DUBLIN 4 €1.1m:THE SPIRIT of this Regency house has been carried through to the present day by the current owners who have filled it with antiques and created a classical, formal garden to the rear.
Situated at Belmont Avenue in Dublin 4, which runs from Ranelagh to Donnybrook, the house backs onto Muckross school. Set back from the road with a raised forecourt to the front, this retreat in a busy area is for sale at €1.1 million through Lisney.
The ground floor has four rooms, laid out in a square, all of which have connecting doors so you could walk right round this level, from one room to the next. To the right of the front door is a wooden kitchen by Chalon, with a stone worktop, white tiled floor, and Miele appliances.
Beyond this is the music room which links, beneath an arch, to the drawing room which has a fireplace. Each of these rooms has a deep sash window and a glass door leading into the marble-floored conservatory with faceted walls.
Beyond is the 20m (65ft) formal garden with a lavender hedge beside the patio, near the house, and a box hedge at the far end of the lawn, with a water feature to the rear. A wall at the back hides a shed and compost area.
At the front of the house across from the kitchen is the dining room with two sash windows to the front.
Upstairs are three bedrooms, two of which overlook the garden through generous sash windows. One has a shower en suite beside it and the family bathroom is next to that.
On the third floor is a bedroom, with vaulted ceiling and a Velux, as well as a thin, utilitarian room with small basin and wc.
At the moment the house is decorated in the style of a mini-manor or chateau (with garden to match) – illustrating how such period homes were miniatures of their larger, classical cousins – but its flowing spaces and neutral backdrop leave it open to all sorts of interpretations by new owners.
89 Belmont Avenue, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
Regency house in quiet location backing onto school
Agent: Lisney
