KILTERNAN: €4MThis four-square, two-storey house is set in 4.43 acres of grounds planted with chestnut trees and bluebells

THE HOUSE at Ballycorus Grange, on Minehall Lane in Kilternan, Co Dublin, will bring you close to country living near the city.

This four-square two-storey house set in old fashioned grounds awash with chestnut trees, and bluebells is for auction on May 28th through Sherry FitzGerald with an AMV of €4 million.

With a floor area of 280sq m (3,015sq ft) the five-bedroom house is full of charm and light. It is set on a slight rise, on 4.43 acres of land, which includes a large field and an enclosed yard with stone outbuildings.

Immaculately decorated and refurbished, the family house has a welcoming feel. Granite steps and a path lead to the smart dark blue hall door. Rounded arches are a feature of this Victorian period home.

They are seen in the little glazed windows of the porch, the hall and the windows above the hall door. Most period features are intact but there is new solid oak flooring and light from French doors at the side and back of the house.

The ground floor has four rooms off the hall, an interconnecting drawingroom and music room to one side and a livingroom opening into a large kitchen and breakfast room on the other.

These comfortable rooms have large windows in two walls, working shutters, simple ceiling cornices and original marble fireplaces and are beautifully decorated in soft white with accent colours of red and blue.

The kitchen is lovely, with its Aga set into a chalk blue alcove and a mixture of polished and painted oak units and a generous island unit with twin sinks, fitted dishwasher and wooden counter top. There is also a cyclamin cushioned window seat. The breakfast area, with wide French doors, looks into a pretty enclosed garden while an inner hall leads to a cloakroom, utility and garden door.

Upstairs, there are four good bedrooms, all with two windows, and pale carpets. There is a large en suite off the main bedroom with arched windows, a roll top bath and separate shower. A return houses the spacious family bathroom and a fifth bedroom currently used as a study. Outside, a long gravel drive curves between oak and ash trees to a large parking area.

Ballycorus Grange, Minehall Lane, Kilternan, Co Dublin

Four-bedroom house at the end of a long gravel drive, with outbuildings

Agent:Sherry FitzGerald