Lane Cottage is long and low, and has a lovely old, whitewashed stone outhouse/sheds alongside at right angles, topped with a neat run of corrugated steel, all near the sea at East Cork’s Ladysbridge, Castlemartyr, and Garryvoe.

Selling agent Susanne Wilkinson, of McCarthy & McGrath, in nearby Midleton, says the house dates to the mid-1800s and is a bit of wee charmer, complete with old pine half-door.

The distinctive home has a vernacular layout: One room deep, about 12’ wide, with an end bedroom, second smaller bedroom, main living area with stove in a large open inglenook style ope, as well as kitchen/breakfast room and bathroom with shower, plus entry porch.


Tidily presented, with a C Ber and modern electric heating, it’s on a half-an-acre at a townland called Ballyhimikin, near Ballycotton Seafoods, and close to some large farms in rolling countryside, near one-off homes of many hues and histories, c 2km from beaches at Garryvoe, Ballycrenane, Ballywilling, Ardnahinch, and Ballynamona, and about 3km from Shanagarry, some 5km from Ballymaloe.

VERDICT: Affordable, entry level coastal living, with a lapsed planning for a large, architect-designed extension.