A woodland wonder

With its rural idyllic setting near the city, Bracken Lodge offers the best of both worlds, writes Rose Martin.

BRACKEN Lodge was conceived as a retirement home — a retirement home for a very active couple, even if they were aged well into their 70s at the time of the commission. And in comparison to their former home, (Rocklodge House,) Bracken Lodge at Cork’s Carrigrohane was a downsizing move for the late Alan and Betty Haughton. They traded the old, Georgian family estate for a simple, but luxurious, two-storey house in part of their own woodland. Now, with the passing of famous tennis Davis Cup player, Alan Haughton, the unique Bracken Lodge is on the open market for sale.

The property is being handled by Malcolm Tyrrell of Cohalan Downing who says the house is pitched at offers in the region of €750,000.