A substantial and detached redbrick on Appian Way, Dublin 6, is on the market through Lisney which is seeking £1.8 million by private treaty sale. Number 4, a three-storey house, has been refurbished and renovated by the present owners with immense style and its almost 5,000 sq ft of accommodation provides ample space for the largest of families.
Although the area has a Dublin 6 postmark, Appian Way is just off Upper Leeson Street, a pleasant walk from both St Stephen's Green and Herbert Park. The house for sale is on the corner of Winton Road, with a good-sized and very private garden. An interlinked mews built to the rear of the garage would make an ideal office or staff quarters. Number 6 is one of the largest houses on the road, double-fronted and with a flight of granite steps to the fashionably-black front door. Inside, the restoration has been carried out to a particularly high standard of finish, with working sash windows and internal shutters, antique brass door accessories and a state-of-the-art kitchen at garden level. Floorboards throughout the house have been stripped back and stained a rich mahogany colour.
Soft neutral colours are an unusual but effective choice for the arched hallway, which has very fine cornicing and centrepieces. To the right, the drawingroom, decorated in cream and white, has a side bay window and two tall sash windows overlooking the front garden. The ruched cream silk curtains, with all the other curtains and carpets in the house, are included in the sale. An original grey marble fireplace has a tiled inset.
In contrast, the large formal diningroom across the hall is wallpapered in deep raspberry, with a pink marble fireplace. Behind the drawingroom is the library, which has a limestone fireplace and an entire wall of solid mahogany bookshelves. At the end of the inner hall there is a small office and a useful clothes storage room. A conservatory with a slate floor links at hall level with a large timber-floored gymnasium over the garage.
The garden level, which is extremely bright, is used for everyday family living. Central to this area of the house is the big sunny kitchen, with hand-made creampainted units, granite worktops and a cream gas-fired Aga. Integrated appliances include a Gaggenau dishwasher, grill and hob and Miele fridge and freezer.
A granite countertop divides the kitchen from an informal dining area and a door opens to the side garden. Along the hall there is a cloakroom with a child-level washbasin and lavatory, a plumbed laundry with a Belfast sink and a very large family/ playroom.
On the top floor are three double bedrooms and a goodsized single room. The main bedroom, which has a southerly outlook, has a marble fireplace and a range of fitted wardrobes. A short flight of steps leads to an en suite shower-room with marble floor and power shower. The family bathroom has a polished wood floor and there is a guest lavatory on the half landing.
Outside, electronically operated gates off Winton Road lead to a cobbled driveway, a double garage and an inner courtyard. Off this, a guest suite has a double bedroom and en suite shower room with a walk-in wardrobe. The gardens have a sunny aspect and are very private, with herbaceous borders, an old copper beech spreading over the lawn and a climbing rose.
