Ummera could be perfect rural idyll

With its manageable size and €600,000 guide price, Tommy Barker finds a piece of West Cork that exudes charm and a lot of potential

Like the cider ad, there hasn’t been much added at Ummera House, except time.

A lovely example of softly faded, and soft-focus period living, by a river’s edge, the Georgian home by the Argideen River above Timoleague in West Cork could make for quite a perfect rural idyll — especially given the land and setting.