Superb seaside setting in Sandycove

Co Dublin: €4m  Lisney is guiding €4 million prior to auction on May 26th for Mornington House, a five-bedroom Victorian house in a superb seaside setting in Sandycove, Co Dublin.

Reached through electronic gates at the end of a short cul-de-sac near the James Joyce tower, the house sits on a large level garden with direct access to the foreshore. A wide gravelled forecourt in front of the house has space for several cars, and there is also a small two-storey gate-lodge, built by the owners - a Microsoft executive and her husband - to house a collection of motorbikes.

The main house is a manageable size with around 334sq m (3,600sq ft) of space. Through the entrance porch, a wide hallway leads to two lovely interconnecting rooms, both with original fireplaces and deep bay windows overlooking the back garden and the sea. Leading off one of the rooms is a sunroom with views towards Howth and Bulloch Harbour. The sunroom connects through double folding doors to an impressive oak-panelled study with fitted shelves, bookcases and an oak mantelpiece.

A passageway leads to a big airy kitchen with seasoned pine units fitted around a cream Aga. French doors open to the garden and, on the other side, to a large conservatory at the front of the house.

Upstairs, the main bedroom suite mirrors the reception rooms below, with superb sea views, particularly from the dramatic bathroom. There are three bedrooms in the main section of the house, and two further sea-facing rooms and a bathroom in the return.