Colonial-style villa in Foxrock has mature orchard and gardens

A colonial-style villa on 1.2 acres of gardens on Brighton Road, Foxrock, is expected to achieve over £1.2 million at auction through Daphne Kaye & Associates on 3rd October.

Clarmallagh, typical of the houses built in Foxrock in the 1900s, has four bedrooms and 2,400 sq ft of accommodation. There is potential to extend into the substantial roof space, or build in the side garden, subject to planning. Property on Brighton Road, especially period houses with rambling full-blown gardens, has performed exceptionally well in the past year. Daphne Kaye sold a detached Victorian house on three-quarters of an acre for over £1.5 million in March. Greenwood, another Brighton Road house on half an acre, fetched £1.1 million the following month.

Clarmallagh is set well back from the road behind high hedges, with an orchard, herbaceous walk, lawn and a treelined drive to the front.

An old-fashioned timber veranda stretches across the front between two double bay windows and several of the rooms open out on to this. Inside, the rooms have tall ceilings and plenty of windows on all sides.

There is a small entrance lobby leading into a bay-windowed reception hall large enough to accommodate an easy chair and a desk. The drawingroom to the left has a wide bay window looking out on the front lawn, a side window and a French door to the veranda. A timber and marble fireplace is fitted with a coal-effect gas fire.

Across the hall, the kitchen has a ceramic-tiled floor and a good range of black-painted timber units. The Miele oven, gas hob, microwave and dishwasher are included in the sale. Double doors open to a conservatory currently in use as an informal diningroom. Also off the kitchen is a guest lavatory, a plumbed utility room and a small study. The main bedroom suite is at the far end of the house and extends from front to back. The bedroom has a bank of fitted wardrobes, a double bow window, a door out to the veranda and another to a private sun room. The en suite bathroom is as large as many bedrooms and very opulent, with a sunken Jacuzzi bath, separate tiled power shower, illuminated showbiz-style mirror and a cosmetic cabinet.

Three further bedrooms are double in size. One of these next to the drawingroom has a door to the veranda and could be used as a formal diningroom. The family bathroom is across the hall. A buyer looking to extend could install a staircase and fit two bedrooms and a bathroom in the large attic space without too much trouble.

The gardens which surround the house on all sides are a delight. To the front, old apple trees and mature maple, beech and cedars extend over the lawn, which was at one time used for croquet. Rose beds border the veranda and another very large lawn to the rear is bounded by mature trees and hedging.