This barn, converted by the renowned architect Richard Griffiths in 2001, is located in one of the most spectacular situations on the British coast. The Blyth estuary is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It incorporates a National Nature Reserve, a Suffolk Wildlife Trust reserve, and a RAMSAR internationally important wetland. The barn is in the rare and hugely privileged position of being set in the heart of the Blyth estuary with a panoramic view taking in the church towers of Southwold, Walberswick and Blythburgh. At low tide the estuary is teeming with waders – dunlins, curlews egrets and flocks of avocets – and the resident barn owl frequently flies over at dusk.