Character driven

Kinsale cottage was given its quality makeover about eight years ago, writes Tommy Barker

AUCTIONEERS Savills attach the descriptive term ‘bijou’ to this Kinsale town centre cottage — and, it is indeed a bit of a tasty jewel.

Done up front to back, with downstairs dividing walls taken out to free up a good run of surprisingly deep space, this new-to-market buy from relocating vendors manages to fit in 875 sq ft, and to feel every bit that size, despite being just 10 or 11 ft wide; back before its makeover, it had the name of being the smallest house in Kinsale, says Savills’ Ian Lyons.