£850,000 for period cottage in Sandycove near Joyce Tower

Close TO the amenities of Dalkey and Sandycove, this double-fronted Victorian cottage, Sandycove Lodge, which has four bedrooms and a secluded garden, is sure to attract much interest at auction on October 3rd.

Selling agent Lisney is quoting a guide of £850,000 (€1,079,280). The house, on Sandycove Avenue East, is situated on one of the avenues leading to the Joyce Tower. Electrically-controlled teak gates and a high wall protect the privacy of the house and its garden. There is off-street parking here for two cars. The house was completely renovated and extended by the present owner, who subsequently let it.

It is approached by an area paved with original Victorian blocks from London, and granite steps to the front door. This elevation of the main living area makes the most of the northerly aspect.

The hallway, with heavy original cornicing and pitch pine floor, opens to a small sittingroom opening through double doors to a morningroom. The rooms run from the front to the back of the house and are fitted with matching sash windows and two imposing Louis XV style stone fireplaces.

Across the hall is a diningroom with a door to a small kitchen featuring hand-painted units and a ceramic-tiled floor. The diningroom is also a passage to the rear hall and the new part of the house, which features a large, well-proportioned drawingroom with bay window and Adam-style fireplace.

There is a narrow staircase with a very tight return and sloped solid ceiling which gives way to a sloped glass roof, part modern, part old, creating a conservatory-cum-corridor, formed by the exterior wall of the property running along Sandycove East Lane.

Opening off this are a family bathroom and the bedrooms, three doubles, one single. These have all been modernised and two have en suite bathrooms. The main bedroom is situated under the extended drawingroom and like it, has a bay window which here incorporates French windows to the garden.

The garden is to the front of the house and a corner at the gable end features a tiled patio which catches the southerly sun.