Crampton-built home retains a leisurely feel

Built by Crampton in the 1930s, there is a quiet sense of its time about number 65 St Helen's Road, Booterstown, Co Dublin. Seen most obviously in the panelled doors and in the fireplaces with their mahogany surrounds, there's a feeling of more leisurely times also about the rushing stream at the end of an 85ft garden. With a traditional layout, the house has two reception rooms and four bedrooms. It is for sale by private treaty through Sherry FitzGerald, which is asking £498,000 (632,329).

St Helen's Road winds in a U shape off the busy Rock Road but manages an enviable tranquility. Number 65 is on the inner curve and is set back from the road by a large front garden. The wooden gate sets the style of things to come - a polished wooden floor in the spacious hallway, a mosaic stone floor in the kitchen and front bay windows which are, like most of the other windows, original. The vendors, only the third owners, have lived there since the 1950s. Though in good condition, the house could do with updating.

The sense of space - the total floor area is 1,400sq ft - begins in the hallway, which has five polished wooden doors leading off it. The doors lead to the kitchen, reception rooms, understairs storage and a cloakroom. The original kitchen is a squarish room with that mosaic floor and an alcove that could house an Aga. A step up leads to the extended kitchen and breakfastroom area with wooden units and wide windows. The reception rooms extend from the front to the back of the house and are separated by sliding doors. Both have original, mahogany surround fireplaces. There is a bay window to the front, a picture rail around both rooms and French doors to the rear garden.

A long window on the stairs has attractive leaded glass work. The main bedroom, to the front of the house, has a mahogany fireplace, bay window, built-in wardrobes and a picture rail. The smallest bedroom is in use as a study and the third bedroom has a tiled fireplace. The bedrooms share a bathroom with original fittings.

Outhouses include a coal house and outside toilet, and a garage that could be converted without difficulty. The stream adds 10ft or so to the garden, and trees on the far bank lend privacy.