SHANKILL: €1.95M:WOODBROOK Downs, opposite Woodbrook Golf Club in Woodbrook, Shankill, Co Dublin, is a seductively private enclave of a dozen large, detached houses built on land that was once a nursery run by the Rowan family of horticulture fame.
Number 9, a six-bedroom detached house is being sold with its neighbouring mews, and just over three quarters of grounds.
The asking price is €1.95 million through Douglas Newman Good.
Set at the end of a tree-lined drive with the added privacy of trees, the modern house was modelled on the farmhouse where the owner grew up.
It’s a well proportioned home with high ceilings and tall sash windows throughout. A staircase winds from the hall to a gallery/landing, a contemporary kitchen/breakfast/dining room has pleasant echoes of its Georgian model and several period-style fireplaces help create the mood of a more leisurely time.
Measuring 377sq m (4,047sq ft), the main house has six bedrooms, three reception rooms, a conservatory and Clive Christian kitchen/breakfastroom with adjoining diningroom. With natural light a feature of architects Conroy Crowe Kelly’s design, the choice of off-white Travertine tiles for much of the ground floor works well.
The dark iroko wood of the kitchen’s centre isle is a nice contrast and a curved wall with three long windows at one end gives an expansive feel.Fireplaces add a dimension in the diningroom (Victorian cast-iron), the reception hallway (handmade Bossi-style in marble) and in the drawing and family rooms where they are marble, period-style. The rear-facing conservatory is solidly constructed of Canadian pine.
The main bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe and large en suite and the family bathroom has a large, free-standing bath, slate floor and glazed window giving natural light. The fifth and sixth bedrooms are on a second floor and have sloping, attic-style roofs.
The mews, alongside and rented, and has 186sq m (2,000sq ft) with two bedrooms, large reception room and kitchen/ breakfastroom.
An adjoining garage measures 65sq m (700sq ft).
The mews’ reception room has an 18ft high ceiling, open brick surround fireplace and bay window. The bedrooms have dormer windows and the main is en suite.
9 Woodbrook Downs, Shankill, Co Dublin
Period-style house in private enclave with tree-lined driveway
Agent: Douglas Newman Good
