Adare, a granite mews house on a quarter-acre site, is at the end of a long, gravelled laneway running between two of the great houses on Ailesbury Road, Dublin 4.
Originally the coach-house of number 16, Adare was converted in l968 to make a four-bedroom home with three reception rooms and a south-west facing rear garden. It is for sale through Finnegan Menton, which is guiding £1.25 million (#1.6m) in advance of the May 30th auction.
Adare is in a courtyard and faces the rear of another, similarly converted, coachhouse. Its granite walls are a feature both outside and inside, where they are exposed and painted white, along the stairs and in several of the rooms.
Adare has an interior with a 1960s feel, with wood-panelled ceilings and walls, sheet-glass windows with views of the garden and an open staircase. The main bedroom has a wide, hardwood-framed window looking on to the garden, a wooden ceiling and a bank of fitted wardrobes in wood. It has an en suite with wash-hand basin and toilet, and is plumbed for a shower.
Of the other three bedrooms on the first floor, two have fitted wardrobes and all have wooden ceilings. The family bathroom has a sunken bath and blue-tiled walls. The drawing, dining and TV rooms on the ground floor all have views of the patio and garden. The outer walls in the drawing and diningrooms are whitepainted granite and the ceilings are wood-panelled.
The drawingroom has a large window and an open fireplace with copper surround. A door from the diningroom leads to the TV room which has a glass door to the garden and built-in shelving.
The kitchen is a long room with a ceramic-tiled floor, red-tiled splashback and timber presses. A louvred door leads to a sun/utility room. The large back garden was once an orchard.
