HARBOUR ROAD/€1.8M:Bartra Lodge, a three-bedroom house on Harbour Road, Dalkey, has an AMV of €1.8 million prior to its Lisney auction on May 8th.
Set behind high cast-iron gates, the house is the original gate lodge to Bartra, a large Victorian seafront house owned by newspaper man Gavin O'Reilly
The lodge is being sold by the Stephenson family who once owned the entire property. It's a comfortable refurbished house that has kept many of its 1840s original features such as thick walls and deep window embrasures, shallow slate roof and imposing pedimented porch.
The roomy porch opens into a marble floored hall which in turn opens through through a pair of white Doric columns to the livingroom with its hipped ceiling, and white limestone fireplace. A bay window and original casement window fill the room with light.
The T-shaped hall cleverly divides the house with bedroom quarters on one side and kitchen and living on the other. A small study, painted in a zinging shade of kingfisher, makes a private retreat with black cast-iron fireplace and original cottage windows.
The light-filled kitchen has a white Aga, fitted units and roomy utility room, while the dining end has a window seat along two sides.
At the other end of the hall a door leads into an inner hall with three bedrooms and a bathroom. The main bedroom is at the end with an original cast-iron fire surround, smart en suite and dressing area. The other two good double bedrooms are at the back of the house. The house is tucked into granite outcrop with a large patio garden and gravelled parking area in the south-facing front: an oasis of pretty planting and paved seating areas. A stucco 'potting shed' could be used as a studio.
Bartra Lodge,
Harbour Road,
Dalkey
Three-bed former gate lodge with period features and
white Aga in bright kitchen
Agent:Lisney
SORRENTO ROAD ¬2.5M:
Artist Gerard Byrne bought 2 Eagle Terrace, Sorrento Road, Dalkey three years ago and has carried out an imaginative renovation. The terraced double-fronted Victorian house, which will be auctioned by Lisney on May 7th with an AMV of ¬2.5 million. is at the village end of Sorrento Road.
The house has 215sq m (2,300sq ft) of living space and four bedrooms. The entire house has been re-built and adapted for modern living with more than a little of the artist's flair.
A wide hall opens straight to the kitchen and dining area at the rear of the house, with a teal limestone floor. Off this hall are two reception rooms to the front of the house. One is a cosy livingroom; the other is used as a studio. It has skylights and the ceiling has been opened into the eaves.
The bathroom off the hall is tiled in black. The main bedroom and en suite is off this room. Both have double doors to the south facing garden which is very private, walled and has been landscaped with multiple levels, decking and water features.
A stairwell leads up to a large sunny balcony. There are three bedrooms at this level: two doubes and one single. One of the doubles has a walk in dressing area and en suite with red glass sink unit from Surface Ceramics.
2 Eagle Terrace,
Sorrento Road,
Dalkey
Artist's house with 215sq m (2,300sq ft) of living
space, studio and four bedrooms.
Agent:Lisney
EOIN LYONS
