House of the week:Clogheen, Cork, €595,000

THERE’S a quite timeless appeal to the interiors and grounds of this renovated and extended farm house, high above Cork city at Mount Desert, Clogheen. 

Dating to 1900, it has in its many days seen lots of changes: the city grew out towards it, but the growth was slowed by green belt policies.

City and street lighting now means a carpet-like view below from its lofty perch of twinkling lights at night, and it also tracks from afar the flights into and out of Cork airport, miles away to the south, and which is also set on the crest of another of the city’s surrounding hills.