West Cork: €900,000This recently renovated home retains many of its beautiful period details, writes Rose Doyle
Glebe House, on 14 acres in the glorious West Cork countryside and close to the village of Caheragh, looks and is every inch the grand Victorian property.
Restored and renovated in the last seven years with a careful eye to its origins and unique features,Glebe House has its own gate lodge as well as a wide and winding driveway, lawns and planted garden, landscaped grounds and high, old trees.
An enclosed, rear courtyard gives an alfresco dining dimension to the kitchen while a recent re-roofing of the gate lodge, which has two rooms, fireplace and original leaded windows, means it could be used for an overflow of guests.
For sale through agent Charles McCarthy, and with an AMV of €900,000, Glebe House has five bedrooms, four reception rooms and the Victorian/latter day luxury of a walk-in airing cupboard on a half-landing. Services are important in a house like this and Glebe House is well looked after with oil fired central heating and mains water.
A deep and large bay window to the side, pale cream painted walls, long windows everywhere and glass panelling around the front door make for an abundance of light.
The entrance porch and lobby have the original tile floors while beyond them the hallway and kitchen have Indian stone tiles. The reception rooms have the original floorboards and in the drawing room there is both a bay window and an original stone fireplace.
There is a solid fuel Rayburn range in the kitchen, which has a central island. A door leading to the inner courtyard allows for the maximum number of sheltered barbecues.
The half landing has a bedroom with original timber floor and the airing cupboard. Just above this, off the first floor landing, are the other four bedrooms, family bathroom and a dressing room.
The vendor gives music lessons in Glebe House and this, coupled with it being a home well lived in, gives a sense of well-being and welcome.
Glebe House is about an hour's drive from Cork city and airport and within easy reach of Bantry, Skibbereen and Drimoleague.
