Victorian semi on top of the city at Brixton Hill

A LUNG-expanding climb from Sunday’s Well Road, via a narrow boreen, leads to a level plateau high above Cork city.

This is Buxton Hill, a bracing south-facing address on the city’s western rim — and a 10-minute walk from town.

And while this enclave on one of the city’s bracelet of hills doesn’t have great accessibility, it has peace and quiet and panoramic views.