Home gets an A for being bold and beautiful

YOKELS who yodel should take a tour of this typically Tyrolean temple to domesticity.

Located in rural Upper Cloghroe near Cork city, this is one of just a few, true, A-frame houses in Cork county.

The sub-Austrian styling is unusual here, but where these houses do exist, they take on a landmark quality: for instance, the A-frame in Owenahincha is still cutting-edge despite being in situ for 20 years or more.