Number 7 is one of the bay-fronted redbricks built in 1901 on the southern side of Donnybrook’s Auburn Avenue which was then overlooked by an area known as the Forty Acres, a vast green space that became Herbert Park after the Irish International Exhibition took place there in 1907.
When its owners bought it 10 years ago all the hard work had already been done and it has been maintained in immaculate condition.
The hall and reception rooms have slightly limed polished floorboards, matching fireplaces and the lovely ceiling heights typical of these elegant Edwardians. The north-facing living room is washed in light thanks to the generous scale of its bay window and has retained its three-panel interconnecting doors, which lead through to the dining room and on through to the open plan eat-in kitchen where underfloor heating warms the crema marfil floor that spans the width of the house.
A lantern roof light beams light onto the kitchen table and the vanilla gloss units have polished granite countertops. A six-burner range cooker by Smeg has its own mirrored steel inset and there is a lovely bright utility to the rear with another door out to the south-facing garden. From the low-maintenance sandstone patio exterior there is pedestrian rear access to a lane that leads directly to a Herbert Park entrance.
The first of the three bedrooms is on the return. Both bedrooms on the first floor have cast iron fireplaces. The master is a fine space with polished floorboards that enjoys the same large bay window layout as the living room below and has a naturally lit en suite shower room.
There is a lovely attic room at the top of the house with views to the Dublin Mountains. The house, which covers 158sq m / 1,708sq ft, with another 19sq m / 204sq ft of attic space, is asking €1.295 million through agents Sherry FitzGerald.
Similar properties on the same terrace that have recently sold include number 11, a four bed of 158sq m (1,708sq ft), that came to market asking €925,000 and sold in January 2016 for €880,000. Number 2 sold that November for €1.2 million.
