Comfort, space and light woos visitors

THERE are extensions and conversions that follow the line of a given house, blending the architecture of the old to the new in a seamless join.

Then, there are the exceptions like “Ella Grange” at Kilnagleary, Carrigaline, Co Cork, where the absorption of a run of garages has been flagged by a modern tower.

And it’s marvellous – the owners gave architect James Burke free-rein to come up with something different, and he did.