The Burrell Company, established in 1980, has the reputation of being a design-led developer that works with some of the leading architectural practices in Scotland. Hoskins Architects began working with The Burrell Company on Ravelrig House, Balerno in July 2000. The £2.25M project involved the conversion of a former Barnardo’s Home, originally a mansion house, into luxury housing.

Located on the outskirts of Balerno in West Lothian and within a designated Greenfield site, the project was divided into two distinct groups. The first was the Steadings, comprising of a collection of B-listed 17thC stable buildings and an inter-war cottage to be converted into five two-bedroom luxury dwellings. The second was Ravelrig House itself, comprising of an original house, parts of which date back to the 15th Century, and an inter-war extension that doubled the size of the original building. The original house and extension would be physically separated and each was converted into three three/four bedroom luxury dwellings.