Room to breathe: a trio of stylish rural residences

Three homes within commuting distance of Dublin offer the glories of space, bucolic views and a little bit of fairytale magic

Tone House in Bodenstown, was built in 2005 and marries a traditional Victorian-style exterior with the best of contemporary building practice.

Tone House, Bodenstown, Naas, Co Kildare

If a home’s calling card is its entrance hall, this one is gilt-edged. With a sea of Italian porcelain tile flooring, a sweeping staircase, and a white marble chimney piece, it opens onto two elegant dual aspect reception rooms, the drawing room and the living room, both with double multi-glass-panelled doors to the cobblelock patio.

Named in honour of Irish patriot Theobald Wolfe Tone, when Tone house was built ...