Edwardian elegance in Monkstown

Like many period houses, this Edwardian house near the sea in Monkstown, Co Dublin has been extended, making it traditional at the front, modern at the back. A period front opens into a rear with a bright double-height extension and a spiral staircase leading to a book-lined mezzanine on the second floor.

Now 30 Belgrave Road, Monkstown, Co Dublin, a 232sq m (2,500sq ft) four-bedroom redbrick house, is for sale by private treaty through Savills for €1.35 million.

The ivy-covered redbrick is a short walk from Seapoint Dart station and a few doors down from Gaelscoil Scoil Lorcáin. A raised front garden leads to the yellow-and-red tiled front porch; the front door, with stained glass panels, opens into a long timber-floored hall.

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The livingroom on the left has a tall box bay window with stained glass insets and a fireplace with a marble surround, matching one in the interconnecting reception room at the rear. There are sliding double timber doors between the two rooms, which have traditional features such as ceiling coving and picture rails.

Landscaped garden

A few stairs at the end of the hall lead to a small lounge with a solid fuel stove set in a brick surround: this room divides the old from the new: glass-panelled wooden doors open from here into the bright open plan kitchen/breakfastroom/family room, where kitchen units are painted an eye-catching light blue. There’s a utility room and a toilet off it.

Light floods in through the double-height wall of windows at the back, which opens onto a deck in the landscaped back garden, with a wedding cake tree in the middle. It leads down to a large double parking space closed off from a rear lane by a roller shutter. There is also side access from the front to the back garden.

Book-lined mezzanine

The book-lined mezzanine at the top of the spiral stairs in the breakfastroom opens through double doors into a smallish double bedroom on the upstairs return. There are four bedrooms in all on the first floor, the most dramatic being the main bedroom at the front of the house: this has a box bay window with glorious views to the sea. A fully-tiled en suite has a shower and a raised bath with a tile surround.

Steep stairs lead up to a bedroom in the attic and a small room beside it, both with Velux windows.