A lovely country home with traditional outbuildings, all in very good condition, is on the market near Cloyne, Co Cork.

The property is Commons House and it’s for sale with Hegarty Properties by private treaty. The guide price is €660,000.

Standing on 3.2ac, the house is just 1.5km outside the village at Commons East. It’s 7km from Midleton and 25km from Cork city.

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The driveway leads up to the house which has a well-kept lawn and mature landscaping.

Built in 1870, the main house is spacious at approximately 2,700 sq ft.

Features include high ceilings, marble fireplaces, ceiling coving and window shutters of its era. Behind the front porch, which was definitely a later addition, there’s a stepped entrance and a doorway with a Georgian fanlight.

Hegarty Properties 3.24ac Commons House, Cloyne, Co Cork.

The kitchen has fitted units and built in storage cabinets. There is also a sun room, a lounge and a laundry room. Upstairs there are four bedrooms. It has oil fired central heating and mains water.

Adjacent to the main house, there are a number of stone-built outbuildings, likely former stables, barns and workshops. There is a steel shed in the paddock.

Here you’ll also find an 1,100 sq ft annex off the main house with its own entrance. It has a family room, kitchen and three bedrooms.

Outside, there is an orchard, a walled garden and a paddock. There is ample parking to the front and rear of the property. Beyond the large walled garden there are fields and a large aluminium shed, likely used for sheltering animals in the past.