Dublin 14/€3.7m: While suburban homes of a style, size and provenance of Beverston, Mount Anville Road, D14 do come on the market, they tend to appear less frequently in D14, and this handsome property hidden behind high walls is a lovely surprise.
On 0.6 of an acre with 557 sq m (6,000 sq ft) of space over three floors and with a separate two-bed apartment, it's for auction on May 6th with Gunne Residential seeking offers in the region of €3.7 million.
Built in the 1700s, its elevated site at the crest of Mount Anville Rd, gives views over Dublin, while the garden incorporates rockery and patio areas, a lawn and secret garden.
The exterior is beautifully proportioned. Inside the owners have preserved many period details (cornices, lofty ceilings and fireplaces) while modernising over the years. Standing in the drawingroom and looking through the diningroom to a contemporary kitchen and modern conservatory, illustrates how the old has been sympathetically blended with the new. The drawingroom has a fine white marble mantelpiece with painted side tiles and rococo over mantel. Large pillars separate the drawingroom from the diningroom which has a marble fireplace with glazed mahogany doors leading to a kitchen/breakfast room.
This room, overlooking the rear garden, has integrated cupboards in mahogany and a breakfast bar. The kitchen opens to a conservatory with pitched timber ceiling and ceramic floor. The conservatory has steps to a west-facing patio. Elsewhere a good-sized family room and a combined utility and guest toilet with period terrazzo floor completes the ground floor space.
Upstairs are four double bedrooms and one single all with fitted wardrobes. Two double bedrooms are en suite and one has a walk-in wardrobe. A tiled family bathroom has a door to a balcony.
The garden level apartment can be accessed from the hall and has a separate garden entrance leading to a small enclosed rear garden and hall door. Inside there is a good-sized lounge with open brick fireplace, a diningroom with timber panelled ceiling, arch to fitted kitchen, and two en suite bedrooms.
Electronic gates open to a tarmac forecourt fringed with shrubbery beds. An arch leads into a narrow, winding secret garden furnished with a bench to catch the morning sun. The rear garden begins with a series of rockeries below the conservatory, thence to a path which leads around to an extensive rear lawn which is well stocked and cultivated for all year round colour. Two final garden areas complete the versatility of this property which has a separate garage at the front of the house and extensive outhouses along the rear boundary wall.
