BLACKROCK: €975,000:FOR SALE ON the open market for the first time since it was built in the 1840s, number 10 Lower Prince Edward Terrace, Carysfort Avenue in Blackrock is asking €975,000 through Savills.

Located opposite the Smurfit Business School, the two-storey over basement terraced house has a 100ft garden to the rear, and lots of off-street parking in front.

The house is in need of some refurbishment but has many authentic details. It’s currently home to John Ducie, the Properties and Conservation Officer of An Taisce, who has overseen the upkeep of house which has resulted in all the original features being conserved including the original wooden floors in the basement.

A wide high ceilinged hallway with ornate plasterwork leads to an inner hallway off which are the two large reception rooms.

One of these is the kitchen-cum-diningroom, and it’s kept its original fireplace, while the larger drawingroom overlooks the back garden.

The stairway is lit by a high Georgian window complete with fanlight. There are three bedrooms on the top floor, along with a bathroom – a bright airy room over the hallway below.

The ground floor is arranged as as a self-contained one-bedroom flat with a large sittingroom-cum-kitchen and an even larger bedroom.

Mr Ducie also laid out the 100ft granite walled garden, and in fact has been running a garden design business from the rear of the property, which he plans to retain and rebuild as a home.

The garden will be well known to many over the years as the venue for numerous garden parties and charity fundraisers including those of the RHSI, the Irish Georgian Society and An Taisce.

10 Prince Edward Terrace, Carysfort Ave, Blackrock

Period home expertly done up

Agent: Savills