A villa with rich period details in a quiet setting

Marino Lodge, Marino Ave West, Killiney, Co Dublin

Five-bedroom villa-style house with around a third of an acre of garden near beach and Dart

Agent:Lisney

WHEN the owners of this Regency style villa in Killiney moved here over 30 years ago, the previous owner had divided the house so that she could live in one small area and rent out the remainder for income. While new owners will more than likely not have to consider such an outcome, the layout is flexible enough to allow for a family of different ages and stages to each have their own space.

The two-storey house has 278sq m (3,000sq ft) of space that includes a study, workshop and pantries as well as fine reception rooms and a spacious family kitchen that leads to the 165ft garden.

Lisney’s Charles Broadhead is asking €1.25 million for the property which is in a cul-de- sac off Killiney Hill Road, within easy reach of the Dart and Killiney Beach.

Marino Lodge must have one of the grandest hallways in the neighbourhood with its intricate plasterwork detail highlighted in white against warm red walls.

To right and left are bedrooms, and a charming bathroom, while straight ahead are two large high ceilinged rooms, the drawingroom and the main bedroom. Both rooms have wide bay windows overlooking the back garden with its croquet lawn and lower orchard garden.

To the right of the hallway steps lead down to conservatory-style space with a glazed roof and old tiled floor. Off this is a spacious sittingroom, and the fourth of the bedrooms.

Then it is down again to the ground floor where the real heart of the house is – a big kitchen with an old cream Aga, and double doors leading through to a diningroom. There are lots of additional rooms at this level – the study, a fifth bedroom, a workshop, playroom and cellar.

Children will automatically be drawn out from the kitchen to a patio that is now dominated by a large aviary full of yellow canaries.