Victoriana with unrivalled views

A period house with multiple features is a real beauty, writes Tommy Barker

Hard-working Robin Hill House has been many things to many men, and women, in its 150 years. And now, having been a private home, a rectory, a restaurant, a guest house and most recently a fertility clinic as well, it’s open to new uses or reprising old ones.

Robin Hill, also known as the Glebe House, is on the Rushbrooke hillside approach to Cobh, a spot dripping in Victorian architectural finery.