€450k riverside West Cork inn has David Puttnam and Olympic rowers as upriver neighbours
Old Court Inn between Skibbereen and Baltimore has frontage to the Ilen river estuary
TOP riverside neighbours - such as internationally acclaimed film director David Puttnam, the Olympic medal bagging Skibbereen Rowing Club and a remarkable traditional timber boat building yard Hegarty’s - align with the sale offer of the riverside bar, the Old Court Inn.
Set on the tidal stretches of the Ilen river, halfway between West Cork’s Skibbereen town and the thriving harbour, ferry point and tourism hot-spot of Baltimore, the Old Court Inn is a distinctive looking 4,800 sq ft licensed premises with long trading history, riverside setting on a acre with some water frontage, and residential accommodation totaling up to 11 bedrooms over its top two floors, with external access.
Family-run for decades but not currently trading, the Old Court Inn has a seven-day trading licence and offers “an opportunity to reimagine a landmark premises in one of West Cork’s most sought-after waterfront settings,” comments selling agent Maeve McCarthy of Charles P McCarthy Skibbereen.
She guide the entire at €450,000, for an E BER rated detached property with over 1,000 sq ft of bar area and family living quarters, and scope to go fully private, be redeveloped, find a niche as accommodation, hospitality and more, while a key asset for many will be direct water access to the back of the c one acre roadside plot it occupies.
Noted film producer and now Irish citizen David Puttnam and his wife Patsy live along the same Ilen river stretch, about a kilometre upriver toward Deelish Garden Centre and Abbeystrewery Bridge, and also local is the Skibbereen Rowing Club which uses these waters for training, producing multiple medal winners, including brothers Gary and Paul O’Donovan.
A television documentary David Puttnam, the Long Way home aired on RTÉ last year highlighting the couple’s tenure at Oldcourt for over 30 years.
The Old Court Inn has also evolved over the past decades to an unusual-looking three-storey building with brick finishes, and its set by a road junction by the prominently-sited Hegarty’s boatyard at Oldcourt House, the last such traditional maker of wooden vessels, also widely known and documented in media and books, founded in 1948.
Estate agent Ms McCarthy says the adjacent Old Court Inn is a mixed use property with river views and direct access (tidal) and “occupies a landmark position on the West Cork coastline. This premises is well known locally, having operated for many years as a popular bar; it remains a familiar point of reference for those travelling between Skibbereen and Baltimore.
“The location is particularly strong: Baltimore’s one of West Cork’s most vibrant waterfront communities with a thriving sailing culture, ferry services to Sherkin and Cape Clear, acclaimed restaurants and a welcoming year round atmosphere, while Skibbereen is less than a ten minute drive and provides a full range of shops, schools and services.”
There’s a Local Link bus route (8Xdaily) and proximity to Lough Hyne’s Marine Nature Reserve: “the combination of roadside prominence, river frontage, proximity to Baltimore, Skibbereen and Lough Hyne together with regular public transport links makes this property a particularly compelling opportunity,” she adds.
DETAILS: Charles P McCarthy 028-21533, charlesmccarthy.com
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