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Download Brochure Birlinn Brae There she is. Standing proud, in her enchanting landscape, Waiting for us. We draw closer, Muted hues of crimson heather and warm terracotta Blaze in the sunlight. Calmness and solitude, Where thoughts flow and we breathe deeply. The place we leave the worries of everyday life behind, She sings of a simpler time. Helping us find our way – guiding and protecting, Our safe haven – sheltering us. Storms may rage, But the home fire burns bright Beckoning, inviting us to stay She is our gathering place, The place we feel happiest. Here, the living is good The best of everything from loch and land Where we live life to the fullest And make our time count. Craftsmen bringing age-old traditions to life using modern technology, Shaped by the past, built for the future. This is somewhere very special. The vessel of our dreams, She is Birlinn Brae and she is home. 56˚N • STRACHUR • 5˚W Contents Location 8 Discover Strachur 10 Our Inspiration 12 Site Plan 14 4 Bedroom Houses 16 With Double Garage 3 Bedroom Houses 28 With Single Garage 3 Bedroom Upside-down Houses 40 With Integrated Garage And Roof Terrace Specifications 48 About Detail 50 Contact Information 52 Live better longer 5 56˚N • STRACHUR • 5˚W 56˚N • STRACHUR • 5˚W 6 Live better longer Live better longer 7 56˚N • STRACHUR • 5˚W 56˚N • STRACHUR • 5˚W Bridge of Orchy Location Tyndrum A82 Taynuilt A85 A85 Dalmally A85 A85 Crianlarich Lochearnhead e w A Strachur sits on the shores of Loch Fyne, Cowal Peninsula, h c Lo Argyll and Bute in Scotland’s West Coast. Loch Lomond Inverarnan Strathyre & The Trossachs National Park A819 The village is a beautiful 1hr 30min drive e w A h Loch Fyne from the centre of Glasgow via Loch Lomond, c o Oyster Bar L Cairndow Loch Long and the “Rest and be Thankful”. A815 Callander Inveraray e yn The site borders Loch Lomond & The F ch o A83 L Trossachs National Park and sits in / looks Arrochar A83 over “the best of Loch and Land”. A815 Strachur L Queen Elizabeth o c Communications h Forest Park A886 G ne o y i F l h Roads; the A886 leads South to Inver, c A815 o L A82 A811 Otter Ferry, Tighnabruaich and the South Tullochgorm Carrick Castle L o Luss Inver c h Restaurant Cowal peninsular. The A815 leads North E Loch c k Lomond to the A83 (Inveraray, Glasgow etc) and Balfron Coylet Inn g n o G L a i A886 h r East to Dunoon and beyond. c L A815 o o A811 L c h Clanchan of Benmore Buses stop in the village and are available Otter Ferry Glendaruel Tighnabruaich Helensborough to all local destinations. Balloch A809 C A82 lyde Kilfinan Hotel Estu Dunoon ary Greenock Ferries from Dunoon (CalMac & Western) Gourock Dumbarton cross the Clyde estuary (25minutes) to Colintraive A78 A82 L M8 o Bearsden c Rhubodach h Gourock and from there a 30-minute drive S t r M8 A82 i v e Glasgow accesses Glasgow Airport. n International Airport Portvadie Weymss Bay M8 M8 M8 Glasgow Trains are also available from Gourock direct Paisley Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park M74 to Glasgow. Rothesay A737 Largs Set on a gently sloping site immediately Lochwinnoch A77 adjacent to and overlooking Loch Fyne, Cumbrae A78 this location also offers a rich environment Beith M77 for outdoor pursuits. A737 Stewarton 8 Live better longer Live better longer 9 56˚N • STRACHUR • 5˚W 56˚N • STRACHUR • 5˚W Discover Strachur Strachur, once a ferry port to Inveraray, has a resident population of approximately 750 people, a vibrant village with so much to see and do. Village amenities within walking Restaurants / Bars nearby include – distance are: Inver (Michelin stared), Loch Fyne Oyster Bar, The Coylet Inn, Oyster Catcher, Kilfinan Post Office / Shop / Café (Out of the Blue) Hotel, Portavadie, The Colintraive Hotel. which is immediately opposite Birlinn Brae. The Strachur Medical Practice offering GP Castles nearby include those at Inveraray, services as well as a dispensing practice. Carrick Castle, Inver (Castle Lachlan), Strachur Primary School for students MacEwan, Arkinglas House and Benmore. between 3 – 12 years of age. Strachur petrol filling station with Natural amenities to visit include convenience store. Puck’s Glen, Benmore gardens and The Creggans Inn Hotel / bar and restaurant Arkinglas Wooded Garden. There are, (with MacPhunn whisky). of course, umpteen hills to be walked, The Clachan Bar with drinks and dining. beaches to be paddled and waters, Pontoon / moorings at both fresh and sea, to be swam. “Strachur Bay Moorings Association” There are two churches and a village hall. Anglers can enjoy both sea and game fishing in near proximity. Sailors and cruisers can Nearby amenities set-off directly from Strachur. Shooting, Dunoon, 20 minutes’ drive, offers: - stalking, sub-aqua diving and many other supermarkets, ironmongery, off-licences, recreational pursuits are all available in bakers, butchers, fishmonger, tradesmen, the immediate environs. cinema, fast food take-a-way outlets, a leisure centre/ swimming pool, chemists, One is limited only by ones’ imagination. gift shops, garages and the annual Cowal Highland Games. 