The remote and rugged Tory Island is home to around 120 residents. The isle captivated Neville Presho when he first visited the region in 1970 and he went on to purchase the 150-year-old house on the coastline in the early 80s, before moving to New Zealand.

Everything seemed fine until he returned to the island in 1994 and discovered that his house had vanished and that the site where it had once resided was now occupied by a septic tank and a hotel car park. The story was so bizarre, it was turned into a book by journalist Anton McCabe. The cover, shown here, shows the doomed house.

From sandstorms to sinkholes: the strangest stories of vanishing homes