Old look, new house

IT’S hard to believe that this unusual house in Adare, Co Limerick was only built four years ago: the concrete barges, old slates and arched French doors all give the impression of an older, lodge-style property.

Given a design lead by some of Adare’s own collection of individual old homes, the house doesn’t conform to a standard layout either.

It has an asymmetrical gable, which joins the single-storey kitchen wing to the main, two-story house which in turn comes with single width rooms that allows light to enter from front to back.