Broomhill House: Strathblane Property

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Broomhill House, Scotland : Strathblane Property

Stirlingshire House : Woodcote, Strathblane, Scotland, UK – design by Studio KAP

Broomhill House Extension

Design: Studio KAP

Studio KAP Architects
Strathblane house photos from Studio KAP Architects

Residential Property in Stirlingshire

Woodcote sits in a mature suburban landscape on the hillside looking north-west across Strathblane to Dumgoyne, westerly outpost of the Campsie Fells. The existing house, rather pretty and somewhat cottage-like from the front, was very square in plan with a truncated pyramidal roof. The back, unlovely but opening onto these wonderful views, appeared unfinished or even chopped off, presenting a sheer two-storey face to the garden.

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In extending this house two major issues presented themselves. Firstly the finishing of a house which felt incomplete and unresolved and secondly to take possession of a garden and by implication the wider landscape which appeared to “run away” from the house downhill to the north.

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The nascent wings of the existing house were extended in the existing idiom of rough harling under a slate roof to embrace a new realm at the back of the house. The west wing turns back in on itself to enclose a study and create a solid but softer edge for light entering a new central external space. The east wing extends directly towards the garden to enclose kitchen and dining areas.

Beyond the end of the east wing a very solid chimney and snug grows up from the ground. Integral with a long wall and toolshed retaining an upper terrace this is seen as integral to new hard-landscaping elements as well as a part of the house. In the space between, floor, wall and roof planes depart from convention to form a more deconstructed and open connection accommodating the new garden room. Finally a new garage and port cochere extend at the side to create a more expansive approach to the front of the house and further contain the new raised terrace to the rear.

Strathblane House, Stirlingshire images / information from Studio KAP

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