I n a meadow near the Co Wicklow coast, on a 200-year-old farm, amid a blanket of gently nodding yellow flowers, sits a beautiful take on a rural Irish farmhouse. This house, designed by the award-winning firm John McLaughlin Architects, is contemporary, yet feels at home in its rural context. Taking it in, a familiar scene plays out.
White rendered walls typical of many rural cottages that have punctuated the Irish landscape for centuries. A simple timber frame made from locally sourced wood, a way of building shelter in Ireland since the 16th century. A pitched metal roof mirroring local cow sheds and barns.
Timber cladding, commonplace on nearby agricultural outbuildings. This house feels at home in its rural context. This is a house that is.
