Dublin 4: €925,000Ringsend's man in Europe, MEP Eoin Ryan, is selling his Dublin home. Rose Doyle reports

The house in Sandymount, Dublin 4, where Fianna Fail MEP Eoin Ryan and his family have lived for 20 years is secluded, yet right in the thick of things.

Tucked under the city end of Landsdowne Road rugby grounds, and looking up to the Dart line at the front, it is on Vavasour Square, something of a jewel among the Victorian squares of Dublin.

His home, number 19, which will be auctioned by agent Lisney on April 22nd, has a guide price of €925,000.

The family has carried out extensive and careful refurbishments to number 19 in the two decades they have lived there.Today's house is a good-sized 178 sq m (1,915 sq ft), and has much of the style, as well as many of the original features, of the house first built in the mid 19th century. It has four bedrooms (one en suite) and three reception rooms.

Terraced artisan houses face each other across a central tree-planted green on Vavasour Square, named after Thomas Vavasour, a Dutch engineer who reclaimed the salt marshes of Irishtown in the early 19th century.

Number 19 is tucked into the furthest corner, a position which means it has the large garden into which the Ryan family were able to extend.

Where the old house had two rooms to the front and two to the rear, there are now three front rooms, four to the rear and a main en suite bedroom upstairs.

Leaded glass in the front door throws a coloured light onto the entrance hallway's polished floorboards, creamy-yellow walls and dado rail. The high ceiling has a centre rose and intact cornices, and steps leading to the rear part of the house have had storage units cleverly built-in on either side.

There is a definite sense of Victorian opulence in the livingroom where mellow colours allow original cornices, a high ceiling, decorative centre rose and ornate, period cherrywood fireplace come into their own.

The original window, which has small sliding sash windows on either side, has been refitted and overlooks the garden. A second room off the hallway has a polished floor, functioning shutters and intact plasterwork. The tall, cast-iron fireplace in this room is original to the house and was moved here from the livingroom.

The kitchen/breakfastroom is an addition that has been given high ceilings similar to those in the original house, as well as a concentration of recessed lighting over the working, kitchen area. A long room - it measures 7.7m (23ft) - its dark green and pale ochre shades are lit by two long windows overlooking the garden as well as by a glass panelled door to the side.

The kitchen units are maple and a green Aga sits into a wall of ornate green tiles. The island separating the kitchen from the breakfast/dining area has a black polished granite work top. French doors lead to a rear family/TV room which has a side window onto the garden and polished timber floor.

In the rear inner lobby there is a hanging area for cloaks and a double hotpress. This part of the house has three bedrooms (one in use as a study) all with windows overlooking the garden.

Shades of sea green complement white tiling in the family bathroom.

The main, first floor bedroom is en suite and has sliding built-in wardrobes and shelving. A Velux in the sloped ceiling and window to the rear make for plenty light.

The en suite has a glazed window with viewing circle, bath with shower, toilet and basin.

The rear and front gardens are good-sized with plants, trees and shrubs in healthy variety. In the gently sloping rear garden there is a eucalyptus tree, decorative grasses, bamboo and high, sheltering walls. The utility room and fuel shed are to one side while to the other there is a pleasant, raised patio with an old fireplace as a feature in a wall.