Airy Victorian villa a stroll from St Stephen’s Green for €895,000

Extended two/three-bedroom home has a bright open-plan kitchen and living space to the rear

29 Lombard Street West, Dublin 8, is a Tardis-like property with a modern, renovated interior.
29 Lombard Street West, Dublin 8, is a Tardis-like property with a modern, renovated interior.
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Address: 29 Lombard Street West, Dublin 8
Price: €895,000
Agent: DNG
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It was the bright kitchen/dining/livingroom to the rear of this Tardis-like property that sealed the deal for its current owners when they bought it back in 2018. Extending to 112sq m (1,206sq ft), the Victorian villa-style property was extended and refurbished by the previous owner, and they bought it for €795,000 almost five years ago, according to the Property Price Register. It’s in a great location, in a quiet warren of small streets of redbricks on the edge of the sought-after Portobello district and a short walk from the many restaurants and pubs on Camden Street and Wexford Street on Dublin city centre’s south side.

On approach, the property has a neat facade with a striking green door sitting under a fanlight and a bay window protruding into a small yard to the front. Entering the home, you’re immediately struck by the airiness created by its high ceilings and a large, rectangular roof light that allows light to stream in from above. In the drawingroom off the hall, a white picture rail and ceiling cornicing highlight its lofty height and a big marble fireplace frames an open fire. This room could be used as a third bedroom as there is a second living area off the kitchen/dining space.

Entering the home, you’re immediately struck by the airiness created by its high ceilings and a large, rectangular rooflight that allows light to stream in from above.
Entering the home, you’re immediately struck by the airiness created by its high ceilings and a large, rectangular rooflight that allows light to stream in from above.
This drawingroom, featuring a big marble fireplace and an open fire, could be used as a third bedroom as there is a second living area off the kitchen/dining space.
This drawingroom, featuring a big marble fireplace and an open fire, could be used as a third bedroom as there is a second living area off the kitchen/dining space.

Down a short set of stairs and to the right at the end of the hall, you arrive into the cosy living area, which has carpet underfoot and a contemporary, rectangular real-effect fire at its centre, flanked by built-in inset shelving. This flows into the dining area, with the generous kitchen space beyond. The kitchen features shiny cream units and a central island. The current owners are music lovers, a fact evidenced by their extensive vinyl record collection, and there is certainly room for dancing in this open-plan space.

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This part of the property is flooded with light with electronically controlled Velux windows above the dining area and the kitchen, and floor-to-ceiling glazed doors out to a paved courtyard patio, large enough for an outdoor dining table.

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This second living area features a rectangular real-effect fire at its centre, flanked by built-in inset shelving. The room opens into the dining area, with the generous kitchen space beyond.
This second living area features a rectangular real-effect fire at its centre, flanked by built-in inset shelving. The room opens into the dining area, with the generous kitchen space beyond.
This part of the property is flooded with light with electronically controlled Velux windows above the dining area and the kitchen, and floor-to-ceiling glazed doors out to a paved courtyard patio.
This part of the property is flooded with light with electronically controlled Velux windows above the dining area and the kitchen, and floor-to-ceiling glazed doors out to a paved courtyard patio.
The kitchen has shiny cream units and plenty of light.
The kitchen has shiny cream units and plenty of light.

A double bedroom, currently used as a guest room, sits on the lower floor with a sash window on to the courtyard. There is also an updated WC nestled under the stairs.

Upstairs, the current owners have completely renovated the spacious main bathroom to achieve a modern finish, with a large walk-in shower as well as a bath, over which is a Velux window. Beyond that is the generous main bedroom with built-in sliding-door wardrobes.

The main bathroom has been completely renovated and features a shower, a bath and a Velux window.
The main bathroom has been completely renovated and features a shower, a bath and a Velux window.
The main bedroom features built-in sliding door wardrobes.
The main bedroom features built-in sliding door wardrobes.
A double bedroom, currently used as a guest room, sits on the lower floor with a sash window looking on to the courtyard.
A double bedroom, currently used as a guest room, sits on the lower floor with a sash window looking on to the courtyard.

The owners have looked after the property extremely well and it comes to the market in pristine condition with a C3 Ber.

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As well as being so close to the city, with St Stephen’s Green about a 20-minute walk from the front door, the path along the Grand Canal is just 10 minutes in the opposite direction, ideal for taking any four-legged friends for their daily stroll.

The courtyard patio.
The courtyard patio.

Now on the market seeking €895,000, selling agent DNG will be conducting an open viewing of this immaculate home at 11am on Saturday, January 20th.

Jessica Doyle

Jessica Doyle

Jessica Doyle writes about property for The Irish Times