Revised price to tempt buyers for big period property in Cobh

A YEAR is a short time in the 205-year history of a house, but the past one has been eventful enough for Mount Eaton House in the Co Cork harbour town of Cobh.

The period Georgian home, with Victorian add-ons, went up for sale in 2005, but an agreed deal fell through, a victim to another collapsed sale as part of a buying chain.

Now it is back with a different agent and a price revised from €850,000 to offers over €750,000, quoted by Michael O’Donovan of Sherry FitzGerald in Cork city.