Liberties redbrick for €650,000

ACTRESS-TURNED-WRITER Kate Thompson and actor Malcolm Douglas are selling the end-of-terrace Liberties redbrick they have lived in for 20 years to move to the west of Ireland.

Number 1 Lauderdale Terrace, New Row South, Dublin 8 is an 82sq m (884sq ft) two/three-bedroom home, with a surprising amount of storage space and a garden that Thompson believes is one of the longest in the Liberties.

It is for sale for €650,000 through agent Felicity Fox.

The main space in the house is a double sittingroom, linked by an archway, with timber floors and an open fireplace; the walls of what was originally the front parlour are lined with bookshelves.

A galley-style kitchen opens off this, leading to a bathroom with a free-standing clawfoot bath.

Stairs from the livingroom lead upstairs, where there's a double bedroom at the back of the house with a cast-iron fireplace, fitted with wardrobes and cupboards.

Steps lead up from this to a floored attic space where Thompson wrote her novels. At the front of the house is an L-shaped bedroom which can be used as two single rooms (it has separate entrance doors and folding louvred panels to divide the space.)

The 60ft long back garden is very private and has an overgrown "secret" garden which was once a dedicated play area for the current owners' now college-age daughter. New Row South is five minutes' walk from St Patrick's Cathedral.

1 Lauderdale Terrace, New Row South, Dublin 8

Two/three-bed end-of-terrace redbrick with good garden in easy walking distance of Dublin city centre Agent:Felicity Fox