DUBLIN 4: €3MThis elegant Edwardian redbrick in Ballsbridge has been extensively refurbished and extended over the past year, writes Rose Doyle

JUST PAST its century, an elegant Edwardian semi on Anglesea Road in Ballsbridge is enjoying a second coming.

Everything but the original walls of number 67 has been rebuilt and remoulded to create an energy efficient home of 370sq m (3,980sq ft) in a style that's faithful to the Edwardian original.

There are a few extras too, such as the newly excavated lower ground floor with a home cinema and temperature-controlled wine cellar.

The five-bedroom house will be auctioned on September 24th by Colliers Jackson-Stops. The AMV is €3 million.

One of a pair of homes the builder kept for himself when he'd finished work on Anglesea Road, in 1903, the redbrick and its neighbour have good details, such as granite sills.

The house was in 10 bedsits until a little over a year ago and the refurbishment and extending of this house was a project of more than a little passion for the vendor who lavished time and money on getting the period detail right and adding all the necessities to make a comfortable noughties home. Work finished in July but it's already settled nicely into its new life with the landscaped garden making the transition to welcoming oasis with surprising speed.

Colours used in the five bedrooms (three of them en suite), three reception rooms, study, kitchen/breakfastroom, home cinema and wine cellar are from a muted Farrow Ball palette.

The oiled-oak floors in many rooms have a hand-crafted look and give a lived-in feel to the front facing drawingroom.

Plasterwork here and throughout (except in the top floor attic-style rooms where it wouldn't have worked) has been carefully hand-crafted by a master stuccodore. Original, coloured leaded glass rims the wide bay window.

Bricks from the original walls and extension were used to build today's extension and the wine cellar.

Designed with many windows and glass doors, the extension has an enviable kitchen by Oakline which leads on to a sun/family room and so to the garden.

The kitchen's island unit is topped with white, polished Persian granite and the units, in a blue somewhere between sea and sky, are extensive and full of clever storage.

The diningroom also opens to the rear garden, where much use of Indian sandstone gives a sense of sun and light.

The main bedroom, to the front on the first floor, has a marble fireplace, walk-in wardrobe/dressing room and an en suite bathroom with a balcony overlooking the rear garden.

There is a floored attic and off-street parking for three cars inside the iron railings to the front of the house.

67 Anglesea Road, Dublin 4

A five-bedroom house with extension and converted attic

Agent: Colliers Jackson-Stops