Project Details.

Location: 7 Camptoun Steadings, East Lothian, Scotland
Construction Value: Not Disclosed
Client: Private Client

We were appointed by a developer contractor client to carry out the conversion and extension of this existing steading building in East Lothian. The intent of the project was to complete the conversion and refurbishment of the final empty site of the steading block, where all other buildings had already converted into contemporary dwellings.

Listed Building Consent and Building Warrant factors were given careful advanced consideration when undertaking the early design process for this project, allowing for all statutory consents to be secured quickly and concurrently.

Particular care was given in the form of the new build extension to ensure it sat sympathetically within the existing site.  Research of the site’s complex planning history was critical as it was identified that the proposed extension would effectively be a modern reinstatement of a former barn that was demolished in the past. This effectively allowed a connection with the history of the site while the introduction of contemporary timber cladding and aluminium windows was deemed to complement the character of the development.

Internally, the existing steading shell was subdivided into two floors, while the extension would form part of the ground floor only. On Ground level the entrance leads directly to a double height entrance hall that connects the ground and first floor via a light, open and spacious private stair. The ground floor is subdivided into a master bedroom to the north-west with ensuite and a communal bathroom, and to an open plan kitchen/living/dining/family area to the south-east side. This open plan space occupies the existing steading building as well as the new extension, with direct access to the private garden to the rear.

The First floor is divided into 2 double bedrooms and a common bathroom. New rooflights introduce an abundance of natural light flooding into the space. 

Work has progressed smoothly despite the pandemic, and was completed in March 2022.