A two-storey, over garden-level period house at 39 Kenilworth Square, Rathgar, Dublin 6, is expected to make £700,000 at a Jackson-Stops auction on September 27th.

Overlooking the square, the house has retained most of its period features, including ornate plaster cornicing and original marble fireplaces. Up a flight of granite steps, the hall door opens into an elegant hallway, off which are two large reception rooms. There are four bedrooms and a family bathroom upstairs.

At garden level is the livingroom, fitted kitchen, two bedrooms and a second bathroom. The front garden has off-street parking and a side entrance leads to a walled rear garden with outhouses.