Large detached houses in Castleknock tend to have sizeable gardens. Clovers, a modern four-bedroom house on 1.4 acres which is going to auction with Lisney on 24th May, has a price guide of £1 million to £1.2 million. Given the interest sure to be generated in the land's potential, and the privacy of the site, this could be exceeded.

Clovers is on Beechpark Avenue, minutes from the village and close to Castleknock Tennis Club. Dublin airport is 20 minutes away via the M50. The house, built in 1964, is at the end of a long tree-lined driveway with electronically controlled entrance gates.

At 3,240 sq. ft, the accommodation is ample for a spacious family home or an upmarket guesthouse. A traditional-style conservatory runs from front to back of the cream-painted house which is surrounded by lawns and sheltered by mature trees and shrubs.

The entrance hall has parquet flooring and a guest lavatory off. Centre of attention in the long sitting-room/dining-room is an eye-catching Howth sandstone fireplace with a copper canopy. The floor here is polished maple and double French doors lead out to the garden.

A large family room with an open fireplace opens onto the kitchen which has a Chinese slate floor and light oak units with a central carousel. Sliding doors lead to the conservatory. A study at this end of the house has a shower-room off and there is a good-sized office.

A central staircase goes up to a galleried landing. The main bedroom has a very large en suite bathroom complete with Jacuzzi and access to a smaller bedroom, also en suite.

A third bedroom is a large single with fitted wardrobes and the fourth is a double room with a Velux window overlooking the back garden. The family bathroom has a sunken roll-top bath and is fully tiled.

The professionally landscaped gardens are a major feature of this property.