Extended elegance in Rathmines home for €2.5m

Palmerston Villas is a cul-de-sac off Upper Rathmines, lined on one side mostly with large Victorian houses. The houses, as well as a small apartment block, are on one side of the road; Brookfield Tennis Club is on the other.

Number 4 Palmerston Villas, an imposing two-storey over garden-level semi-detached house, is for sale through DNG for €2.5million.

The house is for someone who wants a large family home – it has five bedrooms – and is in walk-in condition, having been renovated in recent years. It’s a big house, with 421sq m (4,530sq ft) and has the high ceilings, wide hallways, good room proportions and period features that tend to be much sought-after, particularly by families looking in this price range in Dublin 6.

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The two-storey contemporary-looking extension at the back is the building’s most striking feature. Built just over 10 years ago when the house had a top-to-bottom revamp, the glass-box extension provides for a large light-filled kitchen and dining area.

As the house is two-storey, what was once a small rear reception room up at hall level is now a study with a mezzanine looking over the dining area.

Also at garden level are a bedroom, a bathroom, a family room and a utility room. The finishes at garden level are modern – the sleek oak internal doors and new staircase, for example – and so provide an interesting contemporary contrast to the hall and first floor, where the period features have been restored and maintained.

As well as the study to the rear, there are two graciously proportioned reception rooms to the front at hall level. Each has its original marble fireplace, centre rose and decorative cornice work. One room has a bay window, the other two tall sash windows.

Upstairs, where the ceiling heights are greater than those often found in Victorian houses, there are four double bedrooms, one with a shower room and one that connects to the family bathroom.

The renovation included the updating of all the bathrooms, and they are now smart-looking with contemporary fixtures and fittings.

There is off-street parking for several cars to the front and a nicely planted garden to the rear.