Art deco on Bushy Park Road

Bushy Park Road connects Zion Road to Rathfarnham Road in Dublin 6. Houses with art deco frontages were built in the 1930s in the grounds of Wasdale House, a period residence that dates from 1853. From the garden of number 98 you can see the walls of this fine period house.

Granite steps that once belonged to this big house have been repurposed and now lead up to a raised patio, a place to soak up the evening sun in this property’s lovely garden, a well curated space.

The owner modestly describes herself as an amateur gardener. The northeast-facing rear garden is home to camellia, a rowan tree, roses, ferns, primula, hellebores, lots of bluebells and 15 different varieties of snowdrop.

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It looks its best in spring, according to the owner, and includes a bog garden where there are foxgloves and frogs come to spawn.

Bought 15 years ago, the owner upgraded the house, adding the wood effect A-rated windows by Marvin that show off the size and the amount of light the windows let in.

Bright and roomy

When she bought the property the garage had been converted into a study and the kitchen had been extended to include a lounge area with a wood-burning stove set against a painted brick wall and a bright roomy vaulted area to the rear where there are cherrywood units on both walls and an island in front of the sliding glass patio doors.

Off the hall glass doors lead to the interconnecting reception rooms.

The sittingroom is to the front of the house with doors from the diningroom opening out to the L-shaped sandstone patio.

Originally the house had five bedrooms. Now there are four. The master bedroom is a great big room to the front. A sizeable en-suite bathroom occupies what was once the box room. There is a separate bath and shower in the family bathroom.

Upstairs there is a well-proportioned attic room with good ceiling heights and plenty of storage under the eaves.

The property measures 2,450 sq feet (227 sq m).

The house has a C3 Ber rating and is asking €1.25 million through agents SherryFitzGerald.