A two-storey over garden level house, 24 Leeson Park, is on the east-facing side of one of the more prestigious roads in Dublin 6. The semi-detached redbrick family home is to be auctioned by Lisney on May 18th, and comes on the market with an initial guide price of £1.3 million (€1.65m).
The four-bedroom period house has been completely modernised, but retains many of its period features such as ornate cornices and timber-framed sash windows. It is a picture of gracious living, with high ceilings, elaborate silk curtains and, in the principal rooms, a colour scheme drawn from a warm, buttery palette.
A pair of formal reception rooms which interconnect are found to the left of the hall door, with matching marble mantels and Georgian-style brass insets. The drawingroom at the front has a large bay window. From here, the view to the outside world is dominated by a dark green monkey puzzle tree in the front garden. Each of the rooms is large and together, they make a fine space for entertaining.
At the rear of the house, in the return, there is a small bedroom doubling as a study, which is decorated in a masculine combination of wine and dark green.
At garden level, a country chic atmosphere pervades. At the front, a family room has a stripped timber mantel, sisal carpeting and floral curtains. To the rear of this is a terracotta-floored kitchen, with sunny yellow walls, painted units topped with butcher block counters and a Belfast sink. There is plenty of room for a large table. West-facing French doors lead into the small back garden, a sheltered spot paved with Liscannor slabs. Also on this level are a bathroom and a small study, off which is a bedroom extension.
Back upstairs, on the landing near the top of the house, there is a large bright bathroom with its own fireplace. Pride of place is given to a free-standing bath. On the first floor there are two double bedrooms. The main bedroom, which has an adjoining en suite shower room, is very large and has two windows overlooking the front garden. The entire room, which has a king-size canopied bed, is sumptuously outfitted in blue and ivory.
The front garden is enclosed by wrought-iron railings and has parking space for a car. In the rear there is a well-built double garage which is accessed via Northbrook Avenue.
