This is a beautifully maintained traditional Dalkey Victorian with gorgeous gardens front and back and valuable vehicular side access to a detached garage.
Created as an alternative route to Harbour Road, connecting Dún Laoghaire and Bullock Harbour with Dalkey Village, the houses on Ulverton Road are set well back from the road and feature fine front gardens bounded by granite walls, some still with pedestrian gates.
Number 38 is such a property.
It still has its wrought iron pedestrian gate, and the path up to the house is lined with flowers.
Address: 38 Ulverton Road, Dalkey, Co Dublin, A96 V278
Asking price: €1.745 million
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Dalkey
As an end-terrace house, it has a large west-facing front garden laid out in lawn and silver birch with views across the tree-lined street.
There is side access through to the rear garden.
Inside, the elegant Victorian has all the period features of the era with none of the excess adornment.
It is pared back and features a traditional layout that, after all the big open plan spaces, almost feels refreshing and will suit larger families.
Currently, the D2 Ber-rated house is a five-bedroom, two-bathroom residence that extends to 197 square metres.
Dating from about 1894, it opens into a good-sized hall with ornate cornicing and a ceiling rose.
Its reception rooms feature gorgeous honey-coloured polished timber floorboards, original sash windows and lofty ceilings.
The front room enjoys a bay window, has an original marble fireplace with tiled inserts and a brass Art Nouveau hood. It is home to an upright piano and classic-shaped armchairs.
The room at the back overlooks the garden and has a cast-iron fireplace.
Down a few steps on the return is a breakfast room that leads through to the kitchen.
These two spaces are divided by a chimney breast.
The next owner will likely wish to improve this space’s connection to the lovely, landscaped yet informal east-facing gardens at the back.
This is where you will want to spend mornings soaking up the sun as you sip a coffee.
With no adjoining house on one side, it is private and light-filled. Mature planting lines the borders.
The mix includes foxgloves, roses, and lavender.
There is also a standalone vehicular garage accessed via Church Road, along with a separate rear pedestrian gate.
The first of the bedrooms is on the return, along with the family bathroom.
A stained glass panelled lightwell illuminates the first-floor landing, where there are three bedrooms.
The principal is at the front, as is a second small room that could be used as a study, a fifth bedroom, or likely an en-suite bathroom for the main bedroom.
The fourth bedroom and a guest w.c. are on the first floor return.
There is pedestrian rear access. Dalkey village is on the doorstep, but the street feels far removed from its lively eateries and cafes.
Bullock Harbour, where you can also take a dip, is a short walk away.
Agents Sherry FitzGerald Dalkey is seeking €1.745 million.
