House of the week

Knockrea House is the business — and in more ways than one.

The period house has been the southern regional home to business body IBEC, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation, and its predecessors, since the 1970s. Now that they are selling up and moving on, Knockrea is certain to return to private residential use once more, says its selling agent Trish Stokes of Lisney’s Cork residential wing.

Back in the right hands, and with its 3,800 sq ft of living space, it’s going to be a cracking family home once more, ticking so many must-have boxes for the market’s admittedly sluggish upper end.