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What A redesigned 170-year-old gig house
Where: Cove, Rosneath Peninsula
Architect George Woodrow, Woodrow Vizor Architects
Structural Engineer James McLean
Good things come to those who wait. That’s a phrase that’ll be familiar to fans of a certain well-known Irish stout, but it could just as easily be the motto of James and Charlotte McLean, who own Seymour Lodge, a beautiful villa designed by Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson on the banks of Loch Long. That’s because in 2007 they embarked on a project to convert the gig house, or coach house, in the grounds of their home – but it wasn’t until 2018, after no fewer than three planning applications had been submitted, that it was finally completed.
The McLeans’ patience paid off in the end. The
