A detached house in The Burnaby sits on more than half an acre of gardens planted and developed by the current owner since he moved in, in 1982.

The classic Edwardian six-bed has been well-maintained and upgraded in recent years, but the garden – a lawn that wraps around most of the house, with paths winding through mature trees and shrubs, and a secret garden area – is one of its top features.

Ellerslie, a 280sq m (3,015sq ft) six-bedroom house built around 1904, is for sale for €1.395 million through Sherry FitzGerald.

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An enclosed, tiled front porch has – unusually – space for chairs and a small table. The arched front door opens into a large hall dominated by a handsome timber staircase. There are fine reception rooms on either side of the hall at the front: the livingroom has a bay window, marble fireplace and delicate decorative plasterwork framing the chimneybreast. The diningroom, on the right, is currently used as a home office.

There’s a study towards the back of the house and a modern kitchen with a tiled floor, polished granite worktops and a Belfast sink.

The conservatory/ sunroom at the end of the hall has plenty of space for lounging and dining. Retractable sun blinds on the glazed roof shelter the room, there’s underfloor heating and French doors open onto the deck outside. Further upgrade There’s a bathroom downstairs, and a utility room off a courtyard behind the house, accessed from outside. New owners will likely want to further upgrade the house, adding en suites, revamping the kitchen with an island unit and bringing the utility room into the house.

Upstairs, there are three bedrooms on a lower landing, two doubles and a single which might have been the housekeeper’s room in the olden days, suggests the agent. (A bell panel in the kitchen is a reminder that servants tended to Burnaby residents in days past.)

There are three more bedrooms, two doubles and single, at the top of the house and a fine recently refurbished family bathroom with smart grey and white tiles on floor and walls.

There’s space to park a number of cars in the gravelled front of the house.