Dublin 6: €2.5m:A fine five-bed room Victorian terraced house at 72 Kenilworth Square in Dublin 6 is for auction on 26th September through Lisney, with an AMV of €2.5 million.
The two-storey over garden level house on the east side of the square, with a floor area of 282sq m (3,035sq ft), it has all the period features expected from a house of this sort, with exceptionally high ceilings, tall windows, elaborate cornices, centre roses and matching white marble fireplaces in the interconnecting drawing and dining room.
In the main reception rooms there are polished wooden floors and picture rails and a magnificent arched window on the landing with stained glass border.
The garden level has been opened up into a great kitchen space, with a cosy sittingroom off it and a double guest bedroom next door.
There is a separate hall and entrance from the front garden and doors out to a gravelled garden.Quarry tiled floors and plenty of storage space, with separate utility and shower room, brick chimney breast and green Aga make this an ideal family space.
On the first floor, there are three good bedrooms with an exceptional main one to the front that has two tall arched niches on either side of the marble fireplace and two big windows overlooking the leafy square.
The main bathroom is up a few stairs to the side of the landing and has its own cast-iron fireplace, blue striped wallpaper and large sash window.
The first floor and hall return are currently used as a study and a spare bedroom.
Outside, the private front garden has cast iron gate and granite steps up to a yellow front door. The back mews has been cut off as a separate property, but there is still enough room for a garden.
Kenilworth Square is a few minutes walk from Rathmines, Harold's Cross and Rathgar.
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