Elegant Edwardian Home With Expansive Private Gardens

Craglands is a truly impressive detached Edwardian home with tremendous potential to be tastefully transformed into a modern home whilst retaining its original character, charm, and period features. Positioned on a large private secluded corner site of 0.24 hectares / 0.6 acres approximately in the heart of the prestigious Burnaby Estate, within easy reach of the seafront, beaches, Greystones Golf Club, town centre and DART station.

Dating back to around nineteen hundred three, Craglands features in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. While in need of refurbishment, Craglands retains its wonderful original character, charm, and period features. The interior offers a blend of bright, elegant reception rooms, cozy family areas and spacious bedroom accommodation. Notable features include high ceilings, intricate plasterwork, fireplaces, large multi-pane windows and a wealth of other architectural details that make this home truly special. The property is set within beautifully proportioned gardens making it an exceptional residence in a highly sought-after location.

The spacious accommodation spanning approximately 260.8 square meters (2,807 square feet), briefly includes an entrance hall leading to a family room with access to a sun terrace, bay windowed dual aspect living room, formal dining room which has been reconfigured into a downstairs bedroom (six) with shower room en suite, kitchen breakfast room and utility room. Upstairs there is a bright landing with feature roof light main bedroom with an ensuite bathroom four additional bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The delightful sun terrace overlooks the original grass tennis court making it a superb outdoor entertaining and relaxation space. The charming gardens are surrounded and interspersed with mature trees shrubbery and hedging screening the property fully from the road. Uniquely the property has three vehicular access points: one from Portland Road North at the front and two from Hawkins Lane—one leading to the detached garage and the other a pedestrian gate to the rear of the house. These multiple entry points not only enhance convenience but also lend themselves to flexible living arrangements such as multigenerational use or even potential for further development subject to necessary permissions. The property also has the benefit of lapsed planning permission for construction of a detached house of 287 square meters (3,089 square feet) on 0.14 hectares (0.3 acres) of its garden (Ref. 07/247 – Wicklow County Council).

Craglands is described in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as “Detached multiple-bay two-storey Domestic Revival style house built circa nineteen hundred.” The building is roughly L-plan with typically asymmetrical elevations that to east having slightly Tudoresque appearance. The façade is largely finished in unpainted roughcast with large section of north elevation in brick mock timber framing to north-facing gable. The tiled gable-ended pitched roof has decorative ridge tiles and overhangs with exposed rafter ends plain bargeboards. There are two tall chimneystacks one in brick one rendered.

The entrance is to north elevation consists replacement glazed timber door set within large segmental-headed porch recess. The windows are various sizes but all flat-headed mainly have timber casement frames however some those Tudoresque east elevation have granite mullions transoms. There is five-sided flat-roofed bay window this elevation also part cast-iron part uPVC rainwater goods.

The house is set at side secluded partly tree-lined suburban street but surrounded by relatively large garden enclosed by hedge. To north side garden timber carriage gateway. Memorable Domestic Revival house slightly unusual Tudoresque east elevation. A fine well preserved example genre.”

The Burnaby Estate - redolent of nineties Edwardian era - offers perfect balance seclusion convenience. Just short stroll sea which central life Greystones new harbour complex boasting marina clubs sailing kayaking angling etc. Greystones has enviable variety sports amenities choose including rugby soccer GAA course golf. Shoreline Leisure Centre winner Ireland’s Best Leisure Centre twenty fifteen swimming pool gym various facilities.

Local schools highly regarded excellent primary secondary schools both within town nearby. Greystones within thirty kilometers Dublin City served L1 L2 L3 X1 X2 bus routes.

Craglands offers outstanding opportunity create modern spacious home character one Greystones’ most coveted locations. Viewing highly recommended.