Property Overview:
For Sale by Private Treaty


Overall Floor Area: 464.5 Sq. Metres (5,000 Sq. Feet)



Property Description:
Location: Monasterevin is located on the River Barrow, 56km from Dublin, 10km west of Kildare and 15km east of Portlaoise on the N7 National Primary Route linking Dublin to Cork, Limerick and the Southwest. The town also benefits from excellent bus and rail services. Monasterevin is a busy residential and commercial centre for west Kildare and due to its close proximity to the M7 Motorway, it has become a very popular commuter town. The town has witnessed a significant growth in population in recent years with a current population of approximately 4,000 and a total catchment in the region of 20,000.

History: This house is a fine, middle-sized edifice of considerable social and historical interest, having been built as a product of the commercialisation and industrialisation of Monasterevin following the extension of the Grand Canal to the locality in the late eighteenth century. The house represents the substantial dwelling of the merchant class that capitalised on the potential economic development that would have been expected with the arrival of the canal. A sophisticated piece of architecture, borrowing motifs from the Classical style, the house is a symmetrically planned building, centred about a commanding doorway and with refined features such as tripartite window openings.

The house is an integral component of a terrace of middle-sized houses that flanks both West End and Moore Street, leading