Victorian on the double

A PAIR of very large, formerly grand Victorian semi-detached houses on 1.4 acres at Cork’s Montenotte are for sale after the company that had planned to develop them for a private secondary school got into difficulties.

Now structurally sound, but essentially shells inside, the property pair called Parkville House is offered for sale for a receiver, via Catherine McAuliffe of Savills’s Cork offices. She guides the lot at €650,000.

It now runs to a sizeable 9,000 sq ft, with three floors of space above a fronting apron of semi-basement space, with the curving top serving as a terrace.