With large period houses on Dublin’s Waterloo Road coming on the market infrequently, there is likely to be strong interest in number 17 when it goes for sale from today at a guide price of €1,550,000.

Joint agents Finnegan Menton and Matthews Auctioneers are handling the sale of the three-storey-over-basement house which extends to 320sq m (3,444sq ft) and is in need of refurbishment. It is currently laid out as seven residential units. Once sold, it is likely to be used as a single home or an embassy or to be converted into four apartments.

The house retains all its period features, including large rooms, ornate fireplaces, window shutters, decorative architraves and centre rose plasterwork. There is a gated garden to the front with car parking and a patio garden to the rear.