IMM wrote:

Best take down all the walls if stone. Number the stones. build a nice
strong foundation slab. Build a timber frame on it and the re-erect the
walls. If brick or wood you have problems. Try the selfbuild list, they
are the people to be with.

You're taking the ****, right? Do you have *any* idea how long this will
take/how much it will cost? I've seen many barn conversions, but not a
single one which had been taken down stone by stone, and put back in the
same order.

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Grunff