An Edwardian house in Harold's Cross with many of its original features intact is on the market through Douglas Newman Good, guiding £420,000 (€533,290) prior to auction on 26th September.

Apart from some replacement windows, most of the period character of number 14 has been preserved. Ceilings are high and simply corniced and there are fine marble fireplaces in the reception rooms.

A chequered tile pathway leads to an arched porch and the front door of the redbrick semi. Inside, the tiled hall has deep ceiling coving, a centre rose and a guest shower room.

The sittingroom and interconnecting diningroom have a cosy traditional look, with two marble mantelpieces and a bright sittingroom bay window. French doors open from the diningroom to the back garden.

The owners have extended the kitchen, making room for a breakfast nook at the garden end. The first-floor return houses a double bedroom and a bathroom, which has timber panelled walls and a tiled floor.

There are three bedrooms on the first floor, two of these created from what was probably the original drawingroom. The larger one has a marble mantelpiece with a brass hood and the window extends into a bay.

The fifth bedroom, a double, is at the top of the house. A cast-iron fireplace and dormer window add plenty of character.

The 125 ft back garden is well tended and stocked with an impressive variety of specimen trees and flowering shrubs, and provides year-round colour.