Dublin 4 €7.5 million:Another long-time resident of Shrewsbury Road is selling up. This is a striking property with one of the largest gardens in leafy Ballsbridge, writes BERNICE HARRISON

MORE MOVEMENT on Shrewsbury Road with another long-time resident selling up. Number 9 – Lissadell – has been in the same family for more than 30 years, and it’s a striking house with one of the largest gardens on this leafy Ballsbridge road.

The detached house, built in 1905, is substantial at 345sq m (3,700sq ft). There are six bedrooms and three-quarters of an acre of garden. It’s for sale through Sherry FitzGerald for €7.5 million.

A previous owner extended by adding a new redbrick porch complete with marble pillars, possibly to add a touch of grandeur, as well as bay windows at the back to enlarge the reception rooms and give access to the back garden via French doors. They also put the kitchen in the pretty, redbrick single-storey wing to the side of the house. The current owner has extended this area at the back with a glazed addition to make it a lovely, spacious eat-in kitchen opening into a family room. There are other reception rooms: a large formal dining room that is connected, by folding doors, to an elegant drawing room; another living room; and a conservatory to the side of the house. All are nicely proportioned and have original features.

This has always been a grand house with provision made by the builder for staff, so three of the bedrooms and a bathroom are off what would have been the staff staircase.

The main staircase leads up from a lovely square hall and there are three large bedrooms, all with dual aspect, as well as a bathroom big enough to suggest it might once have been a bedroom.

The back garden will be a big selling point – a great square of lawn with enough space, subject to planning, to extend the house without having a significant impact on the garden.

There is also a garage, a utility room and potting shed and parking for several cars at the front of the house.