Restored mews with lots of space

Monkstown: €750,000 St Grellan's Court, a mews-style terrace of three houses, is off Monkstown Road, Monkstown, Co Dublin

Monkstown: €750,000St Grellan's Court, a mews-style terrace of three houses, is off Monkstown Road, Monkstown, Co Dublin. The terrace began life, c. 1850, as the coach-house attaching to the house of St Grellans. Number 1 has been comprehensively restored to give it some 111 sq m (1,200 sq ft) of light-filled space in which there are two bedrooms, a reception room, and kitchen/breakfastroom. The house is for sale through Sherry FitzGerald with a guide of €750,000 in advance of auction on October 13th.

The house has some original floorboards, a vaulted pitched ceiling, Shaker-style kitchen and Chinese slate floors. The gallery-style landing, with an exposed beam ceiling, gets light from Velux and side windows.

The livingroom has an open brick fireplace with original slate hearth and polished floorboards. A double glass door to the garden helps extend the sense of space. The kitchen/breakfastroom was originally two rooms and has something of its earlier life in the natural materials used in its renovation. It has a Belfast sink, polished granite worktops and tiled splashback. On the ground floor, too, is a shower cubicle.

A pine staircase leads to the bedrooms, the largest of which has original floorboards below a pitched beam ceiling. A Velux and window overlooking the rear courtyard make for plenty of light. The second bedroom also has a beamed ceiling, Velux window and polished floorboards.

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Chinese slates have been used to floor the bathroom. The front courtyard has a high, granite wall and flowerbeds.