Doing the Charleston

A DEVELOPMENT tide has turned in Midleton’s favour in East Cork and now, possibly the best waterside site in the area is set for building on as a €20 million scheme goes on site.

The former malt house complex, Charleston Wharf, at Ballinacurra, a mile from the town centre, is to be the centrepiece of an 80-unit scheme of duplex houses and apartments.

The old stone Charlestown Wharf maltings buildings date from 1791, and were initially developed by John Lapp and John Anderson, entrepreneurs whose names are still recalled in Cork city with street names Lapp's Quay and Anderson's Quay.