Sequestered off Stoneybatter’s main street, on historic Arbour Hill, this two-bedroom, two-bathroom house is A-rated, has a sizeable west-facing backyard, costs €625k, and is within a few minutes' run of Phoenix Park’s Parkgate Street entrance.
With its proximity to the city centre, Heuston Station and Phoenix Park, Stoneybatter has become one of the most popular of Dublin’s inner suburbs.
Its bars and eateries draw crowds from Grano and Hakkahan to Mulligan’s Grocer, a traditional pub that serves small plates.
Address: 19 Dawson Place, Arbour Hill, Stoneybatter, D7, D07 RY11
Asking price: €625,000
Agent: DNG Phibsborough
Traditionalists flock to Walsh’s at the bottom of the village, which has 200 years of service, quenching the thirst of customers with pints and spirits, or Kavanagh’s on Aughrim Street, at the top of the village.
While just a 20-minute walk into town, it feels far removed from the busy centre. However, much of the housing stock dates back to the turn of the 20th century.
While charming, much of it comprises small rooms, and contemporary luxuries such as an A-rating are rare.
Dawson Place is a small development of just 25 two- and three-bedroom A3 BER-rated homes that were built in 2017 by Richmond Homes.
It’s about a five-minute run to the Parkgate Street entrance to Phoenix Park, where you can do all manner of outdoor exercise and enjoy its running trails, cycle paths, cafes and wildlife.
Number 19 is a good-sized two-bedroom, two-bathroom, mid-terrace property that boasts a separate eat-in kitchen and living room.
Extending to 93 square metres, it opens into a broken-plan hall with the stairs up to the accommodation in front of you and a guest W.C.
The hall is open to the kitchen, which is to the left.
At over 19 square metres in size, there is plenty of room to fit a dining table into the unusually shaped space, which has cabinetry curving along the front.
The living room at the back is the property’s key feature. It has a polished herringbone floor that would bring a smile to a mother superior’s face.
The utility room is off it. The room opens out to a surprisingly large backyard that is west-facing.
Upstairs there are two bedrooms and the family bathroom. The primary bedroom is at the front and is similar in size and shape to the kitchen. It includes a reading nook.
The second double bedroom is at the back and is also set up with a work-from-home desk.
The property includes a floored attic that extends to over 11 square metres.
While private, much more could be made of the backyard by bringing in painted blocks of colour and planting. It is already paved, making it low-maintenance, and extends to over 12 metres in length.
The red line Luas stop at Museum is about a five-minute walk away and will take you all the way south to the Saggart terminus and links with the green line at Abbey Street.
There is a slew of buses to catch along the quays, and Heuston Station is less than ten minutes on foot.
In Stoneybatter village, the crosstown 39 will take you all the way from Ongar to Burlington Road in Dublin 4.
The private driveway has parking for one car and is suitable for future EV charger installation.
Arbour Hill is a historic street in Dublin 7 that leads from Manor Street in Stoneybatter, past the military cemetery – the final resting place of many of the dignitaries of the 1916 Rising, including Patrick Pearse, James Connolly and Major John McBride – past the prison and ends at the intersection with Montpelier Hill, which will take you straight to the Phoenix Park.
Dawson Place is just before that intersection.
