Caerlaverock Tree House was designed and built by Echo for Caerlaverock Estate and is nestled in a small wood on the property, overlooking the Solway Firth  to Criffel . The Tree House was designed and built to compliment Caerlaverock Estate’s first Echo cabin, The Curve, which sits 400 meters away on the adjacent farmland.

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Nearby, the medieval, moated Caerlaverock Castle sits on the edge of Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve; its triangular form was the inspiration for this unique, off grid, small building.  

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An elegant timber and steel spiral stair leads up to the Tree House entrance and balcony. Inside the cosy, spruce-lined interior, dappled light shines through skylights and  windows large and small.

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The kitchen, a window seat and the entrance doors sit along each side of a triangular central space , with a dining table at its heart. At each point of the triangle sits a small circular room- sitting room , bedroom and shower room . 

 

Glazing is set below and above the kitchen unit, and the handmade timber bench opposite, framing views of the woods .  Pendant lights hang over the window seat and kitchen unit, and a timber shelf hangs above the worktop. The birch fronted kitchen unit has  a solid core worktop, complimenting the timber walls and discreetly housing a gas hob, sink and 12v fridge.

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The circular sitting room has a collection of tiny windows framing woodland views, each set with jewel like lights illuminating the niches in the curved wall. A copper coloured Erkol Apple Pie Stack, with log burner and tiny top oven, sits on the edge of the sitting room, and beyond is the view through the woods to the Solway and the hills behind. A central skylight looks up into the woodland canopy.

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A king size bed sits in the snug circular bedroom, a curtain running round the wall, creating an elegant canopy bed, recalling a medieval interior. Pendant lights hang in front of two slot windows either side of the bed, and a circular rooflight sits over the space.

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Behind a discreet curved door, a shower room sits in the third circle, and is finished in large floor and wall tiles with a copper finish. The basin sits below a small tower with a skylight above, and the shower's glazed wall looks out onto the trees; integral blinds provide privacy when needed.  

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The interior’s natural palette comprises spruce walls, oiled engineered oak flooring, and birch fixtures with small leather, copper and concrete details. Externally, the treehouse is clad in larch timber of variable widths and sits on a steel substructure with central, timber clad service column.

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The Tree House is centrally heated by a gas boiler and column radiators, with a log burner for added comfort. Five ground mounted solar panels at the edge of the woodland provide the power supply.

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Location :  Caerlaverock Estate, Dumfries & Galloway   

Client : Caerlaverock Wild Cabins 

Year:  2023

Floor Area: 25.9m2

Photos : ECHO

Status : Built 

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Both the Tree House at Caerlaverock and the Curve Cabin at Caerlaverock can be rented by visitors on a number of platforms , including Coolstays.