House with lots of pretty views

WHEN you have a view like this Clonakilty area house has, it makes sense to open up the house to it — and that’s just what the vendors did here.

A much-extended (original cottage) home on lots of ground near the town and beaches, it has a large two-storey extension with virtually a wall of glass: four large windows take up the wall space.

It was worth going the gable glazing route given the south-facing views to be had across Clogheen strand. This setting, looking toward Inchydoney bay and Muckross, has a flat marshy expanse between this house and the network of causeways liking Clonakilty/Inchydoney with routes west to Galley Head, Ardfield, Rathbarry and glorious sandy beaches. The land around is a nature reserve with teeming birdlife, and there are many horses on commonage.