Co Dublin: Anne Dempsey visits a house in a rural setting near Shankill where local deer visit the owners twice a day

Joint agents Ganly Walters and HOK invite offers over €2.25 million for Galwyn, Old Rathmichael, Shankill, Co Dublin, a handsome red brick house set in four acres of quiet, natural beauty.

Old Rathmichael is a cul de sac of large homes off Quarry Road in the hinterland behind Shankill with a rural feel which the Old Rathmichael resident's association has successfully campaigned to maintain.

On an elevated site, Galwyn has views across Killiney Bay while sitting snugly into its woody setting. Built about 15 years ago, the sloping roof angles off the house and surrounding shrubberies achieve a mellowed, settled look. Internally, the house is full of light, capitalising on its beautiful and varied views.

There are three reception rooms, plus conservatory and home office, five bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms. The entrance porch with stained glass design by Michael Judd opens into a square hall with oak floor. A large lounge/drawingroom has French doors to both front garden and rear patio. Part of the ceiling is exposed beam while a striking feature brick fireplace with raised hearth is perfectly proportioned to room size.

The diningroom has two large picture windows and a polished stone fireplace. A familyroom with cosy wood-burning stove and part-pine ceiling has doors to a rear patio, while a home office with three walls of fitted presses in light oak offers smashing views when sitting at your desk.

The kitchen combines pine cupboards with open brick walls and quarry tiled floor with a comprehensive range of Miele equipment.

Its dining section - floored in oak with beamed pine ceiling, glazed pine wall cabinet and large refectory table - has a country feel. French doors open to a shrubbery fringed patio and another door leads into a large conservatory used for sunny sitting or dining with doors to front and rear garden.

The landing has a small book-lined balcony overlooking the front hall. To the right is the master bedroom with dressing room, en suite shower room with corner bath and white/lilac colour scheme. A second double bedroom is on this side of the house.

The main bedroom corridor has three further bedrooms with sloping ceilings. Two of these share a fully tiled shower room while the family bathroom has a four-piece suite and is tiled in black and white.

The entrance drive climbs up to a spacious front and side parking area. Rockeries and shrubberies around the house give way to a rolling front lawn fringed by mature trees and shrubs. The west-facing rear garden has two cobblelock patios each with alfresco dining tables and a built-in barbecue.

Crossing a Japanese-style bridge over one of two little brooks brings you into informal lawns up and above the house offering glorious views and surrounded by woodland which supports a wealth of wild life including the deer who visit the family twice a day.