Restoration project with monumental ambition

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2005 / August 7

An architect who fell in love with Cork's ancient tower houses has snapped up three of them and is confident of making a profit by turning them into businesses. They're tall, dark and ruggedly handsome — and Peter Inston fell in love straight away. The London-based designer, who oversaw the restoration of Michael Flatley's sprawling Castlehyde estate, has taken it upon himself to renovate three of Co Cork's historic but run-down tower houses. Work should begin on Cregg Castle in Fermoy in the coming weeks, with two other miniature castles he has bought waiting in the wings.

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