CASE STUDY
A LABOUR OF LOVE IN LANARKSHIRE
When James and Lorna Hamilton made their decision to self-build, their new home had to meet not only the demands of their growing family but also recognise Lorna’s heritage, sitting on the family farmstead
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The couple were keen that their new home would
echo the language of its past and complement the surrounding landscape
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ames Hamilton originally hails from Inver- ness, where he and partner Lorna set up home when they got married. However,
when his parents moved to The Channel Islands a few years ago the couple decided to move closer to Lorna’s family who live in Lanarkshire. “It made sense to move but it also provided an opportunity to explore the idea of building our own home,” James explains. The couple moved in with Lorna’s parents while they looked for a building plot in the area but nothing suitable came up. “In 2017, follow- ing the passing of Lorna’s uncle, the family farm became available. Although tinged with sadness, it was a good opportunity to bind everything
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together. Lorna was able to move onto her family farm and we now had a plot we could consider building on.” The couple were keen that their new home
would echo the language of its past and comple- ment the surrounding landscape. To do this they enlisted the help of architects, Iain Monteith and Matt Loader at Loader Monteith in Glasgow. “The client came to us in 2017,” Iain recalls. “They were quite particular about reusing the site of a dilapidated steading/cottage, dating from the 1800s which was already on the farm. The proposed site had keen connections out into the landscape both physically and visually and they wanted to build a new family home for
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“I loved being able to go to the site every day and see the project develop. And I loved reviewing the architects’ initial ideas – it was really exciting and fun; it really got the imagination going.”
jul/aug 2022
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