Dublin 6/€635,000: Fans of the late writer Maeve Brennan may be interested to know that the house next door to the one she grew up in during the 1920s on Cherryfield Avenue in Ranelagh - a street which greatly influenced her work and featured in her literary landscape - is on the market.
Number 47 Cherryfield Avenue, Dublin 6, is a white-brick bay-windowed house which will be auctioned on October 7th by Lisney with a guide of €635,000. The 97 sq m (1,047 sq ft) house off Sandford Road has been modernised and renovated without sacrificing its period detail.
Polished pine floors run throughout most of the house. The reception hall has a ceiling cornice and understairs storage, and the drawingroom features an antique marble fireplace with a cast-iron grate and built-in bookshelves. The formal diningroom has a black cast-iron fireplace with a slate hearth and a picture window overlooking the pretty gravelled and landscaped rear garden.
The kitchen/breakfastroom has a tiled floor and an extensive range of maple presses and cupboards, a stove cooker, and low voltage downlighters.
Upstairs are three bedrooms and a bathroom. The main double bedroom has a restored fireplace and views of Cherryfield Avenue. The second bedroom also has a cast-iron fireplace and fitted wardrobes. The smallest bedroom could be used as a study room. Other features of the house include gas central heating and broadband connection in the office and hall.
