Colonial flavour to this detached cul-de-sac home

THERE'LL be a new colonising rush at 6, Regency Close - a suburban house with a strong colonial flavour.

Four upstanding white columns frame the entrance of the red-brick home - very US southern Belle Epoch.

Cork's cotton-picking take on the plantation residence (the plantation of Munster?) is Regency Close, a cul-de-sac development off the Model Farm Road west of the city. It was built by developer Tim Lawton around 20 years ago and it's a scheme where re-sales are rare.