The interior space is lined with pale spruce plywood to create a singular, austere room. Roof glazing sheds an even north light and a small mezzanine window gives a view over the reed beds towards the North Sea. The studio can be used for artists and writers’ residencies, for music rehearsal and performance or for seminars and exhibitions. Only the minimum work needed to stablise the ruined brickwork was done before the new structure was inserted - decaying existing windows were left alone and vegetation growing over the dovecote was protected to allow an uninterrupted natural process of ageing.

The small structure alludes to the repurposing of the old maltings for creative use. Hovering between installation and architecture, it is the only demonstrative new element within an otherwise understated, almost invisible series of interventions that we have made elsewhere on the site.