DESIGNS Submitted For ‘Unique’ House On Gourock Hillside

INVERCLYDE planners are being asked to approve a large three-level home on a sloping site at upper Gourock.

The property is proposed for land at the eastern end of Cowal Crescent.

A supporting statement submitted with the planning application explains: “It was recognised from inception that the site offered an opportunity to create a unique design.

“An early design decision was to provide all principal living and master bedroom accommodation on a single level -– effectively an apartment with level access to a terrace and lawned garden.

“Both living spaces and garden make the most of the available panorama with the master bedroom having an outlook into the garden and adjacent woodland.”

It continues:”Visiting family guest bedrooms, a gym and garaging are sited at the lower ground level with home office facilities and an extended upper hall / terrace on the upper level.

The latter takes advantage of the space created by the central core design that accommodates an open plan top lit stair forming a central focus for the interior design.”

The site was assembled from land owned from nearby Shambala and at 12 Cowal Crescent resulting in a large sloping area of 1,865 square metres.

It’s made up of garden ground, a section of the original Shambala driveway and various paths, greenhouse bases and substructure brick walling from previous outbuildings.

A garage on a raised brick plinth and slab is sited at the western edge of the site. It will be demolished.

There application states there are no trees of “particular importance” to be felled.

The proposal is pending consideration by council officials.