Glebe House Gardens a showcase in historic setting

GLEBE House Gardens lay down a tiny marker for bigger things to follow for Clonakilty in West Cork.

Eight smartly conceived and immaculately delivered townhouses, in the former walled garden of the Georgian Glebe House, on Clon's architectural set-piece Emmet Square, have just been completed: sales are set to start next week with Henry O'Leary Property Partners.

It has been done by Hillback Ltd, run by Bobby and Maria Hilliard, with businessman Micheal O Crualoai, who this week pulled off what has been billed as the best site purchase ever in the town when they paid €8/€9 million for the GAA club pitch on the ring road, with river and sea frontage. It will have over six developable acres, zoned for residential and commercial/retail uses.