Look inside architect-designed coastal bolthole in West Cork

Petrina and Séamus Cox had a five-star lifestyle on the Arabian Peninsula, but never lost their desire for an Atlantic hideaway

Of The Hatchery's interior, the owners say they 'didn't want to make it look like it was a house because of its commercial past'. Pictures: Janice O'Connell, f22 Photography

Would you trade a surefire five-star lifestyle in the Middle East for the craggy wilds of West Cork? You might if you’d tired of beige cities and searing heat.

Dubliners Petrina and Séamus Cox worked for half a dozen or so years on the Arabian Peninsula but never lost sight of their desire for an Atlantic coastal bolthole.