Phantassie Steading

Conservation and redevelopment of a major steading as a heritage and retail centre DESCRIPTION The site is 26 miles South East of Edinburgh on the Eastern boundary of the conservation area of East Linton.  Access is from the A1, Scotland’s main arterial road to the south, by junctions at Haddington and Dunbar. The imposing neo-classical steading, built […]

Whittingehame Estate: General Projects

A range of new projects to revitalise the estate. Work included the construction of a new stable and indoor arena.

Newmains

Conversion of a derelict farm steading into residential and commercial units.

Winterfield, North Berwick

Reconstruction of a stone villa following a fire   DESCRIPTION Winterfield is a two storey stone villa, built circa 1875 and located on the Western side of North Berwick, overlooking the West Links. The original house had several large Public rooms and only one bedroom, which by the 1960’s the Home family found unworkable. The […]

Thesis: Low Energy Design

A design for ten energy efficient houses for a 1976 UN Habitat competition    DESCRIPTION: The site was located central Canada, with an extreme continental climate and heavy snow. Unlike many designs for individual “Autonomous” houses at that time, I was interested in grouping the houses for economy of construction, to minimise heat loss and to […]

Roseneath Place, Edinburgh

Whittingehame Tower, West Wing

Internal alterations and re-roofing of the former laundry to form guest bedrooms and library. DESCRIPTION: The West Wing is a single storey, former laundry block, of stone construction, extending 27m Westwards from the Tower. Alterations were carried out in the 19thC and again in the 1960’s when a library was formed and services installed. A pitched roof […]

Whittingehame Tower Phase 1

Improvements to the 15th C tower with new services, kitchen bathroom and atrium. DESCRIPTION: The site is rural with Policies comprising a former Deer Park and mixed woodland, classified as a Designed Landscape in the local Plan, with views of the Lammermuir Hills to the South. The Tower is of cultural interest as the plot to […]

Phantassie Estate

A series of small scale projects to allow listed buildings to work as part of an organic farm.

Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

Alterations to a Category “A” Listed administration building to form a wheelchair accessible shower and WC with a new zinc clad roof. The design aims to harmonise disparate group of buildings and extensions dating from the 19th to the 21st centuries

Designed and hosted by Lunaria, Edinburgh