Dundrum: €2.25m: Palmer Property Advisors and ReMax Properties Plus are jointly handling sales for Brentwood, a six-bedroom detached house on one-third of an acre, with full planning for a second house in the grounds.Substantial houses on Sydenham Road, Dundrum have always had a strong following and, now the Luas is in operation, more buyers than ever will be chasing these good family homes.
Quoting excess €2.25 million by private treaty, the 307 sq m (3,300 sq ft) granite-walled house was built in 1858. There have been just three owners since 1919, including the present family who have lived here for 32 years.
The planning permission allows for a 365 sq m (4,000 sq ft) detached house with an entrance onto Kilmacud Road at one end of the walled back garden. Mature trees and tall hedges screen the house from the main road. Inside, everything is on a grand scale, with graciously-proportioned rooms and high ceilings with decorative plasterwork. To the right off the entrance hall is a formal sittingroom which includes a white marble fireplace with brass hood. A deep bay window has original working sashes and shutters with panelled bases. Double doors open to the diningroom. Across the hall is a family sittingroom, with a matching bay window and a grey marble fireplace with a gas fire. A downstairs guest toilet and shower are off an inner hallway.
Down a few steps at the end of the hall is the kitchen and breakfastroom, with a fireplace alcove ideal for an Aga. A hatch services the diningroom and the adjoining shelved larder with a sink is plumbed for a dishwasher. Old servant bell pulls on the wall are a reminder of times gone by.
Up a mahogany-railed staircase on the first floor landing is a double bedroom with wardrobes and a separate toilet. The wood-panelled family bathroom and four further bedrooms, one of which is currently used as a study, are off the main landing.
At the top of the house under the eaves is a pretty pink bedroom, double in size and looking out on the laden branches of an apple tree in the back garden. Like the rest of the house, the outside storage spaces are large and plentiful, with a garage / storeroom, workshop, laundry room and tool shed. The original cobble-floored stable walls are still intact, but the roof is missing.
Gardens back, side and front are lawned and dotted with mature deciduous trees - some as old as the house - and a selection of flowering shrubs blazing with autumn colour. Above the attached garage is a terrace which was a conservatory in earlier times. The front forecourt provides car-parking for four or five cars.
