In Photos: Inside the most expensive Dublin home currently on the market
The five bedroom house, which W. B. Yeats, Jack Yeats and George William Russell used to visit for parties, is currently being sold for the staggering amount of €12,750,000
While most house hunters are hoping to find affordable homes, sometimes we can't help but be curious about the way more expensive properties look like.
We have found the most expensive Dublin home currently on the market, a five bed detached house in Ballsbridge that is being sold for the staggering amount of €12,750,000. The "classical detached Edwardian red brick city residence" was owned by the Starkie family, which included former University College Galway President Rt Hon. William Starkie.
His wife May reportedly entertained all the leading literati and musicians of the day in this house, including W. B. Yeats and his brother Jack Yeats, as well as Irish literary renaissance writer George William Russell who wrote with the pseudonym AE.
Melfort, located on 19 Shrewsbury Road, Ballsbridge, is described as a "20th century city residence of elegant proportions surrounded by extensive private manicured gardens on Dublin's finest residential road". It is understood the house was built circa 1906, and is a with extensive gardens which include a mini orchard, off street parking and "total privacy".
The historical residence extends to approximately 471 sq. m., while the overall site extends to approximately 0.284 ha (0.7 acres).
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Entrance
Melfort is entered from Shrewsbury Road through "a recessed brick pillared electrically operated wrought iron gates leading to a lantern lit gravel forecourt". There is also a separate pedestrian access onto Shrewsbury Road (Image source: Daft.ie)
1 of 14Melfort
The house is entered through the front door to the vestibule with Victorian tiled floor and plain cornicing then onto the hall (Image source: Daft.ie)
2 of 14Master bedroom
One of the five bedrooms in the house (Image source: Daft.ie)
3 of 14The en-suite
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The large en-suite is of a Romanesque style with ornate tiling surrounding the bath, separate shower unit and two vanity units (Image source: Daft.ie)
4 of 14The kitchen
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The house has a large modern John Daly kitchen breakfast room with "an extensive range of floor and wall mounted kitchen storage units" (Image source: Daft.ie)
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