Crossbarry family home with mature gardens and Aga kitchen listed at €695,000

St Jude’s offers 2,500 sq ft of family living with landscaped gardens, classic interiors and a prime Crossbarry location

Crossbarry St Jude’s classic calm: agent Tirza Hourihan  of Sherry FitzGerald guides at €695,000. Pictures: John Roche

Crossbarry, Cork
€695,000
Size	241 sq m (2,580 sq ft)
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	4
BER	C2

THE name seems a bit irrelevant in the case of the sale of this Crossbarry home. It’s called St Jude’s, after the patron saint of lost causes but, when it comes to selling to move on, St Jude’s already has forward momentum.

Front view

The quality 2,500 sq ft family home was designed to a traditional two-storey template mixing gable front and side, single-storey wing by its owners back in 1999 and was built by local man Donal Murphy. Its design has stood the test of time, with the house having a good flow of user-friendly rooms, many of them interconnecting.

St Jude’s is set at the corner entrance to a niche development in Crossbarry village called The Grove, and is on a site of close to half an acre, well landscaped and mature, with a large, private back garden with excellent seasonal planting, as well as a water feature/pond with small jetted fountain by the rear patio.

The floor plan at ground level is well delivered, with an integrated porch entrance leading to a hall with feature staircase in oak, setting a tone of good standard internal timbers and joinery.

Oak forest

It comes with reception rooms left and right of the hall, with the larger on the left, double aspect, leading on to a dining room to the back which, in turn, leads to a sun room with solid roof and centrally set wood-burning stove at the far end.

The dining room also opens to the kitchen, over 20’ by 13’ with feature island, curved or teardrop shaped, with granite and timber tops, made by Callan Kitchens in Bandon, with a cream Aga range in pride of place, in keeping with the calm classical decor theme in other rooms.

Aga can-do

Also at ground is a utility with guest WC, while the substantial oak stairs leads to the first floor, where two of the four bedrooms off the generous landing are en suite, extensively tiled with showers, one with walk-in robe; the main family bathroom has a bath.

Most of the rooms have wallpaper finishes for interior variety, and overall condition and maintenance standards are excellent. It gets a C2 BER with oil heating and double glazing, while the kitchen has had a recent upgrade of sliding doors to the expansive paved patio with seating and raised beds. Handily, there’s a steel shed to the right for storage.

Selling agent is Tirza Hourihan of Sherry FitzGerald who guides the Lissgroom, Crossbarry, home at €695,000 and who reports “good interest in the property with those looking to trade up in the area/first-time buyers and people looking for a countryside location within close proximity of the city and western suburbs for commuting”.

Key attractions are site size and gardens, presentation, and village setting near services, with a light rural air but services to hand, within easy reach of the city, Ballincolig, and points west past Innishannon and Kinsale via the Halfway roundabout.

VERDICT: Great nick, kept well up to spec.