Glenageary bungalow offers all the potential of a large secluded site

Glasthule House is a large bungalow on a secluded three-quarter acre plot off Adelaide Road, Glenageary, Co Dublin. The four-bedroom family home, built about 30 years ago, is one of several in the grounds of an earlier Glasthule House, a Victorian residence that was the home of Robert Meekins, a 19th-century property speculator.

The rather grand granite entrance (located just beyond Villarea Park, travelling from the village of Glasthule) and a pretty avenue of venerable beech trees now forms the approach to this enclave of newer houses.

Glasthule House will be auctioned by Sherry FitzGerald on March 8th and the guide price is £650,000. Given the privacy of the site, and its undoubted development potential, subject to planning permission, it could make a good deal more.

The house, which has a substantial gravelled drive and front garden, faces north. Most of the principal rooms are at the rear and overlook a well-furnished, mature garden.

The bungalow is divided into three distinct parts. To the left of the hall door, there is a snooker room, study and main bedroom. The snooker room, decked out in a harmonious, gentlemanly combination of green and red is filled with golfing souvenirs - evidence of the owner's passion. Two walls are lined with antique clubs, while the rest of the space is covered in golfing memorabilia.

The bedroom, which looks on to a small lawn and graceful weeping beech, has an en suite bathroom with a huge corner tub.

The middle section of the house is comprised of a sittingroom with a diningroom alcove, a kitchen and a family room. The sittingroom, which runs the full depth of the house, is a large, light-filled, low-ceilinged space with a raised hearth. A wall made up of two pairs of sliding glazed doors gives a stunning view of the back garden, seasonably glowing with heathers in all shades of mauve and purple.

A small dining area leads into a bright, orange-painted kitchen, again with sliding doors to the garden. The fitted units are laminated.

A cosy family room leads off the kitchen, as does a utility area.

At the front of the house, in traditional bungalow style, there are three bedrooms in a row and a bathroom.

The large back garden, bounded by granite walls, has a lovely old-fashioned feeling and is well-stocked with mature trees, including apple, pear, plum, yew and hazel. A door at the end of the garden leads on to "The Metals", a laneway running alongside the railway line, making it a very convenient 60-second gallop from house to Glenageary DART station.