Bridge worth crossing

A price reduction to €175,000 has already brought a surge of fresh viewing interest to this quirky, colourful and charming West Cork townhouse at Skibbereen’s Upper Bridge Street.

So says local selling agent Pat Maguire, of the quality home, with artistic and craft-adorned interior and its surprising rear extension, making for a snug enclosed back yard with elevated south-west aspected sun room.

A sort of grotto blue on its front facade, the mid-terrace No 87’s been worked on by someone who knows her way around design: it’s evident in the way the house has been re-ordered and furnished, sort of tailored ironically enough to the word ‘eclectic,’ and graced by some fine craftwork and stained glass feature panels and lighting.