Four of a kind

YOU tend to climb a lot in Cobh: the east Cork town is built on a steep hillside, but has south-facing views over the wonderful, lower harbour.

Knockeven Avenue is a new scheme built on a site to the rear of Knockeven House, a rambling, early Victorian property at Rushbrooke, Cobh.

The scale of these houses is large, but the density is rather low; there are just four in a private avenue, off a boreen that snakes its way towards the top of the hill and Ballynoe.