Sheer extravagance

THE first ever Cork city house to break the £1 million barrier in the ‘old money’ is back up for sale — bigger, bolder and immensely better, carrying a €2.5 million price guide.

Welcome to Gortalough, Mark 2, a home with 10,500 sq ft of space the size of 10 townhouses but which has a private, intimate feel and a world-class interior specification.

Style is vaguely American, as in Beverly Hills or the Hamptons, but the location is Cork's best equivalent, the Rochestown Road.