A three-bedroom home built with only one bathroom to cut down on cleaning has been named house of the year by architects.

House Lessans was built on the site of a former farmstead in the rolling country of Co Down, Northern Ireland, at a cost of around £1,425 per square metre.

Boasting zinc roofs on white, rendered, concrete walls, the L-shaped property was described as “a dream home” by judges for the RIBA House of the Year 2019.

The modest budget of £335,000 used to achieve such spacious quarters was, judges said, "a remarkable achievement for a newly built home of this scale".

Sylvia and Michael, the owners of the property, said they stuck with one bathroom because there would be less cleaning, despite some people saying they should have more.