A large redbrick house on a quiet road a short walk from the centre of Bray has been home to the same family – one of whom is a very enthusiastic gardener – for 32 years. It shows: Kylemore, an Edwardian six-bed, sits on half an acre of lawn surrounded by mature trees, flowering bushes and colourful herbaceous borders. There's also a vegetable plot and an original summer house.
The 350sq m (3,768sq ft) detached house built in 1905 is for sale by private treaty through local agent HJ Byrne for €1.4 million. It has been well maintained but new owners will probably want to update the kitchen and some bathrooms.
Kylemore has the original period details of its era, including deep coving, cast-iron fireplaces with inset tiles and deep-box bay windows. The owners have taken care to preserve the colourful stained glass panels in windows and front door, hiring specialist Peter McCrystals to repair any that were damaged.
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The entrance into the house is from King Edward Lawn, a small road around the corner from the original King Edward Road entrance. A couple of steps lead up to a front door framed by an arch that opens into a tiled porch. Three handsome reception rooms open off the large L-shaped front hall: a large drawingroom and a diningroom are both dual aspect and each has large box bay windows looking over the garden, as does a third reception room used as a study.
A few steps lead down to the kitchen which opens through an arch into the TV room, which has a raised brick fireplace with a wood-burning stove. It’s a comfortable space, but new owners will probably want to modernise it. There is also a laundry room off the kitchen.
Upstairs, there are six bedrooms, four doubles and two singles. On the right of the first return, one bedroom is now used as a home office; on the left, the family bathroom has pretty rose-patterned sanitary ware. The main bedroom on the first floor has built-in wardrobes and a white tiled en suite. There are two more bedrooms on the second return; on the top floor, there’s an attic “trunk room” for storing luggage and a small toilet.
Outside, there is space to park two cars in a carport at the side of the house.
