Ashley’s a cut above the rest

BONNETS and hips, curtain swags and swagger — you can go one of several ways with the houses called Ashley.

There’s the Gone with the Wind ‘Ashley’ option: ‘Recession? Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn’ — even thought the line was Rhett Butler’s.

Then, there’s the safe, Laura Ashley decorating option: that design and materials company’s look can be cherry-picked for this Arts and Crafts architectural style (as might original practitioner William Morris’s style.) Then, for a bit more bling! there’s the Ashley and Cheryl Cole ‘Footballer’s Wives’ option, given the €1.3 million asking price and Cork Rochestown Road setting.