Back to school with Mount Mellerary home

IT is called the Old School House in Waterford’s Mount Mellerary, but, truth be told, it isn’t that old at all.

Dating back less than 50 years to 1956, the former two-classroom school is now in residential usage and can be yours for about €320,000.

Set in the west Waterford rural hinterland, on up to an acre of land, it is for sale with Billy Gallagher of Sherry FitzGerald Hennessy in nearby Youghal. He reckons it has about 1,600 sq ft of space, and brightness is a big selling point thanks to the extra height windows to the front, and high-level windows bringing further light in at the rear of the living area.