Leaving the city, an ambitious couple set about restoring an old West Cork farmhouse to its former glory, with dreamy results.
Amanda KavanaghLeaving the city, an ambitious couple set about restoring an old farmhouse in West Cork to its former glory, with dreamy results.
West Cork had been niggling at Joan for some time. “I had good friends in Clonakilty and always wanted at least a holiday home here, as I loved the way of life and everything else here. Richard wanted to leave Londonand he wanted to write, so we upped sticks. I sold in Dublin and he sold in London.” They found this house, which was further out than they thought they wanted to be, but it also had a little beach two minutes walk down the road and the Atlantic behind.Wood sash windows, old oak floors and slate tiles were key to the farmhouse’s transformation. Richard also wanted to do a lot of it himself so he spent a lot of time looking at hemp walls and limed plaster. Joan recalls, “We took the pebble dash off the walls outside and lime pointed the whole thing.
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