Period house near town

A terraced four-bedroom house at Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4 is back on the market, having been withdrawn from auction 12 months ago. Number 124, a listed two-storey house in good decorative order, is now to be auctioned through HOK Residential on April 11th. The guide price is £700,000-plus (€888,816).

This is a townhouse with lots of period charm in a terrific location within walking distance of St Stephen's Green. On the minus side, however, there is no off-street parking.

Inside, there is a surprisingly wide hallway with two reception rooms leading off to the left. The sittingroom has warm terracotta walls, original floorboards and working shutters at the curved window. The separate diningroom - with its muted aquamarine walls and sisal flooring - has steps leading down to a clever extension that leads directly off the kitchen and is full of light thanks to its French doors to the garden and a Velux rooflight.

The same pale timber floor runs through to the kitchen where there is a good range of cream painted units and a Waterford Stanley cooker.

There is a small understairs toilet and a family bathroom off the first landing, along with a bedroom. The main bedroom on the first floor extends the full width of the house and is a nice bright room with twin sash windows, a timber floor and its original marble fireplace. There are two further bedrooms, one a single room, the other, off the top landing, a pleasantly bright double room.

The back garden is split level, with a raised patio area laid with a table and chairs.