Victorian redbrick in Bray for €775,000

Ardeevin is a two-storey over basement Victorian terraced house on Meath Road in old Bray, a stone’s throw from the seafront and the Dart station.

The house has fine period features and is currently subdivided. The owner lives in accommodation at hall and first-floor levels.

The square drawing room to the front has a black marble fireplace, stripped pine shutters, sash windows and impressive cornice work.

The room to the rear is used as one of the main house’s three bedrooms. The view from here is across the flat roofing of one of the garden level flats. Down the stairs on the return is the property’s second bedroom. It is quite dark, shadowed by the wooden deck above.

Intricate coving
The kitchen is situated on the hall return and is illuminated by a small roof light. The room's window has been turned into a door that opens out to a chunky, west-facing wooden deck.

At the top of the house and spanning the width of the property is the house’s finest room, a gorgeous drawing room with views of Bray Head from the bow window. The wooden floors, intricate coving and white marble fireplace are let down somewhat by the stippled ceiling.

The master bedroom is to the rear and has a fire escape outside that leads down to the back of the house. At garden level there are two self-contained one-bedroom flats. One of the two flats is in good condition. The second will need work to make it habitable.

Both attract a monthly rental of €750 each, according to the owner. These have a separate entrance.

There is an additional construction to the rear, a long narrow space that will need work to make it habitable.

The west-facing garden is raised to the rear and there is pedestrian access onto Glenard Avenue.

Including the two one-bedroom flats, the house measures 253sq m (2,728sq ft) and is asking €775,000 through agents Sherry FitzGerald.