Impressive Edwardian village villa

WHEN you're shopping in the €500,000-plus bracket you have a certain element of choice. There's the city, old and new and there's the country - old and new.

But then there are those occasional in-between choices that offer something out of the ordinary.

Take 'Clearmount' in Monkstown, Co Cork. As houses go this is an impressive, three-storey Edwardian villa, set in a village, but just a 20 minute commute to town.