{"id":583545,"date":"2026-05-14T12:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/583545\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:38:09","slug":"south-queensferry-modernist-landmark-turned-into-luxury-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/583545\/","title":{"rendered":"South Queensferry modernist landmark turned into luxury homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Q Gardens in South Queensferry. (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 1960s modernist building, designed by architect Peter Fogo, replaced an earlier Georgian mansion believed to have formed part of the historic Rosebery Estate.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The wider development will include a mix of three, four and five-bedroom homes set within more than two hectares of landscaped grounds.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Plans include converting the original modernist building into four large apartments while preserving key architectural elements, including its sculpted concrete panels.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The homes will feature floor-to-ceiling windows, private gardens and energy-efficient systems including air source heat pumps, underfloor heating and high insulation standards.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The site is located around 10 miles west of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/local-news\/edinburgh-news\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Edinburgh<\/a> city centre and the first homes are expected to be completed later this year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Prices start at \u00a3680,000 for three-bedroom linked villas, while five-bedroom detached homes are being marketed from more than \u00a31.3 million.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A converted stable block on the estate is also being offered for more than \u00a3925,000.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Behnam Afshar, director of AMA New Homes, said: &#8220;The potential for an extraordinary development at Scotstoun was immediately obvious and we are immensely proud of the way in which we are reinventing this special space.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We have brought together the site\u2019s heritage and contemporary design to create the blueprint for a truly sustainable development of outstanding, unapologetically modern homes.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tony Kettle, architect at The Kettle Collective, said: &#8220;Our task was to convert and revitalise this modernist gem while celebrating the site\u2019s heritage.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The original sculpted concrete panels will be retained, while a floating roofline forms a continuous clerestory window beneath, an enduring hallmark of modernist design.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Q Gardens in South Queensferry. (Image: Supplied) The 1960s modernist building, designed by architect Peter Fogo, replaced an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-583545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}