Tivoli, Lower Glanmire Road, Cork City €840,000 Size 417 sq m (4,500 sq ft) Bedrooms 6 Bathrooms 4 BER Exempt THE trio of Georgian houses at Bellevue Villas possibly comprises the best renovation and conservation of any period terrace in Cork city But, there’s a rival in the sheer attention to detail right on their doorstep, just on the city side, and also overlooking the leafy Marina and the River Lee in the shape of a one-off home of similar 19th century vintage, Carrig House. Originally called Bellevue House, the detached Carrig House next to the robust Tivoli/Lower Glanmire Road terrace and old coachouse also comprising this Bellevue enclave has arisen phoenix-like from the ashes of a devastating 2002 fire to be painstakingly reinstated in the assured hands of specialists Linehan Construction and their architects, and featured here mid-project in 2002. Shining bright and finished to the nth degree, Carrig House is now a finished entity, and is set to be sold this year for a sum likely well in excess of likely well in excess of €2 million with some early viewings understood to have taken place with overseas home-hunters.
In the meantime, and at a broadly more affordable price level, how’s about 3 Bellevue Villas next door, sharing the same river views and location sharing the same exclusive and expensive bridge access over the Cork-Cobh/Midleton rail line and road carraigeway? The triplets had lain low for decades, largely unlived in, before being taken gently but .