{"id":206941,"date":"2025-11-29T19:08:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/206941\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T19:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:08:19","slug":"charming-thornbury-bungalow-in-rochestown-a-rose-by-any-other-name-for-e395k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/206941\/","title":{"rendered":"Charming Thornbury bungalow in Rochestown a rose by any other name for \u20ac395k"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOMES in Cork\u2019s Thornbury development in Rochestown are now about 40 years old, featuring a rare mix of detached and semi-detached two-storey houses, plus single-storey bungalows.<\/p>\n

One of the latter \u2014 a three-bed bungalow at 6 Manor Lawn, located at the start of the mid-1980s Thornbury development off Coach Hill \u2014 is newly up for sale after its owners of about two decades decided to relocate outside Cork.<\/p>\n

The development was delivered by McInerneys, major house builders at the time, who used similar house plans in a number of schemes over a 10-year period in Cork city and further afield.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"ChemicalChemical free gardening<\/p>\n

Like most well-planned estates of the era, Thornbury has matured well thanks to house-proud residents and thoughtful individual and collective landscaping.<\/p>\n

The planting at No 6 Manor Lawn, inside one of the first cul-de-sac sections within the hillside-set estate, has clearly flourished, evident in the mature birch tree by its drive and front garden. The westerly rear garden is very mature too, with a mix of trees, shrubs, paths, a sandstone patio and a part-concealed storage shed.<\/p>\n

Gardening here has been consciously chemical-free, it\u2019s noted.<\/p>\n

\"TeakTeak double doors to sun-trap patio\"\"<\/p>\n

Internally, No 6 is very well presented, decorated and maintained.<\/p>\n

Selling agent Stuart O\u2019Grady of Sherry FitzGerald says: \u201cIt\u2019s one of those rare enough, genuine \u2018walk in and hang your hat\u2019 homes. It\u2019s going to show very well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr O\u2019Grady is guiding \u20ac395,000 and expects first-time buyer interest rather than trade-down interest, despite the single-storey layout, good condition and manageable mature garden. It\u2019s still ideal for older buyers coming from larger homes with far bigger gardens.<\/p>\n

However, he believes a first-time buyer is most likely to purchase No 6, which has just under 1,000 sq ft, with its three bedrooms to the left of the central hall with its runner carpet, the bathroom at the end, and the living room in front of the kitchen\/diner on the right.<\/p>\n

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Painted navy blue, the living room is traditionally furnished, with a period-style open fireplace with ornate features. There\u2019s plenty of art and some feature lights, reflecting off the polished walnut hardwood floor.<\/p>\n

Glazed double doors link this space to the kitchen\/diner behind, which looks out to the back garden and patio through glazed teak French doors \u2014 described by Mr O\u2019Grady as a suntrap, private garden. Other rooms have a mix of mid-20th century and antique furniture and decorative items for a timeless feel.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s billed as \u201cinviting\u201d by Mr O\u2019Grady. The three bedrooms are on the compact side, and the main bathroom has what he describes as an elliptical bath, as well as a walk-in shower with a Grohe power shower.<\/p>\n

\n VERDICT: A lovely, quiet setting between \u2018old\u2019 Rochestown and Douglas village, with a mix of house types on Coach Hill, near Mount Oval services, bus routes, sports facilities and woodland walks at Garryduff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOMES in Cork\u2019s Thornbury development in Rochestown are now about 40 years old, featuring a rare mix of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,18,433,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-206941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-house-prices-mortgages-estate-agents-cork-munster","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115634563387823056","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}