Plans for exclusive Edinburgh designer home next to historic city centre church

Plans have been submitted for a modern five-bedroom family home on a vacant plot of land next to an Edinburgh church.

The impressive home would feature a terrace over-looking the city from Blenheim Place with four bedrooms and en-suites on the lower ground floor and a guest bedroom on the upper ground floor.

The modern home will also boast a spacious open-plan living/dining and kitchen area with a bike store and ground floor shower room to accommodate the guest bedroom.

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The original proposals for two 'temple-style' family homes were altered to just one home between Greenside Parish Church and 12 Blenheim Place following a consultation. The property would also benefit from a green roof and solar panels to improve drainage and efficiency.

Visuals of the home have been designed by Richard Murphy Architects which show the sun-trap upper ground floor terrace separating the living room from the kitchen and dining area.

A design statement reads: "From Blenheim Place an ashlar stone wall deliberately designed to be at the same height as the church’s entrance plinth (and with the same coping detail) continues horizontally as the road slopes away to the west. It is only interrupted by two windows and the front door/window composition.

"The windows give glimpses of the interior without compromising the privacy of the inhabitants. The building appears to be single storey. The majority of the roof is flat with 85mm of soil for substantial planting (i.e. not a sedum roof) so when seen from the upper part of Greenside Place or the entrance plinth to the church it will appear to be covered in greenery.

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"The only pitched roof is a mono-pitch over the living space facing south-east and this is entirely covered with photovoltaic panels. The building is set back a meter from the railings. Both east and west elevations are windowless but the south elevation facing toward the church garden reveals the building to be two storeys."

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