Residence convenient to city centre

VIEWINGS have been very strong at Mount Verdon House since the For Sale board recently went up — dozens of would-be buyers have already trooped through, attracted by the off-road privacy and convenience to Cork city centre at St Luke’s/Wellington Road.

The semi-detached house has accommodation over four floors, and lots of original architectural features to play around with, and like almost all houses of its vintage, will need some further or on-going spending.

Late Georgian in origin, No 15 Wellington Road dates back to 1830, and is set back off the road with a high wall as a screening presence, prompting a curiosity factor among those passing by, while for car-owners parking is on-street.

Not all of the viewings have been from the merely curious, however, according to Brendan Quinlan of Hamilton Osborne King: "there seems to be a huge number of people now looking to buy such houses within an easy walk of the city centre," he notes, guiding the property at €350,000-plus.

There is in effect a walled courtyard to the front, with some greenery and climbers, with Victorian tiles leading up to the front door and this entry level has a 23' by 12' drawing room plus dining room, each with cornice work and connecting doors, with a fireplace in the drawing room only the dining room piece was removed at some previous date.

The first floor has three bedrooms and a bathroom, one of the bedrooms has a concealed shower, and the top floor room (almost 20' by 16') has a window seat and city views to the south, and it also has a shower and wash hand basin.

Down at the lowest level, No 15 has a family room with patio and garden access, a kitchen with teak units and utility room, while the south-facing garden beyond complete with fruit trees is an urban bonus.