Bindloss Dawes converts French hamlet into wellness retreat

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Source: Ellen Christine Hancock

Former agricultural buildings have been restored to include guest rooms and yoga studio

Bindloss Dawes has restored and adapted a group of historic agricultural buildings in South West France for use as a wellness retreat. The site, which has views towards the Pyrenees, was formerly a small rural hamlet with structures including a piggery, bakery and tractor shed.

The scheme retains much of the original fabric while accommodating new uses such as guest rooms, two outdoor swimming pools, a treatment room, lounge spaces and communal dining. At the centre of the project is a three-hundred-year-old stone and timber barn, reconfigured as the focal point of the retreat.

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