One of a row of eight substantial Victorian semi-detached houses on Highfield Road, Rathgar, number 23 is a seven-bedroom house that is set to make over £1.3m at a Sherry FitzGerald auction on June 16th.

The double-fronted redbrick is set well back from the road behind landscaped front gardens with a weeping willow, a pond and smooth lawns. The garden level is built in granite stone. There is a flight of granite steps to the front door and most of the original period features are intact.

The front and inner hallways have tall ceilings with coving and a dado rail. Light floods into the inner hall from a conservatory attached to the side of the house. The drawingroom to the right at the front of the house is bay windowed and has a marble fireplace. The diningroom backing on to this was once connected by French doors and this could be re-done without too much bother. To the left off the hall there is a good-sized family livingroom with windows on two sides. The kitchen at the back of the house is surprisingly small, given the generous proportions of the house. While nicely fitted with oak units, a new owner may decide to re-position this room at garden level. A conservatory and guest shower-room are at the side and rear of the house. Four of the bedrooms and the family bathroom are upstairs on the first floor.

All of the bedrooms are large and the main room has an original period marble fireplace. This room and the bathroom could be joined and the smallest bedroom converted into a second bathroom, if required.

There are three double bedrooms at garden level, one currently used as a gymnasium. There is also a guest shower room, a small study and a wine cellar. Doors lead from here into a huge integral garage.