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Asking Price
€1,275,000
€1,275,000
4 beds
3 baths
199 sqm
Description
Truly unique, elegant double fronted detached period residence built in C.1860, offering all of the charm and grace of its period. Standing on a large corner site Mount Auburn benefits from wonderful privacy on gardens that total approx. 0.2 of an acre with secure off Street Parking to the rear and access to a separate garage.
Simply the best of house and garden, combining a wonderful blend of both formal and informal reception rooms coupled with four or five generous bedrooms depending on a buyers needs. The property is entered via a large double glazed porch to the front which leads to the welcoming entrance hall. The formal drawing room and dining room are positioned on either side of the hall and offer many original period features. There is a cosy family room, large extended kitchen / breakfast room and study / bedroom 5 completing the spacious ground floor. The property offers direct garden access form the kitchen and also features a ground floor cloak room with Wc.
At first floor return and first floor level we find four generous bedrooms, many again with original features and one with ensuite. There is an additional smaller study which is connected to the landing and bedroom one and a family bathroom on the return.
The gardens are wonderfully mature, private and offer a southerly aspect to the rear. There is a pedestrian access on to Monkstown Avenue at the front and very mature front and side gardens. The rear benefits from secure off street parking, a separate garage and additional outbuildings and a lovely well planted garden with mature planting and Indian sandstone BBQ area, ideal for long summer evenings.
Mount Auburn is ideally located being just a short distance from fashionable Monkstown village with its popular cafes, boutiques and bistros and Salthill Dart station. A short walk will also bring you to Monkstown Tennis Club and Monkstown DLR Pool and Fitness Centre is just a few doors down from the property. There is an excellent choice of highly regarded schools nearby including Scoil Lorcain, CBC Monkstown, Monkstown Educate Together, Blackrock College and Loreto Dalkey, to name but a few. The area’s transport links also include an Aircoach service and the No’s 4, 7, 8, L25 and 46a bus routes.
Simply the best of house and garden, combining a wonderful blend of both formal and informal reception rooms coupled with four or five generous bedrooms depending on a buyers needs. The property is entered via a large double glazed porch to the front which leads to the welcoming entrance hall. The formal drawing room and dining room are positioned on either side of the hall and offer many original period features. There is a cosy family room, large extended kitchen / breakfast room and study / bedroom 5 completing the spacious ground floor. The property offers direct garden access form the kitchen and also features a ground floor cloak room with Wc.
At first floor return and first floor level we find four generous bedrooms, many again with original features and one with ensuite. There is an additional smaller study which is connected to the landing and bedroom one and a family bathroom on the return.
The gardens are wonderfully mature, private and offer a southerly aspect to the rear. There is a pedestrian access on to Monkstown Avenue at the front and very mature front and side gardens. The rear benefits from secure off street parking, a separate garage and additional outbuildings and a lovely well planted garden with mature planting and Indian sandstone BBQ area, ideal for long summer evenings.
Mount Auburn is ideally located being just a short distance from fashionable Monkstown village with its popular cafes, boutiques and bistros and Salthill Dart station. A short walk will also bring you to Monkstown Tennis Club and Monkstown DLR Pool and Fitness Centre is just a few doors down from the property. There is an excellent choice of highly regarded schools nearby including Scoil Lorcain, CBC Monkstown, Monkstown Educate Together, Blackrock College and Loreto Dalkey, to name but a few. The area’s transport links also include an Aircoach service and the No’s 4, 7, 8, L25 and 46a bus routes.
Features
Elegant detached double fronted home
Mature private site totalling c.0.2 of an acre
Secure off street parking and additional garage / workshop
Elegant original period features
Three reception rooms
Extended Modern Kitchen / breakfast room with direct garden access
Mature southerly facing rear garden
Four or five good sized bedrooms depending on requirements
Excellent residential location
Mature private site totalling c.0.2 of an acre
Secure off street parking and additional garage / workshop
Elegant original period features
Three reception rooms
Extended Modern Kitchen / breakfast room with direct garden access
Mature southerly facing rear garden
Four or five good sized bedrooms depending on requirements
Excellent residential location
Rooms
Entrance Porch
With attractive tiled floor, fully double glazed porch with double doors to the front garden and double original internal glass panelled doors leading to the entrance hall.
Entrance Hall Attractive original ornate ceiling cornice, original dado rail, and stairs to upper floor.
