Dublin 4: €2.8m: Redbrick and distinguished looking, number 111 Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, is part of a mid-19th century terrace of similar tall houses at the Donnybrook end of that road's elegantly winding route.
Built around 1850, it has had only two previous owners in the last 70 years.The present owners have put a lot of thoughtful refurbishment and good living into number 111 during their 20 years' residency and are selling because of the realities of retirement and a grown family.
The rooms of the 240sq m (2,583sq ft) house are light filled and high-ceilinged. Accommodation consists of three reception rooms and a stylish, very contemporary kitchen/breakfastroom at garden level and upstairs, three double bedrooms (one en suite).
Lisney is quoting an advised minimum value (AMV) of €2.8m before the auction on May 23rd. Twenty years ago, houses on the terrace were selling for an average of Irish £110,000.
Number 111 is west facing and interconnecting reception rooms on the ground floor are used as originally intended: the front facing diningroom catches what sun there is for breakfast, the rear drawingroom enjoys the setting sun in the west.
Period features in these rooms and elsewhere include elaborate cornicing, ceiling centres, folding shutters on sash windows, fireplaces, internal doors, floorboards and arches, all intact and in place. The hallway is particularly wide, has a lovely arch and gets all the light possible from windows on both ascending and descending returns. The redesigned kitchen, at garden level, was finished last summer: iy has stone coloured walls, stripped wood and polished granite countertops with a peachy hue.
A separate front entrance to this level opens into a bright, white lobby and a corridor extends to a rear utility room. A family room leads via French doors to the 142ft long rear garden and patio. There is a shower room too at this level. The doors on the first floor landing have all been stripped. Two front- facing bedrooms have cast-iron fireplaces, a bedroom to the rear is en suite. There is rear, vehicular access and a magnolia tree in the front, gravelled garden.
