New Build House
- West Lothian

Structural Engineer
Elliott & Co.

This was the first house granted planning consent under West Lothian Council’s ‘exceptional’ house in the countryside policy which allows buildings of outstanding design to be built in open countryside.

The design of the house explores issues of the modern vernacular in rural Scottish architecture.  The four-bedroom house is sited in an area of new woodland planting which it will share with a high voltage pylon. Inspired by Stephen Spender’s poem The Pylons, the design is themed around the use of electricity.

The two wings of the building are derived in form from the vernacular cottage typical of the area and are twisted to provide sheltered outdoor spaces. The pre-oxidised bronze copper wall and roof cladding is a direct reference to the power lines. The brownish red colour of the copper will also sit comfortably against the autumnal browns of the beech wood and brown grasses of the field.

The house was completed in 2013 by a self-builder and although the cladding and roofing design were changed during construction, the house still sits comfortably in its rural setting and has become a successful and much-loved family home.

Address

211 Granton Road, 
Edinburgh EH5 1HD

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