Over €2.65 million for Bray hall

Investments: The Parochial Hall in Bray - along with an associated two-storey house on a site of 0.36 acres - is for sale by tender on May 22nd.

Close to the town's main street, the two buildings and lands are expected to sell for over €2.65 million through agent HJ Byrne.

The property is on a level site with 35 metres of frontage onto Novara Avenue and overall extends to 1,570sq m (17,000sq ft).

The hall contains 344sq m (3,711sq ft) while the house has two bedrooms, a livingroom, kitchen and bathroom.

The main building is in redbrick throughout on a cut and random granite base with a string course, hood moulding and a projecting porch on the front gable end.

A curious feature of the building is an octagonal tower towards the rear which also incorporates a side porch.

The detached two-storey house is in an old English style with a half-timbered dormer window in the red tiled roof.

The zoning is B1 town centre which covers a wide range of activity, including retail, commercial, office and civic use, and to provide for "living over the shop" residential accommodation.

This highly interesting property must have wide appeal as it presents the opportunity to incorporate a modern development on a virtually square site that contains two mature protected structures.