Co Dublin: €3.25mPercy Lodge on Killiney Hill Road in Killiney, Co Dublin, has all the feel of a country house with its broad sweep of lawn in front of the house and bluebells sheltering under a massive mountain ash tree outside the kitchen window.
With gardens on three sides and a useful coach-house to the rear, the five-bedroom house is on the market for the first time in almost 30 years. Tom Day of Lisney is guiding €3.25 million prior to auction on June 1st.
The two-storey detached house stands on 0.65 of an acre, its grounds sheltered by mature trees and a long gravelled driveway leading to the front door. Inside, it's a sizeable home of 371sq m (4,000sq ft) with a rambling feel and a good mix of formal and family rooms. There is potential to extend into an attached coach-house at the rear.
Two elegant rooms lead off a wide hallway. To the left, the 22ft drawingroom has two bay windows and a fine marble chimneypiece. Across the hall the diningroom is another fine room. It connects through to the kitchen which has a garden door leading to a sheltered patio that catches the morning sun.
At the back of the hall, steps lead down to a big sittingroom or playroom, beyond which is a useful series of storerooms, including a butler's pantry.
The first landing has a large study leading off, it and two interconnecting bedrooms. A corridor with fitted cupboards leads to a bathroom and separate toilet.
Upstairs the main bedroom has a view of the sea towards Bray Head and the Little Sugar Loaf. It also has a good-sized dressingroom and an en suite bathroom. A second large bedroom also has views towards the sea.
The house has been well cared for but inevitably at this level of the market, new owners will be budgeting to refurbish and extend.
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