VIDEO: House of the week: Nohoval, Co Cork, €350,000

GIVEN the amount of water that has sluiced down on the countryside this month, it’s a good test of a house if it has stayed dry, and smells dry, these dark winter days. 

It’s even more of an achievement in the case of old, stone houses in exposed locations.

After this month’s floods, it would appear that the attractively-titled Newfoundland Cottage has passed the weatherproofing test: while this coastal home’s gardens have that December windswept, buffeted look, the interior of this, ‘storey and a half’ house is surprisingly dry and welcoming.