How to build Red Dairy Barn & Silo in Minecraft

A proper red dairy barn. The tall gambrel roof has a steep lower slope and a gentle upper one, white trim traces every corner and roofline, and two big X-braced sliding doors stand open under their track. Above them a hay hood shelters the hayloft door, with a hoist beam and a bale hanging from a rope. A louvred cupola with a lantern inside and a rooster weathervane sits on the ridge. A tall cream stave silo with steel bands and a silver dome stands next door. Inside, a wide centre aisle runs between straw-bedded cow stalls, and hay lofts on either side are reached by a ladder. Out back a fenced pasture holds grazing cows, a water trough and a lone shade tree.

• DifficultyIntermediate
• Size59 × 59, 34 layers tall
• Blocks7,882
• Build time5–7 hours
• CategoryFarms & Barns

Open the interactive 3D plan above to build it one layer at a time: every layer has a numbered top-down plan, a block list and full-screen step-by-step instructions you can tick off as you go. You can also download it for Litematica, WorldEdit or Minecraft Bedrock, or view it in your room in AR.

Materials list

Building tips

1. Build the gambrel one cross-section at a time. From the eave go up 3 blocks, step in 1, up 3 more, step in 1, then use stairs 1 up and 1 in to the ridge. Once one end looks right, copy it down the length of the barn.
2. Trace the gable roofline with a line of white concrete just under the roof. It is the single detail that makes a barn read as a "classic red barn" from far away.
3. Make the sliding doors as separate panels mounted one block proud of the wall: a white border with a white X across red. Hang them beside the doorway, so the barn looks open and inviting.
4. The hoist beam is a log sticking 4 blocks out under a little stair hood. Hang a fence post "rope" from its tip with a hay bale on the end.
5. Silos look best when they are much taller than the barn. Wrap a gray band every 5 blocks and put an iron dome on top, with a ladder running up the side.
6. Light the stalls with lanterns hung from the loft beams, and put one inside the cupola. At night the louvres glow like a little lighthouse.

