Rich,
Until it was re-designed, the 7th at Sonoma Golf Club was a perfect example of your description. Alas, in the re-design, the architect chose to extend the beautiful par-3 a full 70+ yards. It now plays at approximately 220 yards - another victim of the inclination to feature length and strength - and in this case, most inappropriate IMHO.
The setting is still the same: picture a beautiful kidney shaped green nestled into the base of a forty foot high ridge on the left. Moving backward from the green, a small stream wraps itself around the rear of the green, then slowly meanders along the green's right side, all the way back to the tee. Eucalyptus trees stand guard on the ridge, their nearness to the green making it difficult to place a shot anywhere near a left-rear hole position without shaping a draw into the flag. A ridge ran through the old, small green from left front to right rear. The green sloped gently away from that ridge and toward the hazard. A small bunker, almost a pot bunker was nearly invisible on the right front, adding to the difficulty of a run up shot. A large menacing bunker protected the left side of the green, fitting naturally into the ridge. Having made quite a few visits to that bunker, which used the natural slope of the ridge, I can tell you it provided a menacing, exacting recovery shot, usually from a down hill lie, and always toward some portion of that beautiful little stream.
The green has been changed, mainly enlarged and the site has been sanitized, with little rock retaining walls. It is still a very beautiful hole, but lacks a bit of soul now, and was irreparably damaged (IMHO) by extending the tee back so far. When I play it, regardless of the tees I am playing that day, I choose to play it at its original length.