen. All the oak rafters and beams are original.<\/p>\n

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Above: The kitchen\/dining room is furnished with a Welsh dresser, a large kitchen table, and a wooden sofa covered in cushions.<\/p>\n

Above: A large inglenook fireplace dominates one end of the living room.<\/p>\n

Above: A handmade wooden four-poster bed stands under the beamed ceiling of this attic bedroom.<\/p>\n

Above: The rolling hills of North Wales are visible through the bedroom window.<\/p>\n

Above: Simple white sheets, a Welsh blanket, and floral curtains complete the farmhouse style.<\/p>\n

Above: Running water was brought in during the renovation.<\/p>\n

N.B.: Looking for more farm house inspiration? See our favorite images of barns in our Gallery of rooms and spaces.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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