Semi-d a period charmer

HERE’S one to cherish ...

Quite largely in its original state, and certainly not mucked around with by the “improvements” sometimes imposed on older houses in and around the mid-1960s and since, is 35 Sunday’s Well Road, Cork city – a residence with almost 200 years of history.

A four-bed semi-detached with an 1820s pedigree, and a setting high above the River Lee near the city centre and hospitals, it comes fresh to market with estate agent Catherine McAuliffe of Savills, who seeks offers around €550,000 for the three-storey private home.