{"id":128287,"date":"2025-11-08T07:09:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T07:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/128287\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T07:09:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T07:09:17","slug":"cork-home-that-offers-modernism-and-character-for-e295k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/128287\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork home that offers modernism and character for \u20ac295k"},"content":{"rendered":"

Squeezed into the southern corner of a 19th-century square in Cork city, this is a marriage of modernism and character.<\/p>\n

Address: 31 Prosperity Square, Barrack Street, Cork city centre, T12DE4H<\/a><\/p>\n

Asking price: \u20ac295,000<\/p>\n

Agent: AML Property<\/p>\n

Star Trek fans will already know that the Vulcan salute, live long and prosper, is one that modern life now demands of all of us.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re lucky enough to be house hunting, could there be a better way to manifest a better future than to live at Prosperity Square, a late 19th-century landmark built by Cork Improved Dwellings Co. Ltd?<\/p>\n

Built around 1875, it features two-bay, single-storey with attic houses, set high on a hill overlooking the spire of Saint Fin Barre\u2019s Cathedral and the staggered rooftops of Cork\u2019s city centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"modernism \"<\/p>\n

Tucked into its southern corner and thanks to its fusion of old and new, number 31 is especially beguiling.<\/p>\n

The front of the house measures about 2.5 metres wide, less than some sofas, and has a dormer window at first-floor level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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But it expands out to fill the plot width to the rear.<\/p>\n

From its blancmange pink front door inwards, it offers home hunters looking for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom property a surprising 76 square metres of light and space.<\/p>\n

The living room is to the front, but its window overlooks the back garden, which is bounded by high granite walls.<\/p>\n

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The kitchen dining room is to its rear. It too has been oriented towards the garden.<\/p>\n

Inky-black units are set in a C-shape, facing the greenery. From the range cooker, you can look out over the sofa at nature \u00a0– thanks to the installation of floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors that blur the lines between inside and out.<\/p>\n

The owner has also managed to include a small laundry room and a guest WC at this level, and the stairs to the bedrooms lead up from the dining area.<\/p>\n

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The principal bedroom is gorgeous. A long, narrow window frames the garden <\/a>view and means you can see it from bed.<\/p>\n

The red brick on its chimney breast has been exposed, and there is a second light source from the dormer window to the front.<\/p>\n

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The second bedroom is currently used as a nursery. There is also a shower room at this level. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

AML Property is seeking \u20ac295,000 for the C3 Ber-rated house. It last sold in December 2016 for \u20ac150,000, according to the property price register.<\/p>\n

In the intervening years, it has been utterly transformed to meet the light and space demands of modern life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Squeezed into the southern corner of a 19th-century square in Cork city, this is a marriage of modernism…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-128287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}