10 Live better longer Live better longer 11 56˚N • STRACHUR • 5˚W 56˚N • STRACHUR • 5˚W Our Inspiration Birlinn Brae land was formerly crofted and provided both arable and livestock produce to its original owners, the MacLennan family, over several generations. In developing new homes on this site, Thus, a ‘filter of variation’ is introduced Further key design parameters are: As Le Corbusier said, we have sought to maintain strong elements across the site to avoid regimentation and “the house is a machine for living”. of tradition while introducing the best of emulate instead the natural randomness • To damage as little possible the existing new material and technology. Our governing of an evolved village. views towards the loch that are currently A house becomes a Detail-designed design philosophy for the project can be enjoyed by the houses to the east road home by: summarised as follows: The design proposals seek to realise that above the site. a home in the country is about outlook but • Having profoundly well thought through • All recognisable connotations of ‘suburban’ also about its internal environment. • To capture views to the loch for the new spaces which respond to and provide for housing to be avoided as much as possible One significant driver for this scheme is to houses in such a way that each house is as contemporary lifestyles enhancing the in favour of imagery more redolent of position the hearth at the heart of the home, unaware and unobstructed as possible by quality of life for those who dwell in them. ‘rural’, ‘semi-rural’, or ‘frontier’ living. which all life can orientate around. its neighbours. It celebrates the romantic idea of juxtaposing • Combining detailed space planning with • Ancient subconscious symbols of a cold blistering storm outside with a warm • To ensure that views into the site a careful selection of quality materials settlement (iron-age roundhouses, glowing fire inside - something well consistently suggest a sensitive and married to fine craftsmanship ensuring highland black houses) to be evoked understood in Scotland. The architecture appropriate addition to the village. a durability fit for purpose and interactive through tent-like roofs and chimneys. therefore makes a point of allowing the enjoyment. Although wishing to blend with the hearth, and its chimney to characterise its We have chosen to answer these issues by surrounding village, a unique common appearance. The chimney is seen as a motif, stepping the houses into the slope (aka Brae) • Balancing the right furniture, fixtures and character, a shared visual language, from which numerous variations have been with a split-level plan form and one-and-a- fittings with colour, light and texture lifting to give the houses their own sense of created in order to form an identity for half-storey section. This gives the living mood and spirit to higher levels. community and enclosure. the scheme. spaces facing the loch extra ceiling height for a sense of drama fitting of their setting, These are criteria employed and applied by Our solution to the above is to use three The solutions take their basic form from while allowing the sleeping spaces to the Detail. “Birlinn Brae” and those who come to basic interspersed house types, dual the picturesque and vernacular character rear to present the absolute minimum dwell there shall be the beneficiaries of this. pitched roof, hipped roof, and villa form, of the Scottish crofters’ cottage. The design elevation to the east, thus minimising their whose differing relationships to the road then seeks to reinterpret archetypal features impact on the existing landscape. Our are generated by practical issues of path in order to produce a new architectural intention is to disrupt the existing contours gradients and garages. resolution. as little as possible so that the houses will sit as naturally and seamlessly into the ground as can be achieved. 12 Live better longer Live better longer 13 56˚N • STRACHUR • 5˚W Site Plan 16 15 1 Plot 1 Darach - ‘Da-rugh’ 14 Plot 2 Calltainn - ‘Cowl-tain’ 2 13 Plot 3 Beithe - ‘Bee-herr’ Plot 4 Feàrna - ‘Fee-yar-ner’ Plot 5 Learag - ‘Ya-rak’ 3 Plot 6 Caorann - ‘Coo-dunn’ 12 Plot 7 Critheann - ‘Cree-unn’ 11 4 Plot 8 Cuileann - ‘Coo-lunn’ Plot 9 Aiteann - ‘Ahh-chung’ 10 5 Plot 10 Seileach - ‘Shell-lugh’ Plot 11 Castan - ‘Cass-tan’ 9 6 Plot 12 Iubhar - ‘Yew-word’ Plot 13 Eidheann - ‘Ay-yung’ 8 Plot 14 Fìonain - ‘Fee-onan’ Plot 15 Fraoch - ‘Froo-ugh’ 7 Plot 16 Ubhal - ‘Ooo-all’ N Site plan used for illustration purposes only and may not be to scale.* 14 Live better longer 56˚N • STRACHUR • 5˚W 56˚N • STRACHUR • 5˚W Aiteann • Calltainn • Caorann Critheann • Eidheann • Feàrna • Fionain Natural Scottish Larch clad houses in reference to the Traditional ‘Birlinn’ galleys of Somerled, Lord of the Isles.
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