House of the week

THERE’S a lovely modern take on the traditional two-storey Irish country farmhouse here at this one-off family home in Cork’s Grenagh — so it’s no surprise to find it’s had an architect’s input all along the way.

The bright 2,100 sq ft home, finished with the best of stuff and on a three-quarter acre site 15 minutes from Cork City off the Mallow road, is offered for sale fully furnished as its owners have relocated already to West Cork — and the showhouse quality home is on offer for a modest-seeming €360,000 via selling agent Terry Hayes of REMAX.

Design is by architect Anthony O’Sullivan, who via the design firm RORSA also did a lot of contemporary vernacular style houses for developments like the walled garden rental houses in East Cork’s Castlemartyr Estate, and here again he’s made good use of different window sizes and treatments to maximise light, and create viewing points — corner windows are a bit of a speciality too.