Got a million in the bank and a grá for the sea?

Perched high atop craggy rocks overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, with Dursey Island and Crow Head framing the view, Dursey Shore Lighthouse Residence has hit the market at €1.2m.

The four-bedroom, five-bathroom home at the southwest tip of the Beara Peninsula, designed and built in the early 1860s to house the Calf Rock Lighthouse personnel and their families, was deliberately sited to have direct visibility of Calf Rock beyond.

Sadly the lighthouse was destroyed in a storm in November 1881 and a decision was made to move the lighthouse to the higher and safer Bull Rock nearby, but the Lighthouse Residence remains and has been extended and restored in the years since to create a spacious and unique home boasting some of the most scenic views in the country.

“Excellently maintained and attractively presented, the spacious reception rooms have wonderful proportions, with tall windows to let in maximum light and access the extraordinary views.” says estate agent Olivia Hanafin of Sherry FitzGerald O’Neill West Cork.

“With an ideal balance between formality and family relaxation, this is a house to entertain in style, enjoy at leisure and make the most of throughout the seasons. Cosy fireplaces warm in winter, while contemporary rooms let you enjoy the landscape at all times of the year. The patio areas take in the magnificent views of this renowned part of Beara in West Cork.”

The home is currently laid out in two separate living areas that can easily be adapted into one spacious home and most of the rooms offer outstanding views.

The bedrooms are spacious too and there is potential to create a separate guest house on the grounds or adapt the property for living and working, adding staff quarters, or creating an additional income stream.

Outbuildings include a boat house positioned above the foreshore and slipway on a rock base, ideal for storing kayaks or a studio, and another building that includes an open shed with stairs to the floored loft, an attached glass house and a garage.

There are two further stone-built outbuildings, one to the rear of the property and a second to the east which offer further potential.

A sundial located adjoining the property records it as the location of the final sunset of the last millennium in Western Europe.

“While the coastline of the Beara Peninsula is renowned for the extraordinary beauty of its blue waters and rugged cliffs, relatively few properties have grounds that sweep down to the sea. Even fewer have direct water access,” adds Hanafin.

“There is private shoreline access via steps cut out of the rocks.”

For a fan of sea views and salty air, this is an idyllic West Cork coastal base, with the nearby Cable Car providing access to Dursey Island Allihies village about 20 minutes away. It’s also just 30 minutes from the port town of Castletownbere, where regular visitors include none other than Mr Colin Farrell.

Check out more images of the property and arrange a viewing over here.