Lundies House is a "Scandi-Scot" guest home inside a 17th-century manse
Preservation and hospitality organisation Wildland has collaborated with Groves-Raines Architects to convert former clergy living-quarters into an intimate guesthouse in the Scottish highlands.
Lundies House is nestled within the rural village of Tongue and takes over a former manse ? a dwelling created for and inhabited by a Christian minister.
Standing since the 17th-century, the building has been transformed by Wildland's internal design team into a guesthouse that boasts "Scandi-Scot" interiors.
"[Lundies] is a marriage of the unique Scottish vernacular and contemporary Scandinavian design," explained Wildland's co-owner, Anne Storm Holch Povlsen, who developed the guesthouse with the organisation's head of design, Ruth Kramer. "The Nordics represent something very straightforward and easy going," continued Povlsen.
"The design is very much influenced by the respect for materials, making a piece of furniture as simple yet functional and long-lasting as possible."
With the help of Edinburgh-based practice Groves-Raines Architects, the first floor of the building has been adapted to accommodate three neutral-tone bedrooms. Each one comes complete with a king-sized bed and ensuite bathroom.
The top floor plays host to a private apartment, the Flora Room, which sees a series of living spaces slotted underneath the eaves of building's roof.
Surfaces have been painted moss-green in the sitting area, which is centred by a grey sofa fr...
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