This former gatekeeper’s cottage was once part of the infrastructure of the West Cork Railway. In a secluded spot, it comes with a quarter acre of grounds and is just a 15-minute drive to Cork’s city centre.
At the very end of a road off the N71, in Cork city’s outer suburbs, is a gem of a house.
Accessed via a boreen, the gated property, Railway Cottage, formerly Railway House, is a detached former gatekeeper’s cottage on a quarter-acre site at Castlewhite, Waterfall, about a 15-minute trip by car from Cork city.
Address: Railway Cottage, Castlewhite, Waterfall, Co Cork, T12 VKP6
Asking price: €375,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Cork
Just beyond Cork city’s south ring road, it offers the kind of rural idyll one expects to have to travel much further to find.
Situated along what was once the Cork/Bandon line of the Great Southern Railway, the tracks of the West Cork Railway might have been pulled up, but this 1900-built residence has charm aplenty.
The tiled roof building has tiles in a shingle format covering much of its first floor.
It opens into a windowed porch that leads through to the eat-in kitchen, a dual-aspect room that has below-counter cabinetry on two sides, a tiled splashback and timber floors.
There is a decent-sized utility off it.
A barn-style sliding door opens into the living room. Also dual-aspect, the room has a honey-coloured oak floor laid in a parquet pattern.
There’s a wood-burning stove set into the fireplace and the stairs lead up to the accommodation from here.
Now a two-bedroom house, the accommodation is upstairs, along with the property’s only bathroom.
The two-storey house was last sold as a three-bedroom property in 2019 for €225,000, according to the property price register.
The third bedroom has been turned into a rather spacious walk-in wardrobe to the primary bedroom, but it would easily be converted back into a bedroom.
The painted floorboards upstairs give the sloping roofed rooms a Scandinavian-feel, a look that could be extended down the stairs too.
The house is set on a sizeable plot of land that extends to about a quarter of an acre.
It includes a detached shed, a vegetable patch and views back north and eastward to Cork city, with a long, rolling view from its elevation out towards the hills fringing Cork’s northside. There is scope to expand, subject to planning permission.
Bishopstown and Ballincollig are nearby, with Cork University Hospital, Wilton Shopping Centre and the South Ring Road network all within easy reach.
Extending to 93 square metres, agents Sherry FitzGerald Cork is seeking €375,000 for the E2 BER-rated residence.
