Charming hideaway with slick touch

Tree House is a modern two-bed home that retains its rustic appeal. Tommy Barker

It’s all pretty much misleading at this Lisseygriffin, Goleen home on 2.5 acres — it’s called Tree House, though it couldn’t be more grounded in stone construction if it tried. And, then, when you think you have its measure — it’s playing tricks again, with no less than 1,400 sq ft of space, and all of it is pretty much slick and contemporary in style.

Modern, and overseen by an architect too for European owners, it’s a modern two-bed home inside with open plan layout, bright thanks to a lean-to conservatory/sun room with Veluxes, and it’s got underfloor heating too. The T-shaped stone home faces over a stone courtyard and feature pond by an out-of-place looking cordyline palm tree to a lofted stone outbuilding, making for a sheltering cluster or enclosure, in a private setting three miles west of Goleen and just a mile from Barleycove.