Imagination: let it flow at Mount Rivers

Taking on this intriguing Cork project will call for some courage, says Tommy Barker.

THERE’S a trinity of time and design in historic Mount Rivers, seemingly three houses — or at least three different facades — in one.

A quirk or oddity of design that evolved over a century, it’s oldest part is a quite incredible 250 years old, solid right back to 1760, when George 111 ascended to the throne in Britain, aged a callow 22 years, and a full 15 years before the American revolutionary wars.