Blink and you’d nearly miss the turn up off Sunday’s Well Road to Lower Janemount, just west of the schloss-like St Vincent’s Church/Retreat House (now UCC’s Music Department) as it’s both narrow and quite steep.
Tucked away up the almost canyon-like lane up steps, and private south-facing gardens, is No 4 Lower Janemount, a c 1,400 sq ft three-bed period home, full of charm and just needing a gentle buff up once more after a few sets of private owner-occupiers in the past 25 years, but more recently rented out.
Back then it was the family home of Café Paradiso founders, chef and author Denis Cotter and Brigid Healy, and their two sons: The internationally renowned vegetarian restaurant they founded over 30 years ago has since rebranded as Paradiso.
Also for sale close by this month are the substantial 117 Sunday’s Well Road/Mentone Villas, a five-bed Victorian semi-d guided at €745k via Cahalane Skuse and the prime viewing spot Weir View, at €1.25m via Sherry FitzGerald.
The three-bed is full of character, with many original features, especially fireplaces in reception rooms (one with stove) and bedrooms, with lovely stairs, with an internal corbeled arch in the hall, stained glass windows on the return, cast-iron bath in the main bathroom (plus separate shower), along with a kitchen with practical, cook-inspired stainless steel worktops and hardwood units, and there’s also a rear multi-use room by a courtyard with small Veluxes set in a corrugated steel roof, possibly down to previous co-owner Bridget Healy’s New Zealand origins.
Windows to the front appear to have been replaced of late, and if so it’s second iteration, as the ones here in the 2000s were similar to those bifold ones in (Café) Paradiso on Lancaster Quay in the city centre: the one’s on the left are again bifold, but are full depth for front patio access, whereas previously they were inside a window seat.
A BER is awaited on this c100-year-old home andPowell Property’s Dominic Creedon says “surrounded by mature trees, this beautiful property boasts timeless charm and endless potential. The spacious home offers generous outdoor space both to the front and rear and has the potential for further enhancements.”