A large Victorian semi-detached house at 2 Rostrevor Terrace, off Orwell Road, in Rathgar, Dublin 6, carries a guide price of £1.3 million prior to auction through Gunne Residential on June 22nd.

The house is part of a row of 14 solid redbrick homes overlooking a private park with 100-year-old chestnut trees screening the terrace from Orwell Road. It needs refurbishing but the fact that it has many of its original features will probably ensure a strong price. These houses are plain on the outside, but have fine interiors with superb reception rooms at hall level. There is around 3,500 sq ft of living space and a 120-ft walled back garden.

The hall has fine ceiling cornices and a tall stained-glass window at the side. An inner hall leads to the two reception rooms - a drawingroom and diningroom, both of which has have very good plasterwork and a white marble fireplace.

Upstairs there is a spacious bathroom off the first landing. Three double bedrooms are on the first floor. The largest has a white marble fireplace with a cast-iron inset, ceiling coving and two windows to the front. The other two have cast-iron fireplaces. There is a separate lavatory at this level. A smaller bedroom is on a half-landing while the fifth bedroom is on the hall landing.

The kitchen is at garden level and features wall and floor units and a door to an understairs wine cellar. Also at this level is a family room as well as a sittingroom, with a cast-iron fireplace. There is also another bathroom with a sixth bedroom, which could be used as a study.

Outside is a good-sized front garden with ample offstreet parking as well as a garage. The west-facing rear garden is secluded and is particularly long at 120 ft.