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this place to so much more than simply a self-catering holiday. an old Edwardian pavilion into a something really unique,
Combine the location (overlooking the bay where the beach cool and ambitious. “The site was deserving of a strong, con-
is essentially your front garden) and the house itself, then temporary look,” believes Rob. The inspiration behind the
factor in a bit of sunshine, and this is one special destination. design and layout comes from the coastal houses of New
That was what owner Rob Cameron spotted when he was out Zealand and Australia.
surfing in the bay one day. “Afterwards I took a wander up It wasn’t a straightforward project. Initial planning dif-
to the site, fought through the nettles and thorn bushes, and ficulties took a while to be ironed out, but once Rob had the
stepped inside the dilapidated, collapsed old timber building,” chance to explain what his vision was to both the planning
he recalls. “It was overgrown with weeds and strewn with the department and the local residents, the project took off.
remains of teenage camp-outs, but you could look out the It has worked. I don’t feel like I’m in Scotland at all (not
front and get the view. I was sold.” that this would be a bad thing). Every element of the house has
Rob got together with Stuart Palmer, an architect at been executed to the highest standard. The steel structure sits
STUDIO-SP, with whom he had worked on other projects, in the hillside, clad in Welsh slate and featuring wraparound
and the pair discussed how they could turn what had been Schüco glazing. This means you get sweeping views of the

[Above] The en-suite bathrooms
are fitted with CP Hart’s Starck X
range. [Opposite] One of the four
double en-suite bedrooms with
terraces for alfresco breakfasting