Grand country house has a guest cottage, a studio apartment and a recording studio
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Whittaker – whose hits in the 1960s and 1970s included Durham Town and New World in the Morning – and his wife, Natalie, put the 828sq m (8,913sq ft) Shannon-side property up for sale in 2005, close to the peak of the market, and the current owner paid €5 million for the house. It is now for sale through Sotheby’s International for €2.65 million.
Badly damaged by fire in 1931, it was rebuilt in 2002 by the Whittakers, who purchased it in 2000 for €672,000.