Lily pond home could be a nice pad

Charleville, Co Cork €190,000

ALILY pond, appropriately, graces the grounds of this Victorian home called Church View, near the Holy Ghost Church in north Cork’s Charleville.Set within the town, detached and on a reasonable sized garden foran urban setting, the four-bed old home with real internal character carries a €190,000 asking price, via Charleville town-based agent PJ O’Gorman.

Due to its location, he bills it as a trophy residence, though in truth if it’s a trophy, it is in need of a polish and then some more ministrations to get it back to winning order.It’s set along the old Limerick Road, within a walk of all the amenities (Charleville now has four supermarkets, a SuperValu, a Dunnes, an Aldi and a Lidl).Limerick is about a 30 minute spin, and Cork is about 45 minutes away. Mr O’Gorman says the site is both mature and private, sunny with a good mix of trees and shrubs, with a 27’ by 8’ garage as a bonus.

Internally, the house has retained much of its Victorian character, with original cast-iron fireplaces in the two main reception rooms, picture rails, sash windows, deep door cases, and especially the distinctive tall wainscoting in the 17’ long hall, in dark, varnished pine panels. Also quite individual is the decorative fret-work in the stair balusters.

Rooms beyond a basic porch include two receptions, study, kitchen. ground floor WC with shower, and upstairs the square-block house has four reasonably-sized double bedrooms, with a main bathroom.

VERDICT: Church View is a period county town home, with some quite special features to work with,plus feature pond in a very good Charleville location.