Ballintubber Lodge a gem of a property

IS it sexist now to describe Ballintubber Lodge as ‘a Gentleman’s Residence?’ Let an enterprising woman come to the fore, then, and change the auctioneer’s historically redolent description of this country home, newly up for sale.

Ballintubber, or Ballintubrid, is close to the edge of Cork harbour by Carrigtwohill, a 15-minute nip back to Cork city – but is as convenient and quiet a backwater as you’d want.

The 4,700 sq ft Georgian home, with symmetrical wings, a walled garden, pond and 26 acres of good grazing ground amidst old hardwood and deciduous trees, was bought in the 1980s by a retired US merchant fleet seaman, Captain Edward L Wheeler, and now is going to market as part of an executor sale.