House of the week: Blackrock Road, Cork €575,000

Location: Size: Sq m 185 (2,000 sq ft)

INTERNAL levels go down, as well as upwards, from the Gothic arched entrance of the Cork City home 1 Clonard. Set at the city end of the Blackrock Road, between Ashton school and the expansive grounds of the African Missions, this 100-plus-year-old period home has its accommodation over four floors, with a lower ground level home to kitchen/breakfast room with patio garden access, its two linked reception rooms are at the entry level, and the two floors beyond each have two bedrooms.

No 1 Clonard is new to market this month with agent Timothy Sullivan, who seeks offers around €575,000, so it’s very much a trading up home, with buyers keen on the location and the address. The Property Price Register shows at least eight Cork homes with a Blackrock address making over €500,000 since the start of 2013, when Blackrock and its environs sort of led the price recovery in the city’s suburbs.