Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton submits new plans for an extension to her £650,000 Highland home including a wet room for her DOGS after neighbours slammed her previous 'brutal' designs
- Tilda Swinton has submitted new plans for an extension to her £650,000 home
- The Oscar-winning actress previously withdrew plans after criticism from locals
- The new renovations would include wet room for her four springer spaniel dogs
Actress Tilda Swinton has submitted new plans for renovations at her £650,000 Highland home - including a wet room for her dogs.
The Oscar-winning actress, 58, wants to extend her home in Nairn, Scotland by replacing an outhouse and 'poorly constructed library and playroom'.
The latest plans come after locals claimed that her previous designs would 'overpower the existing design' and were 'very strong and quite brutal'.
She has asked Highland Council for planning permission to add a new kitchen, dining area, hallway, snug, pantry and a terrace at the listed 113-year-old home.
She also wants to add a 'dog wet room' - complete with a boot rack and a set of steps.
Tilda Swinton, 58, wants to extend her home in Nairn, Scotland by replacing an outhouse and 'poorly constructed library and playroom'
The actress withdrew her previous plans after submitting them in February last year following a raft of objections online.
The new designs, submitted on February 4 and posted online yesterday, have yet to attract any comments.
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The Chronicles of Narnia star has four springer spaniels which appeared in an opera music video she directed last year.
In planning documents for the proposed build, agent Henry Allan, of In-Built design, said: 'My client's brief was to increase the size of the kitchen and dining areas, while catering to the requirements of a large modern family.
The Oscar-winning actor wants to build a new kitchen, dining area and dog room at the rear of her B-listed property in Nairnshire
'The different habitation areas allow for a natural flow of the family.
'Therefore creating an inclusive family environment while removing the eyesore of the hotchpotch of flat roofed buildings on the east gable.
He added that the new extension would give both the actress and her neighbours more privacy.
He said: 'The benefit of this to my client is that it gives a degree of privacy, as the houses adjacent are built on the upward slope and thus have a clear view into the rear garden from their ground floor windows.
'Likewise providing privacy for neighbouring houses. The evolution of the extension from many sketched schemes fit the requirement of my client.
The new plans come after the previously proposed renovation was described as 'brutal' and 'brash' by opponents
'From the large, bright, airy, and relaxed feel of the kitchen and dining areas with the juxtaposition to the more formal rooms and the back vestibule, where everyday activities can be carried out without disturbing the rest of the house.
'One of the features of the proposals is the mono-pitched roofs. The benefit of this is a high ceiling, in keeping with the rest of the house.
'In summary, the new extension with it's mono-pitched roofs gives a contemporary, clean and defined appearance, which enhances, without detracting from the original building and replaces a substandard garage extension with a carefully considered and sympathetic addition, which would contribute greatly to the function of this much loved and painstakingly restored family home.'
Highland Council will consider the plans later this year.
Her home is category B listed - a Scottish categorisation which means a building is considered to be of regional or local importance.
The old plans slammed by locals: Her plans also included a new 'snug' room, a wet room, a pantry and a terrace
Her original proposals were to demolish an existing garage extension and outbuildings at her home to create the new kitchen and dining area and a room for her pets (the draft of which is mocked up in the bottom left hand side of the image)
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