Designed 'from excavation to door handles’ by one of the principals of the Gro.Work practice, this ambitious four-bed in Ranelagh epitomises living over the shop
In photos: Architect’s home, studio and gallery on Mountpleasant Avenue for €1.675mThe gallery follows the line of the original shop, and the house steps back to the neighbours’ building line. The parapet at the north end aligns with that of the adjacent house, number 1 Rhodaville Place, and it lowers at the south end to connect with the context of the neighbouring Georgian and Victorian terraces.
Through the street gate, where a courtyard car port offers a charging point and secret storage, the front door of the house leads into what Groarke calls “a low and dark entrance”, with a guest toilet and utility to the left. Trees and greenery around the boundaries provide privacy and form a sound barrier, but still the easterly light streams through the inside of the house. This facade, the architect-client’s favourite, melds the finishes and fixtures used throughout the house; panels of white brick, cladding, hidden gutters and Flemish-bonded brickwork to tie into the terraces.
The main bathroom is lit by an ingenious lightwell and, as elsewhere, exudes calm from its cool, consistent palette of pale porcelain tiles, white walls, oak floors and subtle marbles.
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