Over £1 million is expected for a modern four-bedroom detached house on Cowper Road, Rathmines, which will be auctioned by Lisney on September 29th. Cowper Lodge is a 2,750 sq ft redbrick, located close to the junction of Palmerston and Cowper Roads. Built in 1992 for the present owner, the two-storey house is clad in Virginia Creeper and the tall evergreens bordering the lawn provide privacy.

The entrance hall has a maple floor with stencilled border and teak windows and doors. Off this there is a guest lavatory cum cloakroom. The large sittingroom has a white marble fireplace and ceiling cornicing. A V-shaped bay window overlooks the back garden and double French doors open to a terrace and the front garden.

The sittingroom leads through an open arch to the diningroom which has double French doors to a 19 ft conservatory. The conservatory also connects to the kitchen, which is an exceptionally bright room with windows on three sides.

A large, almost square room it has a good range of limed oak units along two walls leaving lots of space for a dining table or island unit.

A family room off the kitchen has a carved oak mantlepiece and a pine panelled ceiling. The study or spare bedroom which has doors to the back garden is also on the ground floor. Upstairs, the four bedrooms upstairs are all doubles. The principal room includes a V-shaped bay window and an ensuite dressingroom with a good range of fitted wardrobes. Off this is an ensuite bathroom with bath, shower and heated towel rail. A second double bedroom also has a dressingroom and ensuite bathroom. The family bathroom is off the landing. There is rear access from Cowper Downs with double entrance gates.