Barrymore is impressive

HOUSE proud is rather an old-fashioned term now — it conjures up images of aprons and dusters, carbolic and Brasso, lavender polish and lino.

Today's version has a more concrete, if you pardon the pun, application. It's all about adding on, putting in/taking out and amending.

Barrymore Court in Glanmire seems to have been infected by some house-proud virus each and every one of the houses has been improved in some manner. One outstanding example involves a hugely architectural front porch onto what was a gable-end facing dormer it really is fabulous.