Clontarf family home with eight bedrooms and a big back garden

Howth Road €2.2m: An eight-bedroom house in Clontarf, north Dublin, comes with an impressive 220ft long garden

Howth Road €2.2m: An eight-bedroom house in Clontarf, north Dublin, comes with an impressive 220ft long garden.Number 45 Howth Road is for sale by private treaty and agent Sherry FitzGerald is quoting €2.2 million.

The main entrance is via granite steps and the high-ceilinged hallway with centre rose and coving, and wooden floors, gives a feeling for the rest of the house.

This property has retained many of its original features, including marble fireplaces, shutters and timber doors.

On this floor are a livingroom and diningroom joined through wooden double doors. The living area looks over the front garden while the diningroom has views to the rear.There is also a family room in an extension.

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The kitchen is at garden level, where there is another entrance to the house through the utility room at the front. This floor also houses a study which has access to the garden. There are two double bedrooms on this floor, one en suite.

There is a third bedroom on the first-floor return as well as a bathroom.

The top floor accommodates five bedrooms one of which is en suite. There is also a separate wc.

The garden is mostly lawn with mature planting and surrounding stone wall.

The garden can be accessed via a laneway and the property has off-street parking for two cars.

Emma Cullinan

Emma Cullinan

Emma Cullinan, a contributor to The Irish Times, specialises in architecture, design and property