Recession might have led us to believe that all architects had fled the country in search of employment, and certainly that’s true to an extent, leaving those of us who love an aesthetically pleasing building fit for purpose to get our fix from television, and, more often than not, from the design divinity himself Kevin McCloud.

A base for a school, college or other education-type use comes to market this week to let, just as tens of thousands of Irish students commence the rigours of Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams.