A TWO-STOREY over garden level Victorian semi-detached house at 4 Clyde Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, has come on the market with an asking price of €3.95 million – a long way from around €6.5 million paid in 2006 for each of two similar houses on the road.

Unlike the other two sold in a considerably stronger market, number 4 still has its entire rear garden running onto Clyde Lane, one of the best residential mews laneways in Dublin. It fronts onto Herbert Park. Joint selling agents James Nugent of Lisney and Neil Harper of Harper O’Grady say the rear garden is sufficiently large to accommodate two mews houses.

The main house retains most of its period features and has been occupied by the Irish Heart Foundation since it was founded in 1966 by the distinguished cardiologist Risteárd Mulcahy. The national heart and stroke charity is planning to purchase alternative office accommodation that can cater for its expanding services.