These two Dublin and Wicklow houses have wonderful views as far as the Kish and Baily lighthouses, writes Rose Doyle

Kilternan: €2.5m

Chequer Hill in Kilternan, Co Dublin, offers all of the facilities needed for the full country life and includes a captivating view of an old lead mine chimney on a hill opposite.

Traditional it may be, but Chequer Hill's accommodation is lavish and, as befits the hotelier owner, attentive to entertaining needs. The long drawingroom has a bay window and glorious views and leads to a room which, complete with full bar, could belong in a country hotel. Double glass doors lead from here, via steps, to an enclosed garden with a pond.

Chequer Hill has four floors, five reception rooms and six to seven bedrooms over a floor space of 382sq m (4,110sq ft).

This family home was built in the 1960s; the owners have lived here for 16 years and have added on 139sq m (1,500sq ft) and outside there is a horse riding arena, four stables and landscaped gardens.

Sherry FitzGerald is selling Chequer Hill for €2.5m.

The entrance hall leads to a kitchen/breakfastroom, diningroom, drawingroom and bar. A family room has great views and a Jotul stove which adds both aesthetics and heat.

There are six bedrooms. A nearby 10-acre site is being sold separately.

Enniskerry: €1.875m

The high point of Garry Ard in Rocky Valley Drive, Enniskerry is, quite literally, the soaring domed ceiling in the livingroom.

Filling a large, semi-circular, open-plan space it has a wide curve, Italian glass windows, French oak flooring and Jotul stove. Overlooking it there's a large minstrel gallery, with its oak floor and railings, that gets light both from dormer windows and the livingroom below.

This house began life as a humble 1920s cottage, grew over the years to become a traditional bungalow and, in 2004, was rebuilt, redesigned and extended to make today's interesting home.

On in its own grounds, Garry Ard has five bedrooms, two reception rooms and a lower ground floor with separate entrance that has been fitted out as a treatment/gym area with a jumbo hot tub, kitchenette, changing rooms and more. Garry Ard measures 425sq m (4,582sq ft) and is being sold through Savills Hamilton Osborne King, which is asking €1.875m.