Number six Eaton Place in Monkstown is a fine three-storey terraced red brick that has been a family home for decades and has lots of old world charm. It is where award-winning journalist and presenter of RTÉ's Morning Edition Keelin Shanley grew up.
Built circa 1879, at hall level the house has a fine reception room painted a rich red, with a white marble fireplace and gas fire. To the rear is a good size diningroom with a large hot press. Double doors take you through to the conservatory, built in 1994 when the family renovated the house.
Another door leads from the diningroom to the long and narrow kitchen. Behind it is a bathroom and utility. The layout is charming but by opening up the rear you could create an open-plan kitchen/ livingroom.
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Dormer window
There is a small southwest-facing garden, with steps leading up to a sizeable garage with vehicular rear access. This could, subject to planning, become a great home office or au pair flat.
On the first floor, the master bedroom overlooks the rear of the house. To the front is the best room in the house, a fantastic formal space that spans the width of the property. The room has a fine marble fireplace and ornate insert.
Its bay window frames a Dublin Bay seascape that changes with every second. You can see the Poolbeg Lighthouse at the end of the Great South Wall and the traffic entering and departing Dublin Port.
With a little reconfiguration you could, if you wished, create a master suite on this floor but it would be a shame to lose it as an entertaining space.
On the second floor there are three bedrooms. One to the front has a high dormer window from which you could see the sea if you installed a mezzanine-style raised bed. The other room to the front enjoys the same sea views as the room below.
The property is well located. Scoil Lorcáin, a gaelscoil primary school, is across the road, while the Dart at Seapoint is a five-minute walk away.
The house is 257sq m (2,766sq ft) and is asking €1.15 million through agents DNG.
