The house has secure offstreet parking to the front (four cars) and the additional benefit of a landscaped south-westerly- facing rear garden.

It's the considerable size of the house which will have enormous appeal for anyone with a large family, or perhaps someone working from home, or simply those just seeking period grandeur on a larger than usual scale.

With a floor area of 297sq m (3,200sq ft), well laid out over three storeys, there is scope for both lavish entertaining or, conversely, for family members to enjoy their own private spaces.

All the hallmarks of the grand period townhouse are evident from the entrance hallway, defined by fanlight window, original wide timber floorboards and ornate, plastered arch, ceiling coving and centre rose.

Tall sash windows, front and back, fill the house with natural light, while most rooms have feature fireplaces of either marble, or, in bedrooms, traditional cast-iron.

Accommodation at the entrance level also comprises the diningroom and the fully fitted, flagged-floor kitchen-cum-breakfast room.

A playroom/office, lobby, bathroom and sunroom . . .

leading through double doors to the back garden . . . comprise accommodation on the hall floor return.

The first of four bedrooms is on the first-floor return;

on the first floor is a vast drawingroom with double doors leading to an equally grand livingroom.

Both of these have white marble fireplaces and fine ceiling plaster detail. The main bathroom is on the second floor return.

On the second floor is the master bedroom with black marble fireplace and built-in wardrobes; the third bedroom has its own shower room. Another bedroom at the top of the house has an en suite shower room.

To the rear is a beautifully landscaped, terraced garden with sunken patio, raised flower beds and a riot of summer colour waiting to burst into bloom.

With its French-style geometeric paving, it's the perfect garden to look down on from one of the rooms above.

Price: AMV 3.35m; auction 29 March Agent: Sherry FitzGerald 01-639 9280