Dun Laoghaire: €695,000  A large top floor flat in a Victorian house in Dún Laoghaire that was once home to John Millington Synge has an asking price of €695,000 through Douglas Newman Good.

The refurbished two-bedroom flat at 31 Crosthwaite Park takes up the entire top floor of the elegant three-storey over basement house, with superb views from both livingroom and bedroom over the rooftops towards Dublin Bay.

Synge's family moved to Crosthwaite Park in 1890 and the house served as the playwright's home for the next 16 years.

Today, the house is in good decorative order with the original entrance hallway leading to flats at different levels.

The top floor unit is entered from the landing below, a large welcoming space with hardwood floors and stairs leading up to the main living space.

Here there is a big modern kitchen with views towards the Dublin mountains; a large sittingroom has a Victorian-style pine fireplaces and polished original floorboards.

The main bedroom is extremely big and bright and it too has views towards the sea, while the second bedroom is also a generous double.

There is on street parking in front of the house and a shared courtyard garden to the rear.