Trish Dromey checks out 2 Coolmore Lodge, near Carrigaline, a limestone-built cottage designed by architect Thomas Cundy in 1815.

The charms of No 4 Coolmore Lodge have not been lost on flocks of house-hunters intent on a new pecking order, writes Tommy Barker.

There’s about 900 sq ft of space to play with at the No 5 cottage at Coolmore.