A buff brick terraced period residence in Portobello’s heartland has a great balance of reception rooms and accommodation, all done with classic contemporary flair and features a mature, private garden.
Bounded to the east by Camden Street and Richmond Street, to the west by Clanbrassil Street, to the north by Kevin Street, Upper and Lower, and to the South by the Grand Canal, Portobello is a small and sylvan neighbourhood that was once Jewish and known as Little Jerusalem.
The Bretzel Bakery is one of the few remaining shops that once served the community, while the Irish Jewish Museum, housed in a former synagogue on Walworth Road, tells the quarter’s story and is open to the public on Sunday afternoons.
Address: 6 Longwood Avenue, South Circular Road, Portobello, Dublin 8, D08 HN8W
Asking price: €1.15 million
Agent: Owen Reilly
Victorian on the outside, these houses have big windows that fill the rooms with light and number 6 Longwood is no exception.
The buff brick terraced three-bed is a block east of Clanbrassil Street, and about 10 houses down from the top of the street and its intersection with canalside Windsor Terrace.
It has been contemporarised in a way that offers a really good balance of living space and accommodation.
The house has a west-facing front garden and an unusual layout.
It has a living room at the front. Light-filled, it includes a feature marble fireplace.
At the end of the hall, in what is now the middle section of the house, the house is split down the centre.
It opens into a sitting room, which is warmed by a stove set into a tall inglenook-style fireplace.
Its original window now offers a peek through to the kitchen.
This sitting room opens to a music room that has an open fireplace and opens to the garden, where a paving stone path leads to the large area set out in lawn.
Underfoot, the flooring throughout features ebony-stained floorboards.
The mood changes visually when you cross into the threshold of the showstopping, pitched-roof kitchen.
The roof of this lofty space is studded with rooflights beaming natural light into it.
It has concrete-look porcelain tiles underfoot, warmed by underfloor heating and shaker-style cabinetry, painted a French grey.
House plants and a richly patinated antique dining table, surrounded by shell chairs, all help to bring in a sense of great warmth.
Beyond the kitchen is a guest w.c and a dual aspect family room with another rooflight bringing light in from above.
This overlooks the garden, its private hedging and a mature apple tree.
The garden has two decked areas, a granite boundary wall with the next-door neighbour and a shed at the foot of the space.
Upstairs, there are three roomy double bedrooms and the family bathroom.
Agents Owen Reilly is seeking €1.15 million for the three-bedroom, two-bathroom terraced property, which has a C3 BER rating and extends to 146 square metres.
