Nothing added but time: Cork's 'Oakgrove' oozes  1700s estate grace

You can build a house, but it takes 500 years for something as special as this magnificent wooded sanctuary to mature, Tommy Barker reports

Oakgrove House, near  Coachford in the Lee Valley is  for sale for €2.65m with joint agents Dominic Daly and  Sothebys

ARGUABLY, you can recreate most houses, in some shape or form, with enough skill and patience.

But, land, and woodland estates? Like the cider ad goes: nothing added but time, time by the century and more, plus dutiful, long-term inter-generational care.