Smartly remodelled three-bedroom cottage with sheltered, south-west facing garden, on the terrace where playwright Seán O’Casey once lived, is seeking €595k.
Don’t let the cute front of this cottage fool you. This is a sizeable three-bedroom, two-bathroom property that extends to 122 square metres.
Between West Road and Church Road in East Wall in Dublin 3 is Hawthorn Terrace, which is most notable for being playwright Seán O’Casey’s home for his first 17 years, until 1897.
Address: 23 Hawthorn Terrace, East Wall, Dublin 3, D03 KX85
Asking price: €595,000
Agent: DNG Fairview
This is O’Casey country, a part of Dublin 3 where the writer of In the Shadow of a Gunman, The Plough and the Stars, and The Silver Tassie lived, in the wider parish of St Barnabas, for 30 years from the age of six.
Inspired by a hawthorn tree that grew at the top of the street and heralded spring to O'Casey and the neighbourhood, he penned the story, The Hawthorn Tree.
His former residence, number 25, is a single-storey house whose gatepost bears a plaque dedicated to the playwright.
Across the street is number 23, which is of a later construction than O’Casey’s tenure in the hood. It was built in 1920.
The interior layout is one O’Casey would not have recognised.
The front room, or parlour, is now a bedroom.
But it is once you open the door to the back room that you see where the most significant change is evident.
This is now a large L-shaped open-plan living room, a contemporary space that is in walk-in condition.
The focal point of the living room is a shadow of what was the original open hearth. Now closed, its outline remains and houses timber blocks that are similar in colour to the semi-solid Canadian white oak flooring underfoot.
There’s a good-size eat-in kitchen at the back that is dual aspect. It has Shaker-style units painted a soft mink colour with timber countertops. There is space for a dining table that can easily seat six.
Sliding doors from the living room open out to a good-sized back garden that extends to 16 metres (50 feet). With a south-westerly orientation, it isn’t overlooked by the similarly low-rise houses on Hawthorn Avenue. Beyond that are the railway tracks. The noise of the trains can shunt you to sleep.
There’s a guest w.c cum utility room, with a back door that also opens out to the garden.
Upstairs, there are two double bedrooms and a study, along with a very smartly appointed family bathroom, which has a separate shower and bath.
Agents DNG Fairview is seeking €595,000 for the C BER-rated residence, which last sold in May 2015 for €350,000, according to the property price register.
