Overlook the city in a perfect Edwardian house

HERBERT PARK is where the 1900s house builder Sam Hill met the steep incline Gardiners Hill, in Cork city.

What he built there, in classic Edwardian styling, is a monument to good practice and design; builders aping the Georgian and Victorian look would do well to consider Edwardian in their mix of plundered designs.

The term ‘des res’ might well have been coined for the handful of these handsome Herbert Park houses - there are just six - and they’re covetable... perfection in a park.