€525,000 plus for Victorian showpiece

EU enlargement is in force just a week, but a strip of Cork city recalls an earlier time and a different act of union - the days of the British Empire.

Victoria Road is an urban strip where many houses still carry in their names memories of British rule - and Balmoral, a house on this mini-Royal Mile, continues the Empire tradition.

This house dating to 1898, was one of three built by local merchant Robert Pulvertaft for his daughters. This Victoria Road home is a good representative of the Victorian era, and quite a showpiece of the genre. From here, it is a 10-minute walk to the city centre, and the house is close to the river and the Marina.