Enjoy peace and privacy in an otherwise built-up area

YOU might think you know Cork’s Thornbury Estate until you drive into Manor Downs.

What a spot — it’s hard to believe you’re in a built-up area once you hit this 10-house row.

Facing over a deep valley (the one that begins at the Rochestown Inn and leads upwards to Abbotswood), views immediately to the front are of unspoilt, old woodland and to the left, the wide expanse of Cork harbour.