DETAILS
What A newly extended 200-year-old farm cottage
Where East Lothian
Architect Somner Macdonald
Main contractor Dovetail
Prior to its comprehensive reinvention by Somner Macdonald Architects between 2020 and 2021, Julia and Rowan Walker had spent three very happy years in their compact but characterful farm cottage in Drem – long enough for it to frame a memorable phase of their lives, before kids, before the coronavirus pandemic changed the world, when all they were looking for was fresher air and more greenery after years of city living.
They'd driven through the East Lothian village countless times on the way from Edinburgh to North Berwick to walk their dog at weekends, and had always admired its pretty period houses with their