Step-by-step: all 34 layers

1. Layer 1 Grass Block ×2470, Cobblestone ×467, Moss Block ×222, Gravel ×133, Dirt Path ×84, Smooth Stone ×75, Dirt ×26, Spruce Planks ×4
2. Layer 2 Yellow Carpet ×176, Oak Fence ×115, Cobblestone ×86, Spruce Fence ×62, Hay Bale ×47, White Concrete ×32, Spruce Planks ×26, Dark Oak Fence ×24, Poppy ×24, Dandelion ×18, Spruce Slab ×18, Dark Oak Log ×4, Water ×4, Block of Iron ×3, Oak Log ×3, Chest ×2, Cornflower ×2, Pink Terracotta ×2, Red Concrete ×2, Birch Log ×1, Crafting Table ×1, Ladder ×1, Red Terracotta ×1
3. Layer 3 Spruce Fence ×116, Red Concrete ×59, Cobblestone ×23, White Concrete ×21, White Wool ×20, Red Terracotta ×18, Hay Bale ×15, Black Wool ×12, Pink Terracotta ×8, Oak Fence ×6, Dark Oak Fence ×3, Oak Log ×3, Iron Bars ×2, Birch Log ×1, Ladder ×1, Smooth Quartz Slab ×1
4. Layer 4 White Concrete ×48, Red Concrete ×45, White Wool ×21, Red Terracotta ×19, Black Wool ×17, Quartz Slab ×10, Lantern ×7, Spruce Log ×6, Dark Oak Fence ×3, Oak Log ×3, Hay Bale ×2, Ladder ×2, Birch Log ×1, White Terracotta ×1
5. Layer 5 Oak Leaves ×111, Red Concrete ×44, White Concrete ×35, Red Terracotta ×19, Glass Pane ×11, Spruce Log ×6, White Terracotta ×4, Oak Log ×3, Dark Oak Fence ×2, Ladder ×2, Birch Log ×1, Lantern ×1
6. Layer 6 Oak Leaves ×114, Red Concrete ×49, White Concrete ×35, Light Gray Concrete ×16, Red Terracotta ×12, Spruce Log ×6, Oak Log ×3, Ladder ×2, Lantern ×2, Birch Log ×1
7. Layer 7 Oak Leaves ×96, Red Concrete ×67, White Concrete ×29, Birch Leaves ×21, Red Terracotta ×12, Spruce Log ×6, Iron Bars ×5, White Terracotta ×4, Ladder ×2, Lantern ×2, Oak Log ×2, Birch Log ×1
8. Layer 8 White Concrete ×88, Deepslate Tile Stairs ×59, Oak Leaves ×53, Birch Leaves ×22, Red Concrete ×16, Lantern ×8, Red Terracotta ×7, Spruce Log ×6, Deepslate Tiles ×3, White Terracotta ×3, Ladder ×2, Birch Log ×1
9. Layer 9 Spruce Planks ×309, Deepslate Tiles ×54, Oak Leaves ×44, Red Concrete ×25, Dark Oak Slab ×21, White Concrete ×13, Birch Leaves ×6, Red Terracotta ×5, Quartz Block ×4, White Terracotta ×3, Ladder ×2
10. Layer 10 Hay Bale ×135, Deepslate Tiles ×54, Spruce Fence ×43, Red Concrete ×22, White Concrete ×16, Birch Leaves ×8, Iron Bars ×5, White Terracotta ×5, Quartz Block ×4, Red Terracotta ×3, Ladder ×2
11. Layer 11 Hay Bale ×103, Deepslate Tiles ×54, Red Concrete ×17, Light Gray Concrete ×16, White Concrete ×9, Red Terracotta ×5, Quartz Block ×4, Ladder ×1
12. Layer 12 Deepslate Tiles ×42, Hay Bale ×36, White Concrete ×18, Red Concrete ×12, Red Terracotta ×8, Quartz Block ×4, White Terracotta ×4, Glass Pane ×1, Ladder ×1
13. Layer 13 Deepslate Tiles ×48, White Concrete ×19, Red Concrete ×14, Glass ×6, Red Terracotta ×6, Iron Bars ×5, Quartz Block ×4, White Terracotta ×3, Glass Pane ×1, Hay Bale ×1, Ladder ×1
14. Layer 14 Deepslate Tiles ×54, White Concrete ×22, Red Concrete ×11, Red Terracotta ×7, Quartz Block ×4, Lantern ×3, White Terracotta ×3, Dark Oak Fence ×1, Ladder ×1
15. Layer 15 Deepslate Tile Stairs ×54, White Concrete ×20, Red Concrete ×14, Quartz Stairs ×4, Red Terracotta ×3, Spruce Fence ×2, Dark Oak Fence ×1, Ladder ×1, Lantern ×1, White Terracotta ×1
16. Layer 16 Deepslate Tile Stairs ×62, Red Concrete ×18, Light Gray Concrete ×16, Red Terracotta ×6, Dark Oak Log ×5, Iron Bars ×5, Quartz Stairs ×4, Spruce Fence ×2, White Concrete ×2, Ladder ×1
17. Layer 17 Deepslate Tile Stairs ×62, White Concrete ×16, Red Concrete ×12, Quartz Stairs ×4, Deepslate Tiles ×3, Red Terracotta ×2, Ladder ×1, White Terracotta ×1
18. Layer 18 Deepslate Tile Stairs ×54, White Concrete ×15, Red Terracotta ×6, Deepslate Tile Slab ×4, Quartz Stairs ×4, Red Concrete ×4, Ladder ×1, White Terracotta ×1
19. Layer 19 Deepslate Tile Stairs ×54, White Concrete ×12, Iron Bars ×5, Quartz Stairs ×4, Red Concrete ×4, White Terracotta ×4, Red Terracotta ×2, Ladder ×1
20. Layer 20 Deepslate Tile Stairs ×48, Deepslate Tiles ×24, White Concrete ×21, Quartz Stairs ×4, White Terracotta ×4, Quartz Block ×2, Ladder ×1
21. Layer 21 Deepslate Tile Slab ×24, Light Gray Concrete ×16, Iron Bars ×4, White Concrete ×4, Quartz Slab ×2, Ladder ×1, Lantern ×1
22. Layer 22 White Concrete ×20, Iron Bars ×9, Ladder ×1
23. Layer 23 White Concrete ×23, White Terracotta ×2, Ladder ×1
24. Layer 24 Deepslate Tile Stairs ×16, White Concrete ×15, Deepslate Tiles ×9, Ladder ×1, White Terracotta ×1
25. Layer 25 White Concrete ×12, Deepslate Tile Stairs ×8, Iron Bars ×5, White Terracotta ×4, Deepslate Tiles ×1, Ladder ×1
26. Layer 26 Light Gray Concrete ×16, Iron Bars ×1, Ladder ×1
27. Layer 27 White Concrete ×15, Iron Bars ×5, Ladder ×1, White Terracotta ×1
28. Layer 28 White Concrete ×13, Iron Bars ×5, White Terracotta ×3, Ladder ×1, Lantern ×1
29. Layer 29 Block of Iron ×16, Black Concrete ×3
30. Layer 30 Block of Iron ×28, Black Concrete ×2
31. Layer 31 Block of Iron ×20, Red Concrete ×1
32. Layer 32 Block of Iron ×9
33. Layer 33 Block of Iron ×1
34. Layer 34 Iron Bars ×1

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