€270,000 for smart apartment with Victorian echoes

THE SMA seminary at Victoria Cross on the Western Road in Cork was one of the first apartment schemes in an area which now has a fair share of student developments.

And Victoria Lodge was initially run as an upmarket bed and breakfast before being redeveloped entirely into self-contained accommodation units.

On landscaped grounds close to the River Lee and 10 minutes’ walk from the city, this redevelopment is still an attractive buy.