Go stone mad for this charming Coolmore cottage

There’s about 900 sq ft of space to play with at the No 5 cottage at Coolmore.

AS if the eight gate lodges at Coolmore, near Carrigaline in Cork weren’t cute enough and sufficiently picturesque, the lodge at No 5 goes one step further – it has a rear, lofted stone extension with a twist.

Coolmore is itself one of the great estates of south Cork, and the main period residence, the 1780s-built home of the Newenhams, had a starring role in the Hugh Leonard-adapted/Molly Keane novel-based movie Good Behaviour.