Property Details
Address: The Lodge
Counkilla
Rooms: 5 (1 en-suite)
Furnished: Yes
Heating: OFCH
Garden: Yes
Information: Beautifully Renovated period farm house in the heart of West Cork.
This lovingly restored farmhouse exudes character and charm. Nestled in a private south facing position, the house and grounds are accessed via Georgian style entrance pillars. The sweeping drive carries you through over 300 meters of immaculately kept hedging and ancient stone built ditch's.
The House built 100 years ago has been expertly renovated by the present owner, a local builder with a passion for period properties. The house offers circa 2300 square feet of space.
Offering a large country kitchen with separate utility / boot room, two living rooms, five bedrooms one of which is en-suit and two further bathrooms, this house has plenty of room for every one.
The Kitchen which now occupies the old dairy has beautiful exposed timber beams creating an overall ceiling height of 14 feet.
The family room, accessed via a stone lobby has a huge inglenook fireplace with wood burning stove. This room has a state of the art surround sound TV system including LCD television. There are two gorgeous windows to the south facing front gardens and one to the rear lawn.
The living room features a carved stone fireplace with cast iron insert, built in book cases and mahogany floor. This lovely room offers a peaceful setting to read, listen to music or simply gaze out of the windows to the well maintained gardens.
The ground floor is completed by the guest bedroom and shower room that offers your guests privacy away from the family quarters on the first floor.
There are two further double bedrooms one of which is the master with en-suit and two single bedrooms on the first floor.
The family bathroom must be seen for its unique Georgian suit comprising enclosed bath, toilet and huge wash had basin.
The master en-suit is more modern, offering an Italian wash hand basin that rests on brown Italian marble and a really powerful shower.
The House is flooded with natural light and is a joy for nature lovers having uninterrupted views of the country side. Sitting on almost 2.5 acres of land there is plenty of room for a pony or vegetable garden.
The House is only 300 meters away from the outstanding natural beauty of the heritage walk way. being part of the famous west cork sheeps head way, this walk offers four tranquil routes that take you through some of the most beautiful country side in west cork.
Viewing can be arranged with the owner by email
Vendor Contact Details
Pat Keohanepatkeohane1@eircom.net
