Balbirnie Gate Lodge

Our primary objective for this project was to design an open-plan Kitchen, Living, and Dining Room flooded with natural light, providing unobstructed views of the rear garden and the fields beyond and to create an extension that felt like a natural modern subservient addition to the existing listed cottage with a connection to the surrounding woodlands.

Our proposal involves a two-story rear extension for the 'C' Listed Balbirnie Gate Lodge in Markinch, designed to seamlessly blend with the original architecture using sustainable materials. The additions comprise a ground-level master bedroom, a dedicated utility space, and a reconfigured lower ground floor with a new kitchen and sitting family area.

The extensions feature a highly insulated timber frame adorned with dark-stained Siberian Larch vertical cladding (a mix of board-on-board and vertical cladding). A living green roof graces the flat sections, while the pitched roof extension is covered with natural slate tiles to match the existing roof.

Our thoughtful extension design minimises the loss of existing fabric and retains architectural elements. We ensured we carefully preserved the architectural features of the existing house and garden features.