Monkstown harbour-scanning home is small, but perfectly formed, and very well located

Coming in close to the average house price across Cork city and county, at €265,000, is No 1 The Orchard: what it lacks in size, at just about 700 sq ft, it more than makes up for in views, and in interior finish and feel.

Set by a multi-road wedge site at Fairy Hill above Monkstown in Cork harbour, it has a wide sweep of the inner harbour and of the Lee, filtered through the sentinel outpost of the period Pugin and Ashlin architects-designed 1860s Sacred Heart Monkstown parish church.