The farmhouse is situated on a large rural site in County Down surrounded by a mature garden. Built in the late 1820s, the main house was originally designed with a two storey return that accommodated kitchen and servant spaces.

This small rural dwelling, 100m2, is located in the corner of a field on the edge of the village of Graiguenamanagh, on a south-facing hill overlooking mount Brandon.

A journey over water: Constructed entirely on one level for lifetime access, the house and carport are a single composition of eight pavilions connected across the burn by the broad footbridge overlooking the dam, waterfall and burn – sometimes a raging torrent, others a calm trickle.

The Viking Long House – so named for its shape and internal layout – is set within an old apple orchard in a rural location in Ireland. A second lozenge-shaped wall cuts through the house sheltering an entrance courtyard to the North terminating in a sculptural outdoor fireplace to the South.

Living in the landscape, Jane Burnside designs houses, not from the abstract position of the urban architect enjoying the opportunity to embrace the landscape, but from a position embedded within the landscape and all its contrasting qualities.