DUBLIN 6: €1.8m:ON THE Grand Canal side of one of Dublin's more beguiling Victorian squares, 24 Dartmouth Square, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 will tick most boxes for those in the market for a large, restored period house. The square itself, with the threat of it becoming a car-park now history, has never looked better.
Built in the 1890s, number 24 has pedigree and looks and six years ago, was extensively refurbished and extended. Redbrick and preservation listed, it has two elegant storeys over garden level, a three-storey, atrium-style rear extension and more than 279sq m (3,000sq ft) of bright, high- ceilinged living space. It comes on the market through Tony Forte of Douglas Newman Good with an asking price of €1.8 million.
Original period features including timber floors, ornate plasterwork, sash windows and internal doors have been retained and give character to a house that now has four bedrooms, four reception rooms and a large, open-plan kitchen/family/ breakfastroom.
One of the delights of no 24 is the way both the garden and entrance hall levels have been opened up to create high, bright spaces extending from the front to the rear of the house. The resulting, single reception room off the hallway has something of the ballroom about it and is given extra cheer by windows overlooking the pale green buds of spring in the square’s central park.
The range of the extension is seen in the rear-facing, sunroom-style playroom on this level.
The garden level has become a family friendly area, its space laid out as a den, working kitchen and breakfast/dining room with, to the side, a soundproof playroom. A large, four-oven Aga gives a central focus and a wall of windows overlooking the rear patio makes for an expansive feeling. There is a wine cellar at this level too and a hot water tub on the patio.
The main, en suite bedroom has first-floor sash windows overlooking the park and two walls lined with wardrobes. One of the other bedrooms is on the entrance hall return, another is on the first floor return and the fourth (which has a clever little mezzanine) is on the first floor.
Douglas Newman Good is also looking after the sale of a mews to the rear of number 24. Fronting onto the Grand Canal, 24 Dartmouth Walk is given privacy from the rear of number 24 by a high bank of bamboo. Detached and two storey, it has a floor area of 111sq m (1,200sq ft), three bedrooms and attic conversion. The asking price is €575,000.
