, that was at various times a school “for the education of young ladies”, a Protestant boarding house and also the home of a famous Irish bell-maker, is something of an original. A large, bright end-of-terrace house in an enclave overlooking Blackrock Park, the Dart line and the sea, Montereau Lodge looks Georgian in style, with handsome bow windows and tall, nearly floor-to-ceiling multi-paned new sash windows with original shutters in most rooms.
Its location is convenient: Seafort Parade is an enclave of otherwise mostly redbrick homes off Rock Road, opposite Blackrock College, and Montereau is in easy walking distance of Blackrock and Booterstown Dart stations.Montereau’s bow-shaped front porch opens into a timber-floored hall with matching chandeliers hanging from two centre roses.
There’s a smart modern toilet at the end of the hall. Upstairs, the long family bathroom off the return has timber-panelled walls and ceiling; it has a clawfoot bath and a shower. Steps lead up from here into the main bedroom, which has the best views in the house. Like the drawingroom below, it has two tall windows at the side and a large bow window looking across the park to the sea and Howth. There are four more bedrooms upstairs, three doubles and a single.