Shankill: €875,000 An 1840s lodge has been revamped in traditional style by its interior designer/artist owner. Anne Dempsey reports
An interior designer and artist in oils who is selling her restored cottage in Shankill has exhibited her creativity and attention to detail in the stylish upgrade achieved in this family home.
Crinken Lodge, Old Bray Road, Shankill, Co Dublin, will be sold by private treaty through Sherry FitzGerald, which is seeking offers around €875,000.
Built in the 1840s, the property is situated inside the stone pillars of the original Big House, yet set back in privacy.
Re-roofed in reclaimed blue Bangor slates, the exterior plaster has been removed to reveal the lovely original stone fabric and granite sills underneath.
The interior has been completely remodelled, and comprises two reception rooms, three bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms.
An entrance porch with its original red/black quarry tiles leads to the hall with reclaimed wide timbered boards.
The livingroom to the right, carpeted in blonde wool, has a beautifully proportioned cast-iron fireplace with green side tiles, and sash windows with sloping side panels.
The dining/drawingroom to the left of the hallway has a solid fuel Jotul stove and is a bright space lit by a Velux window, front-facing window and patio doors to the front lawn.
The rear-facing kitchen in an annex of the drawingroom has more of the original quarry tiles, and is furnished with bespoke French country-style units painted cream, with a teak draining board and worktop.
An integrated oven, fridge freezer and dishwasher are imaginatively fitted into the compact space. The utility, with recessed hot press, is plumbed for washing machine and dryer. A door connects the livingroom to a good-sized main bedroom which spans the property, with windows to front and rear.
Its en suite shower room is floored in mosaic tile, with a large basin and mirror over it.
A second bedroom at the other end of the house has sliding doors to an en suite shower room which makes ingenious use of a small space, while the third bedroom, currently used as an art studio, has an oak floor, Belfast sink, and front and side windows.
The family bathroom has an original antique cast-iron bath (found in a field in Sligo) which has been successfully restored, down to its polished claw feet and brass tap fittings.
The house is set against its rear boundary wall giving all the space in the front. Electronic gates protect a gravelled drive and parking area.
There is a south-west facing lawn and patio, a separate good-sized garage and workshop, and some mature chestnut trees which acknowledge the age and grace of this property.
