Enjoy an architect in residence

LOOK, and learn. You can sense an architect’s hand at work in 3, Main Street, in Innishannon village. In fact, the only surprise is the fact this house was made over as far back as the early 1990s.

It hasn’t just stood the test of time in the interim, it still looks well ahead of the posse in terms of clever use of space, design and detailing.

A mid-terraced townhouse facing on to the busy main thoroughfare in this popular and scenic town, west of Cork city on the river Bandon, it is an oasis indeed once past the front door, a feeling enhanced by a walled-in, terraced rear garden with raised deck.