PLANS to convert a hay barn and derelict cottage near Grayrigg into a family home have been drawn up.

Applicant Jenny Willis is seeking consent from South Lakeland District Council for the project.

The property, Beck House Cottage, was last lived in during the 1960s, according to documents, and is "just a shell" as the first floor is missing. Concrete or rotted timber lintels are to be replaced with oak,