Wouldn’t it be grand at ‘Strand’, a mid-terrace overlooking harbour

There’s a nice sense of age and place to 8, Lucia Place, a Cork harbour home on Strand Road, just as Passage West starts to link up with Glenbrook.

Dating to the 1800s, this mid-terraced home with three bedrooms looks across the harbour stretch and old dockyard by the water’s front to Carrigaloe, with its rear stepping back to an old sandstone cliff, but leaving enough space behind for a terraced back yard and outdoor dining spot.

No 8 is guided at €155,000 by Sherry FitzGerald, who say it has kept many original features and is “extremely well-appointed and well presented”. Although windows in front are double glazed pvc, there are some retained sash windows behind, and many of the floors are in original timbers, while some rooms have plasterwork coving. The main 14’ by 12’ front reception room has a black cast iron fireplace, with decorative tile inserts.

Overall look is bright and cared for, says auctioneer Ann O’Mahony, saying it’s a walk-in job.

Two of the bedrooms are at first floor level, to the front, with a bathroom behind, and the top floor has a third bedroom, with Velux windows in the sloping roof.

VERDICT: Roadside and river-aspected, No 8 has a warm interior, and private almost grotto-like rear paved terrace.