Description
Two adjoining – former grave diggers' – cottages, in need of complete modernisation with vehicular access onto Finglas Road
Agent
SherryFitzGerald
Numbers 2 and 3, Tower View Cottages look out at the boundary wall of Glasnevin Cemetery and to O'Connell Tower, the architectural feature that gives the properties its name. They are situated on a quiet cul de sac.
The adjoining, one-storey houses were bought by Bernard Gilbert, a grave digger in the cemetery who buried former president Eamon de Valera and Dubliner Luke Kelly. He bought number 3 from the cemetery in 1952. In 1958 he bought No 2.
He passed away earlier this year but his memory lives on in the Glasnevin Museum, where among the exhibits Gilbert appears in a photograph (right) with two of his colleagues.
The property backs onto the boundary of St Vincent’s secondary school, with the main part of the school shielded from view by a row of mature trees.
Inside, a rabbit warren of rooms, some at Alice-in-Wonderland angles, take you through the 70sq m (764sq ft) of space. In parts you can see the vaulted ceilings, which, if opened up, would give the rooms a better feeling of space. Judicious use of roof lights would allow light to flood through. The houses are set around a small, enclosed courtyard, which an architect could work with to redirect light back into the rooms.
Off the kitchen in number two is a step-down into a garage with vehicular and pedestrian access onto busy Finglas Road. It offers an additional 29sq m (317sq ft) of space to play with. Despite being situated close to the busy Finglas Road the properties are very quiet once inside.
The property is asking €220,000 through agents SherryFitzGerald. It has an F BER rating.
Out front there is on-street disc parking for residents.
