Enjoy the high life, Victorian-style, at top of Cork city’s St Patrick’s Hill

THERE is gym equipment in a backroom of this tall house, number three, Landsdowne Terrace, but, truth be told, getting to the front door is a cardiovascular workout in itself.

Set within a few hundred yards of Cork’s shopping centre, St Patrick’s Street, (twice voted the country’s best shopping street since its trendy re-vamp), you might need sherpas to bring your purchases home: number three is on the top of precipitous St Patrick’s Hill.

Number three is a three-storey home measuring 2,200 sq ft, with four bedrooms and views of classic Cork vistas, from St Anne’s Shandon to the North Cathedral, with the city and Blackpool valley spread out beneath.