House of the week

THE heron has taken the fish from the ornamental pond, while the fox has just taken the laying hen this month.

And, having just hosted a wedding party for 130 guests, most of the seven children are reared and now moved out — yes, indeed, Rockcliffe House fits the ‘empty nest’ property sale category.

This family home with history is a rare enough property offer at any time, and hits the spring market on Cork’s city’s Blackrock Road with its gardens just coming into verdant life.