House of the week: Monkstown, Co Cork €595,000

Sq m: 249 (2,680sq ft)

HOUSES have history — and in the case of Monkstown’s Sydenham Terrace, the elegant row is almost a property register in its own right. charting the peaks and troughs of the market over the last 20 years and the two centuries beforehand too.

You could say it’s like a cultural Coronation Street — a posher, taller, grander version certainly, but neighbours know neighbours here. That’s because of the two-sided nature of this Regency row. There’s a quiet laneway access to the front of the house, but really this is the back.