They're happy enough with the building. In fact, at the pre-planning they were impressed as they'd never seen a barrel roof dwelling in the area before.
However, they don't like the two chimneys. I can see where they are coming from, and if you google-image barrel roof you don't see any chimneys.
The thing is, the chimneys are what is in the Cork Co Co guidelines, ie at the ends of the roof (ie part of the gable), at the very top. Though obviously, this is for an apex roof. To put it another way, if you were to replace the barrel roof with a traditional apex roof, these chimneys would be exactly what is in the guideline and is traditional in form. They seem to have trouble knitting the two.
When I look around the countryside and see these fussy chimneys, offset and sticking right out of the roof tiles, I gotta wonder!
This objection, btw, was at pre-planner level and was notified to us by the architect. We've a meeting with the latter in 10 days.