Period gem close to city

By Tommy Barker

Only four miles from Cork city and even less from the airport, Ballygarvan's old rectory isn't far off the Kinsale Road on the tourist route from Carrigaline and the ferryport towards West Cork.

The 1865-built house is part of the original Church of Ireland glebe, on two acres in which the imprint of a lawn tennis court can still be seen by a spreading ancient walnut tree.