This grand period residence in Foxrock is on the market for €2.45 million

Standing tall on Glenamuck Road in Foxrock, Dublin 18, the property is set back from the road on a gently elevated site. 

A gravel driveway leads up to the front of the property which features a generous parking apron with access to a double detached garage. An unassuming entrance doorway opens out to reveal the wonder of this fabulous, detached family home. The entrance hallway exudes warmth and period charm with parquet flooring, vertically striped wallpaper and delicate detailed plasterwork.

Inside, the home boasts two formal reception rooms including a drawing room with timber bay and French doors that open out onto the garden and a dining room with doors to the conservatory. Both rooms have matching white marble fireplaces. 

Further inside, you’ll find the more informal family accommodation which comprises of a snug family room, located off the kitchen, with access to the sunroom. In the kitchen, you’ll find wall and floor pine kitchen cabinets, a Neff double oven, an AGA and a stainless steel sink unit with a single drainer. 

The kitchen, in turn, opens up to a large, dual-aspect, sun-filled breakfast room with double-glazed doors to the garden. Off the breakfast room is a shower room and sauna.

Upstairs, the first-floor accommodation comprises five bedrooms, two bathrooms and a separate toilet. Spacious and with an abundance of natural light, many of the bedrooms feature window seats and fireplaces. In addition, the main bedroom also has access to a well-appointed balcony enjoying the perfect south-westerly orientation.

Privy to outstanding views out towards Stepaside and the Dublin Mountains, the property gives the impression of being in a rural-like setting, whilst still being within a short stroll of the LUAS stop at Carrickmines. In addition, to the back of the house, there is a large, double-detached garage.

Exceptionally well located at the top of Glenamuck Road close to the junction with Brighton Road, Brennanstown Road and Cornelscourt Hill Road, the property is within easy reach of both Cabinteely and Foxrock Villages and is approximately 12km from Stephen’s Green. Extensive shopping facilities can be found at Cornelscourt and the Park Retail Centre is just a stone’s throw away. Nearby leisure amenities include Carrickmines Croquet Lawn Tennis Club, Foxrock Golf Club and the driving range at Leopardstown Golf Club.

An excellent selection of schools are nearby including St Brigid’s Boys and Girls National School and Kilternan NS as well as Hollypark Boys and Girls National School, Many of South County Dublin’s Secondary Schools including Blackrock College, Mount Anville, Gonzaga College, Loreto Foxrock and the Lycee Francais d’Irlande as well as the newly opened Nord Anglia International School and St Andrew’s College are a short commute away. 

This is a delightful property with old-world charm both in its configuration and its wonderful mature setting on approximately 1.34 acres of mature trees and sloping lawns. It’s worth noting that parts of the property are in need of some refurbishment.

Currently on the market for €2,450,000, viewing of this property is advised and can be arranged through Sherry FitzGerald Foxrock. In the meantime, take a tour of this gorgeous period residence in our gallery below.