The Restoration Man

When businesswoman Jude McKelvey took a dilapidated 17th century threshing barn under her wing, she knew it would be a labour of love to restore it to its former glory and give her and her two boys a family home. With a Grade 2 star listing and tight conservation restrictions, just to restore the structural integrity of this 4000 sq ft medieval timber-framed structure takes months of painstaking craftsmanship. After replacing 44,000 clay tiles by hand, Jude faces the enormous challenge of dividing up the barn’s cavernous interior into rooms without destroying its priceless heritage.