WHEN visited 16 months ago as it hit the market for €2 million-plus, the consensus among those who trooped through Orchard House was, it’s about as close to flawless as one could get.

Tommy Barker says Orchard House’s every detail, from the porch’s gothic-shaped windows and fascias inwards has been carefully thought through.

BUILT on the site of an old farmhouse, this modern, ultra-sophisticated dwelling at Coast Road, Castletownshend, is a new market entry with SWS Skibbereen.