Dream home complete with stables, five bedrooms and a price to match

THIS time of year, the prospect of a big old farmhouse with land and stables is a very attractive proposition indeed, as days are long and montbretia light up the hedgerows.

However, practicalities can intrude, which is why one such property in Mishells, Bandon, Co Cork, ticks most of the boxes for rural dreamers.

Described by the selling agents as a “rare, old-world, large country-residence, with orchard, stone stables, wood-shaded pony-paddock and secret garden accessed by a rustic bridge” this farmhouse is just 20 minutes from Cork city.