£1.65m cut-stone house in Cobh has 12-acre grounds

One of the most attractive period houses in Cork, a five-bedroom Victorian house, The Priory, on 12 acres in Cobh, is on the market with an asking price of £1.65 million-plus.

The Priory is an attractive cutstone house overlooking the sea with spectacular grounds including walled flower and vegetable gardens. Owned by a Swiss family for the last decade, the house is now on the market through solicitors John J Murphy & Co of Washington Street, Cork. The house has three reception rooms, five bedrooms and various storerooms and cellars. The grounds include original stables and outbuildings and two paddocks. The property has direct access to the water and boat rails down to the sea.