Built in the late 1800s, the terrace of two-storey redbrick houses at Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4, are smaller than their lordly neighbours elsewhere on the street and more accessible too in terms of family living.

Number 117 Upper Leeson Street has an uncluttered ease about it, most of its original features intact and a touch of the French Provencals about a side/rear patio. With some 162.5 sq m (1,750 sq ft) of space, it has three bedrooms (one en suite), two/three reception rooms, kitchen and study. It is for sale through Sherry FitzGerald which is quoting €900,000 prior to its October 21st auction.

Intact original features - fireplaces, picture rails, panelled doors and cornices - are all apparent in the main reception rooms. What was once two separate rooms have been opened up to make sitting and drawing rooms with light from a long front window and rear French window. The floors are of polished pine and, of the two fireplaces, the one to the front is original. The diningroom, with the patio stretching alongside, has French doors and an original wall stripped back and painted, as are the other walls, a deep cream.There are polished floorboards and a cast-iron fireplace. The small, well-fitted kitchen has original tile flooring, green-painted units at wall and floor level and a rustic-style window.

The entrance hallway has a spacious, outer reception area lit by a fanlight. Glass, panelled doors lead to the inner hall and the rest of the house. The stair banisters and Dado rail are original and lead to an en suite bedroom on the return. A wall has been stripped back and painted, the floor of polished timber and there is a window to the side. A niche has been opened in what was an original chimney breast.

The en suite bathroom has a bidet, toilet, bath, wash-hand basin and window to the rear. The main bedroom crosses the width of the house. Off the first floor landing, it is high ceilinged and filled with light. Cornices, a ceiling rose and a cast-iron fireplace are all original. A third bedroom also has a cast-iron fireplace, built-in wardrobe and rear window. The family shower-room is high ceilinged and tiled. A study on the second return has a window and built-in desk. The paved patio has granite edged beds. There is a utility shed to the rear. The front, railed garden has high, young trees giving privacy from the road.