IN PICTURES: 21 photos of the stunning N.I. home that is officially Ireland's House of the Year 2019
By Andrew Quinn
Published 10th Oct 2019, 19:33 BST
A stunning home locally known as the 'House Overlooking Lough Foyle' has scooped the 2019 House of the Year title at the Building and Architect of the Year awards 2019 in Dublin recently.
'House Overlooking Lough Foyle' is located near Limavady in County Londonderry and was designed by Marshall McCann Architects which is based in Dunloy, Co. Antrim.
House Overlooking Lough Foyle
The house was designed by brother and sister partnership Martin Marshall and Roisin McCann.
The brief was to design to passive house standards, in a cost-effective way.
The choice of materials and colours reflects the natural, agricultural ethos. Beautifully crafted pale plywood stairs and cladding; with dark ply kitchen cupboards and concrete worktop.
The house has four bedrooms; two living areas and an open plan living/kitchen/dining area.
Martin and Roisin were tasked with designing a bespoke rural dwelling the size of approximately 250 sqm.
The house has also been designed so that cross ventilation will help promote air flow on a warm day.
Work building the house began in the summer of 2018 and was completed by May 2019.
The stunning home comes with views over Lough Foyle, Binevenagh Mountain, and the Donegal Mountains to the north, and the rugged hillscape behind to the south.
The house was built by Castledawson based contractors, Setanta, who specialise in homes with high insulation.
