Dualchas house, Coll, Scotland : Information

Type: Byre conversion Location: Coll, Western Isles Completion: 2006 Architects: Dualchas Building Design The existing byre was converted and improved for holiday lettings. Part of a phase development, this conversion forms one side of a proposed courtyard of holiday-let buildings. It was decided to externally insulate and clad the building in larch - to save space internally and to reveal the internal stonework of the old byre. The living area, where the original stone walls of the byre have been lime-rendered, is illuminated by concealed lighting in the roof-space. Heating is provided by a ground source heat pump. This 2-bed holiday let has two boreholes – for the heatpump, and for the household water source. A new-build is scheduled to start onsite in September 2007, at the end of the letting season. Coll house info + photos from Dualchas Building Design 2007 Scottish House The White House, Isle of Coll, Western Isles, Scotland 2009- wt architecture - William Tunnell Isle of Coll house Highlands House Dualchas house : Skye Western Isles Building