House of the week: Courtmacsherry, Cork

Price: €250,000

Visiting the site and grounds of Silverhill, near coastal Courtmacsherry, is like reading chapters of a local history book — it goes backwards, in layers.

The opening chapter is a fine-looking two-storey Victorian/Edwardian-style county farmhouse of some character, complete with old conservatory with sash windows in prime, central place in the front elevation.