Residential

Detached dormer bungalow in quiet scheme guiding €825,000

Four-bedroom home extending to 160 square metres is close to Castleknock village and the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre

No 10 Bramley Court, Castleknock, Dublin 15: A four-bedroom, detached dormer bungalow located in a quiet enclave of 15 houses, on sale for €825,000

The modern, single-storey bungalow, so named for dwellings that were built in the Bengali region of India, first appeared in this part of the world in 1870 when English architect John Taylor built one in Westgate-on-Sea in Kent in Britain.

The style of house caught on quickly at the time with a burgeoning middle class eager to have a bolthole to escape to in order to enjoy a new concept called “the weekend”.

The style ...