A look inside number 76 Chelmsford Lane, a bright three-bed mews house in Ranelagh with a clever layout and beautiful rooftop views.
“This is my favourite view,” says Sorcha, “from my desk out across the rooftops.” We are looking eastwards out an upstairs window in her home, number 76 Chelmsford Lane, and relating the roofscape to the map, on which the lane curves from Ranelagh village around to Sallymount Avenue.
The house respects the mix of old and new that characterises Ranelagh. As you turn down the lane, which starts across the road from Meagher’s pharmacy, with its beautiful old stained glass, you could be following an ancient footpath connecting the roads to Donnybrook and Milltown. And as you stand at the front door, noting the ribbed oak panels and cladding, and the warm off-white render, you realise the stones that form the lower facade blend beautifully with the lane’s brick boundary wall.
The oak outside continues to add soft drama to the interior, with solid planks underfoot and on the stairs, which are defined by Brennan’s efficient fin-like spindles stretching up to the top-lit landing. The lowermost part of this arrangement opens to reveal understairs storage. The guest toilet is papered with a big-leaved design, and real-life plants add texture to the unfussy lines of the house.
The island, topped with white stone, is on wheels so the couple move it for summer parties, putting the dining table on the patio. Full-height pale aluminium doors fold back from the middle to the edges and open the room to the southwest-facing garden, which has a mix of paving, planting and a little patch of artificial grass, with mature maples and old walls on either side.
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