Model house is the original of the species

CULARD is the real thing. As urban architectural style finds it hard to leave the Victorian and Edwardian models behind, this three storey ‘original of the species’ comes up for sale in one of Cork’s chicest residential quarters, Ballintemple.

Choice features include slate roof with ornate ridge tiles, tall brick chimneys, brick entrance pillars and polychrome brick porch with stained glass door and small fanlight, good fireplaces and original windows.

It is the sort of period house that the Lindville house development in Cork was modelled on. The new occupants of Culard, however, may well rob back ideas from Lindville, and be seen in a few months time scouting around the modern interpretations up the road to see how best to adapt houses of this floor plan to modern lifestyles.