It's hard to believe that the bustling South Circular Road was once farmland, with mills, dairies and livestock. The lands that now occupy Greenville Terrace were advertised in 1875 in The Irish Times as being "the healthiest part of Dublin" and formed part of the Greenville estate and farmlands.
While the madness that saw two-bedroom houses sell a decade ago for close to €1 million has subsided, there has been a recent surge in sales of houses west of Leonard's Corner due to its proximity to nearby Portobello.
Number 27 Greenville Terrace is a two-storey three-bedroom terraced house, standing at 99sq m (1,065sq ft). The current owner, having purchased the property 14 years ago, has placed the house on the market through estate agent Sherry FitzGerald with an asking price of €500,000.
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The house has three bedrooms, two of which overlook the sleepy tree-lined street. The master features a working cast-iron fireplace, as does the single bedroom to the rear, and retains the lovely original pine floorboards which have withstood a century-and-a-half of footprints. On the ground floor are two interlinked reception rooms, one of which was a bedroom in a former life and features a marble fireplace. The rooms were opened up by a previous resident who worked as a carpenter; he also panelled the lower part of the walls in the rooms which new owners may or may not want to retain.
In the basement of the house via a narrow staircase is a simple country kitchen. Exposed brick walls and overhead beams give a rustic feel to the room, which was a legendary haunt for jamming sessions with members of the The Dubliners. Number 27 would suit a couple or small family who wish to live close to the city centre in a leafy neighbourhood.