Drawing room Elegant drawing room with dual aspect. Double glazed sash windows with original shutters. Original ceiling cornice and central rose. Most attractive original fireplace with cast-iron inset, open fire with tiled hearth.
Dining Room Formal dining room with original polished timber floors. Sash windows with original shutters. Original ceiling cornice and central Rose. Attractive marble fireplace with tiled inset and hearth. Open fire. Door from the dining room to the rear lobby giving direct access to the kitchen and offering a separate entrance to the property via the side garden.
Rear Hall Timber floors and door to the rear yard and gardens.
Guest cloakroom WC and wash hand basin set in vanity unit with tiled splash back. Timber panelled ceiling.
Family Room This lovely cozy room, which would have been the original kitchen offers attractive timber floors and a large open fireplace with slate heart and cast-iron solid fuel stove. Inset lights.
Kitchen / breakfast room A very bright and spacious kitchen/breakfast room, which features dual aspect and double patio doors to the generous rear gardens. Modern shaker style kitchen with an excellent range of built-in wall and floor units with timber, worktops and tiled splash back. Incorporating larger units and magic corners the kitchen also features built in dishwasher built in fridge freezer double Dietrich oven space for microwave and five ring gas hob with decorative of chimney extractor over. This room also offers inset lights and an attractive timber floor.
Study / Bedroom 5 Good size study overlooking the rear garden. This room could also serve as an additional bedroom if desired. Attractive tiled fireplace and ceiling coving.
Upstairs Return landing with two beds and a bathroom off and attractive stained glass feature. With stairs to the first floor landing.
Bedroom one with study off A fine double bedroom with dual aspect with double glazed sash windows with original shutters. Feature high ceilings. Original fireplace. And built-in wardrobes. Door leads from this bedroom into the small study at the front, which could easily become a walk-in wardrobe or ensuite. This study again features original window shutters and a double glazed sash window and has a separate door to the landing.
Bedroom two Lovely bright double bedroom with dual aspect with double glazed sash windows with original shutters. Feature high ceilings with original ceiling coving.
Bedroom 3 (rear) Accessed via an ensuite / dressing room with WC and modern wash and basin set in vanity unit and with door to hot press and built-in shelving . This good sized double bedroom overlooks the rear garden and features built in wardrobes, original picture rail, and ceiling coving.
Bedroom 4 Attractive bedroom with original window shutters, built in wardrobes and ceiling coving.
Family Bathroom Polished timber floor, partly tiled walls. pedestal wash hand basin, WC, bidet and corner shower unit. Original freestanding deep set bath.
Outside The property offers a pedestrian access from Monkstown Avenue. On entering the gate, you are immediately struck by the privacy and maturity of the front garden and the elegance of the double fronted detached home before you. With original granite steps leading to the front porch and hall and tiled paths leading to the side gardens and wide side accesses to both sides of the property. To the right there is a raised patio garden with mature, hedging and specimen trees. To the left, we have a gravel, low maintenance garden again featuring mature bamboo hedging, and a variety of specimen tree and flowering plants and shrubs. The entire garden is fully walled with original cut stone walls. As well as the main hall door, there is a separate entrance to the left, allowing access to the rear lobby and kitchen. The rear garden, which is very generous in size and has a wonderful south facing aspect and measures approx. 16 m in length and approx. 19 m wide. This lovely mature garden is generally very private and surrounded by mature, hedging original cut stone walls and is a must for any keen gardeners with wonderfully stocked mature flowerbeds featuring a variety of specimen, plants, shrubs, trees and bushes offering colour all year round. There are a variety of outbuildings to the side of the property with electric roller access to a cobbled driveway with ample off street parking currently for two cars. There is also a separate up and over door leading to a garage/workshop which has electric lights and is Plumbed for a washing machine and there are two additional storage sheds. The double doors from the kitchen lead to a patio area with an Indian sandstone path leading to a rear barbecue/patio area which benefits from day long sunshine. In this area we also find external sockets and an attractive timber gazebo ideal for outdoor entertaining. The total site area is approx. 0.2 of an acre
Entrance Hall Attractive original ornate ceiling cornice, original dado rail, and stairs to upper floor.
Drawing room Elegant drawing room with dual aspect. Double glazed sash windows with original shutters. Original ceiling cornice and central rose. Most attractive original fireplace with cast-iron inset, open fire with tiled hearth.
