Foxrock:€ 6mMany of the houses on leafy Westminster Road in Foxrock are hidden from view behind private avenues with high gates. Waverley, a large redbrick in the Edwardian manner, is no exception.

Up for auction on October 19th through Lisney and guiding at €6 million, the large 600sq m (6,500sq ft) detached three-storey house sits on gardens of just under an acre.

Built about five years ago, with much oak timber inside, it is remarkable for the amount of light flowing into it, with several windows to each room.

Six bedrooms, several large reception rooms and a huge kitchen/dining area are centred on an enormous galleried hall with a cantilevered curving staircase, carved marble fireplace, cut crystal chandelier and two-storey high nine-paned windows. The windows are triple-glazed throughout and there is underfloor heating on the main floor, radiators on the top floor.

Double oak doors open from the hall into the drawingroom and diningroom; each has a marble fireplace and polished oak floors. The livingroom has doors to the kitchen and also to a conservatory with quarry-tiled floor, timber panelling and stained glass windows.

A dark green Aga, Belfast sink and polished granite worktops take up one end of the kitchen with an island unit dividing the space from the breakfast area. It also has a panelled window seat.

Off the gallery upstairs are five bedrooms, all large with oak wardrobes and either bath or shower rooms off them.

The main bedroom has several windows and double doors leading to a private wooden verandah overlooking the garden. This room also has a fireplace, dressingroom and bathroom.

The staircase up to the next floor opens into a dormer attic space which could be used as a separate apartment: it has a large loft-style room with a kitchen at one end and across the landing, a big bedroom with a rainbow-tiled shower room.

Doors lead out to tiled seating areas in the garden, a big space surrounded by high hedges, with lawn behind, detached garage and gravelled drive in front and a rockery and pool to the side. The large square back garden is mostly lawn. The house, formerly let to an embassy, is crying out for a big growing family, complete with dogs, teenage children and maybe a grandparent or two.