Dunkettle timber-frame home is abundant in its proportions

Ballinderry House may have a claim to fame as one of the first timber-frame homes built in Cork but offers so much more writes Tommy Barker

THIS large family home called Ballinderry House has a claim to fame of sorts — it’s possibly one of the first-ever timber-frame homes built in Cork. And, it’s now a half a century old, is solid as ever, warm, comfortable — and capacious.

Ballinderry (it’s also spelled Ballinderrig) runs to as much as 5,000 sq ft, over three levels, with six bedrooms, five bathrooms (two for guests) and lots of airy living space, which includes a library, and a house-sized detached garage which is also over three levels.