Dining Room Formal dining room with original polished timber floors. Sash windows with original shutters. Original ceiling cornice and central Rose. Attractive marble fireplace with tiled inset and hearth. Open fire. Door from the dining room to the rear lobby giving direct access to the kitchen and offering a separate entrance to the property via the side garden.
Rear Hall Timber floors and door to the rear yard and gardens.
Guest cloakroom WC and wash hand basin set in vanity unit with tiled splash back. Timber panelled ceiling.
Family Room This lovely cozy room, which would have been the original kitchen offers attractive timber floors and a large open fireplace with slate heart and cast-iron solid fuel stove. Inset lights.
Kitchen / breakfast room A very bright and spacious kitchen/breakfast room, which features dual aspect and double patio doors to the generous rear gardens. Modern shaker style kitchen with an excellent range of built-in wall and floor units with timber, worktops and tiled splash back. Incorporating larger units and magic corners the kitchen also features built in dishwasher built in fridge freezer double Dietrich oven space for microwave and five ring gas hob with decorative of chimney extractor over. This room also offers inset lights and an attractive timber floor.
Study / Bedroom 5 Good size study overlooking the rear garden. This room could also serve as an additional bedroom if desired. Attractive tiled fireplace and ceiling coving.
Upstairs Return landing with two beds and a bathroom off and attractive stained glass feature. With stairs to the first floor landing.
Bedroom one with study off A fine double bedroom with dual aspect with double glazed sash windows with original shutters. Feature high ceilings. Original fireplace. And built-in wardrobes. Door leads from this bedroom into the small study at the front, which could easily become a walk-in wardrobe or ensuite. This study again features original window shutters and a double glazed sash window and has a separate door to the landing.
Bedroom two Lovely bright double bedroom with dual aspect with double glazed sash windows with original shutters. Feature high ceilings with original ceiling coving.
Bedroom 3 (rear) Accessed via an ensuite / dressing room with WC and modern wash and basin set in vanity unit and with door to hot press and built-in shelving . This good sized double bedroom overlooks the rear garden and features built in wardrobes, original picture rail, and ceiling coving.
Bedroom 4 Attractive bedroom with original window shutters, built in wardrobes and ceiling coving.
Family Bathroom Polished timber floor, partly tiled walls. pedestal wash hand basin, WC, bidet and corner shower unit. Original freestanding deep set bath.
Outside The property offers a pedestrian access from Monkstown Avenue. On entering the gate, you are immediately struck by the privacy and maturity of the front garden and the elegance of the double fronted detached home before you. With original granite steps leading to the front porch and hall and tiled paths leading to the side gardens and wide side accesses to both sides of the property. To the right there is a raised patio garden with mature, hedging and specimen trees. To the left, we have a gravel, low maintenance garden again featuring mature bamboo hedging, and a variety of specimen tree and flowering plants and shrubs. The entire garden is fully walled with original cut stone walls. As well as the main hall door, there is a separate entrance to the left, allowing access to the rear lobby and kitchen. The rear garden, which is very generous in size and has a wonderful south facing aspect and measures approx. 16 m in length and approx. 19 m wide. This lovely mature garden is generally very private and surrounded by mature, hedging original cut stone walls and is a must for any keen gardeners with wonderfully stocked mature flowerbeds featuring a variety of specimen, plants, shrubs, trees and bushes offering colour all year round. There are a variety of outbuildings to the side of the property with electric roller access to a cobbled driveway with ample off street parking currently for two cars. There is also a separate up and over door leading to a garage/workshop which has electric lights and is Plumbed for a washing machine and there are two additional storage sheds. The double doors from the kitchen lead to a patio area with an Indian sandstone path leading to a rear barbecue/patio area which benefits from day long sunshine. In this area we also find external sockets and an attractive timber gazebo ideal for outdoor entertaining. The total site area is approx. 0.2 of an acre
BER Information
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BER Number: 117859181
Energy Performance Indicator: 381.49 kWh/m²/yr
BER Number: 117859181
Energy Performance Indicator: 381.49 kWh/m²/yr
About the Area
Monkstown is a beautiful coastal suburb in South County Dublin, between Blackrock and Dún Loaghaire. The area is served by the Salthill - Monkstown DART station, and also by a number of buses. Locals enjoy the charming local sshops, pubs and restaurants, which include Avoca, Seagreen, and FXBs. There are also a number of local primary and secondary schools, including CBC Monkstown.
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