With water views on all sides, splendid, yet not isolated, this picturesque two-bedroom cottage is situated on Ireland’s most scenic road. It could be yours for about €385,000.
On the outskirts of Bantry town, near the stately home, Bantry House and Gardens, is a pretty little house that looks to be in splendid isolation but is actually set on the side of Ireland’s most scenic road, the Wild Atlantic Way.
It’s a route that spans 2,600 kilometres and runs from Malin Head, Ireland’s most northerly point in Co Donegal, to Kinsale, Co Cork, considered the nation’s culinary capital.
Address: Sealodge Cottage, Seafield, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75YR70
Asking price: €385,000
Agent: Charles McCarthy
This particular section takes in much of Bantry Bay, the market town and its quays.
About 1.5 kilometres out on the Cork Road section is Sealodge, a sweet little detached residence where a returning sea dog might like to drop anchor.
The two-bedroom, three-bathroom house of 94 square metres has a D2 BER rating, and is bounded by water on two sides, by a tidal pool.
In the lead shot, it appears to be floating in the middle of this body of water, famed for its mussels.
This area is called Seafield, and it is well monikered.
The masonry façade has brick detailing, window and door frames, dormer windows at first floor level and decorative bargeboards on the gables.
On the N71 roadside, a pair of portholes peer out of the property and across the bay, like a pair of eyes.
The front entrance is on the leeward side, its double doors featuring diamond pan detailing.
To the right of the entrance is the staircase which winds up to the first floor.
A curved wall conceals the kitchen, a compact space, set in a U-shape, and home to one of the property’s two porthole windows.
The kitchen is open to the dining area, making the space dual aspect.
The sitting room is at the far end of the house and is also dual aspect.
There is a shower room off it.
Upstairs, there are two double bedrooms, both of which are en-suites.
Outside, there is space for a bistro dining set beside the door, where a deck takes you across the water to the garden.
Set out in lawn, this is as beguiling a spot as one might be able to purchase for approximately €385,000, the price Charles McCarthy, the agent, is seeking for this rather uniquely-sited home.
It is far from remote.
Bantry Sailing Club is based in the building next door, where sailors carry some of their lighter craft across the N71 road to the slipway.
The Maritime Hotel, a four-star establishment, is a short walk back the road to the town’s quays, and is open all year round.
If sea swimming isn’t your thing, you can enjoy its heated indoor swimming pool and hold court at the bar.
The grounds of historic Bantry House once swept down to the sea here.
And it still offers accommodation and access to its formal gardens and tea rooms, for an admission charge, from April through to the end of October.
