Dazzling American-style home not far from the city

YOU can't see Abbotswood, in the Cork city suburb of Rochestown, from the road, just the entrance and signs flagging two houses for sale.

The Abbotswood scheme has some of the largest houses in Rochestown and is set at one side of a valley leading up to Rochestown College.

The estate dazzles with its ornate, American-style houses that dominate in size and scale. Stepped up along the hill, they progress upwards in size and end in a sweep of green.