Clonakilty /£365,000

In west Cork, Mounteen is a restored period farmhouse overlooking a river valley and standing on 11 acres at Ballinascarthy, near fashionable Clonakilty. It is for sale by private treaty through Sheehy Bros at £365,000. Formerly two houses, the cut-stone four-bedroom property now has a generous floor area of almost 3,500 sq. ft. Downstairs, there is a sitting-room, dining-room, kitchen, utility room and living-room where steps lead up to the first of the bedrooms. On the upper floor is the main bedroom suite which includes a sitting-room, a 22-ft bedroom with open fireplace and bathroom and three further bedrooms. Most of the rooms are floored in beech parquet. The surrounding land includes about five acres of garden and grazing land, with the remainder in gorse and woodland.