Wraxall Yard is the conversion of 7 derelict agricultural buildings on a 250-acre organic farm in the West Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, designed by Clementine Blakemore Architects. The buildings were adapted into vacation rentals, a community center, a workshop, and a smallholding, all accessible to the public. The brief was built on the owners' conviction that access to the countryside and to farming is a right rather than a privilege, and the project was designed to meet exemplary standards of accessibility without compromising the historic agricultural character of the existing structures.

The structural strategy was to retain as much of the original fabric as possible. Many of the existing timber roof trusses were kept and repaired; where new trusses were needed, they were made from UK-grown Douglas Fir in a sawn finish that makes no attempt to disguise the new material from the old. Internally, new birch plywood roof sheathing was added with insulation above it, leaving the full depth of the truss beams visible below. The existing stone walls are insulated from the inside using cork bonded directly to the stone with an adhesive lime plaster, a low-carbon material that is compatible with the breathability of historic masonry. Roof insulation uses wood fiber, which at higher density and thickness reduces solar heat gain more effectively than conventional insulants. Heating and hot water are supplied by a high-efficiency wood-chip biomass boiler using locally sourced chips.

Windows and doors reuse existing apertures where possible, combining operable steel frames with fixed timber windows in Douglas Fir. Where large glazed openings replaced former barn doors, thick timber mullions divide the glazing to reduce nighttime light pollution, filter direct sunlight, and provide privacy. The courtyard is framed by an informal structure of trees and shrubs with a naturalistic layering of perennial planting that acts as both a visual filter and a habitat structure for the farm's biodiversity program.

Wraxall Yard won the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize and was shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2024.