City limits with spectacular views

“Standing at the kitchen sink you can see all the way across the city to the Papal Cross in the Phoenix Park,” says the owner of Caragh, a house bought in 1971, eight years before the cross was constructed.

The modernist style of the house is of its time. The property was built in 1963. Throughout there are pine-clad ceilings with the roof pitched slightly, giving the rooms a ceiling height of about 12ft at their highest point.

The house, which is 136sq m (1,464sq ft) in size, and is asking €575,000 through agents Sherry FitzGerald, is set on 0.6 acre of gardens that wild deer like to use as a shortcut as they make their way across the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, on the city limits of Dublin. The family bought the house because of its proximity to nearby Three Rock and the Dublin Mountains.

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At this time of the year the air is fragranced with the smell of wild gorse. At night the panoramic vista of the city below lights up.

Liscannor tiles on the porch and hall also cover the sittingroom floor – where a set of box-frame sofas were made to fit the room – and continue out to the patio, linking the rooms and knitting the outside and inside. Large patio doors open out on to a charming patio area, an ideal spot to enjoy the far-reaching views across Dublin. The room has an open fireplace with granite surround and wooden mantelpiece.

The diningroom has glazing on three sides and looks out to the front and side of the property. There is also a cosy sittingroom.

The three double bedrooms are at the other end of the house. Two have fitted wardrobes. The property is situated opposite the car park entrance to Lamb Doyles, a popular restaurant, bar and venue.

The house has a G-rated Ber and needs modernisation. There is room to extend, subject to planning permission.