Enjoy some eyecatching sea views from dome-shaped Upper Deck

THE house Upper Deck looks like it should ring a bell — literally.

The mid-1900s bungalow with the odd-sounding name is on the coast road at Fountainstown, outside the mouth of Cork harbour, with some jaw-dropping views.

But the eye-catcher is the distinctive roof of this attractive home, with a copper bell-shaped dome or cupola over the mid-ships sitting room bay window, not unlike a soldier’s helmet, complete with neat finial.

The three-bedroom bungalow is for sale with Jarleth Boyd of Savills HOK, who seeks €750,000 for the property, in good overall condition. (The Fountainstown area has some absolutely fine homes, and a very few have shoreline frontage: one of the best located, Meadowsweet, sold at auction back in 2006 for €875,000 as a do-er upper, and is now back for sale as-is with agent Roy Dennehy for €950,000. Some modern builds along this stretch are well into the €1 million-plus category.)

Upper Deck’s main selling point is the full-on 180 degree Fountainstown view, elevated above the Coast Road which runs from the beach up and over towards Myrtleville, a short drive from Crosshaven and Carrigaline.

Its SHOK auctioneer Mr Boyd says a lot of costly work has gone into improving its uphill driveway, and the property is on a site of 0.4 of an acre. It has a glazed lean-to porch, entrance hall with porthole-shaped stained glass feature in the bright red front door, an 18’ by 12’ sitting room with bay window, kitchen with new units, store room, four average sized bedrooms, plus bathroom.

There’s an enclosed rear yard, with two small outbuildings. Windows are double glazed, heating is electric, or courtesy of the sun on the front terrace.