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Irish Daily Mirror
18-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Irish Daily Mirror
Former RTÉ presenter's stunning four-bed Dublin home on the market for €2.25m
Former RTÉ Broadcaster Thelma Mansfield is selling her semi-detached home in Dublin for over €2m. The daytime presenter, who hosted RTÉ's Live at 3 until the late 90s, has lived in the Glenageary home for over 40 years. 5 Rus-In-Urbe on Glenageary Road Lower is described as a charming Georgian family home dating back to 1840. The five bed, four bath 235m2 house is on the market with Sherry FitzGerald for €2,250,000. Thelma decided to sell the house, which she raised her children in, after her husband John Morris died in 2022. The home features long sash windows, parking for up to three cars and a lush lawn area out the front and back. Inside, the entrance hallway is flooded with natural light on bright days as folding double doors lead to a cosy dining room with a fireplace. The agent says the country style kitchen is undoubtedly the heart of the home, as it has original quarry tiled floors and bespoke cabinetry. This country feel can be seen throughout the house, however with a modern twist. The light brown wooden doors and rustic floors pair well with the bright kitchen cabinets and white walls. Two sets of Venetian double doors open out into the gorgeous courtyard that has been maintained by Thelma. She is a keen gardener and filled the lawns with colourful agapanthus, wisteria, olive trees and a fig tree. After retiring from RTÉ in the late 1990s, the homeowner focused on her passion for painting. At the end of the garden is an original coach house which Thelma transformed into her art studio. The little space features a wood burning stove and shower room.
The Irish Sun
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
RTE star puts €2.2million Georgian home with gorgeous interior on Dublin market and it has a beautiful large garden
A STUNNING Georgian mansion has hit the market in Dublin - and it's previous owner is a huge former RTE star. The home, located at 5 Rus-In-Urbe on Glenageary Road Lower, in Glenageary, Co. Advertisement 8 5 Rus-In-Urbe on Lower Glenageary Road is selling for €2,250,000 Credit: 8 The entrance hall is bright and beautifully decorated Credit: 8 Thelma Mansfield is selling her Georgian home Credit: Instagram/thelmamansfieldart The current owner is former broadcaster Thelma Mansfield, who was known for hosting She retired in the late 90s, but lived in the Glenageary property for more than four decades. Throughout this time she raised her family in the The property has five bedrooms and four bathrooms, making it perfect for a Advertisement READ MORE IN PROPERTY Built around 1840, the It's very private, set back over 100 feet from Glenageary Road Lower. The name, 'Rus in Urbe' was coined by The home spans 235 square metres, and is designed to a high degree. Advertisement Most read in Money Upon entering the home, guests are met with a bright welcome hall with a fan light and sidelights creating abundant natural light. It measures 7.30m x 2.92m and has ceiling coving, a centre rose and original stripped and polished timber floors. The charming four-bedroom property with lush garden on Irish market for €275k The drawing room measures 4.10m x 6.21m, and features ceiling coving, a centre rose, and a feature fireplace with an ornate timber surround with an exposed brick inset and standalone cast iron gate. This room overlooks the gorgeous Advertisement An archway with detailed timber architrave and folding doors leads to the dining room. The dining room measures 3.10m x 6.21m and has ceiling coving, a centre rose along with a feature fireplace with a timber surround, am exposed brick inset with standalone grate and brass trim. It also has the original stripped and polished timber flooring, while The guest WC has a tiled floor, a wc, whb in a vanity unit and a fitted bookshelf. Advertisement There is a wet room with fully tiled walls and flooring, a walk in wet area and a heated towel rail. There is also a hot press and an inner lobby. BRIGHT KITCHEN The kitchen and breakfast room spans 7.36m x 4.91m and has a quarry tiled floor, a large aga with hot plates, a brick exposed chimney breast and a range of bespoke wall and floor mounted timber units. There are double larder cupboards, a Siemens electric hob, granite countertops and splashback and an inset sink unit. Advertisement There are two sets of Venetian double doors that open out to the courtyard. And for relaxing, there is a stunning garden room measuring 5.19m x 9.79m, with dual aspect windows overlooking the rear garden. French doors provide access to the garden, and it has a quarry tiled floor with another door to the utility area that houses the gas fired central heating boiler and is plumbed for a washing machine. Bedroom one measures 2.70m x 2.92m and has a large sash window overlooking the front garden, ceiling coving and stripped and polished timber floors. Advertisement BEAUTIFUL BEDROOMS The main bedroom spans 4.10m x 6.21m and has two picture windows also overlooking the front garden with ceiling coving, a centre rose and a white marble veined fireplace with wall to wall built in wardrobes. It has an ensuite measuring 3.10m x 2.15m that has a stained glass window, a slipper bath, a wash and basin inset in a vanity unit with a mirror and lights, a WC, tiled floor and partly tiled walls, with ceiling coving, a picture rail and recessed lighting. The second bedroom measures 3.10m x 3.96m and has a picture window overlooking the rear garden, ceiling coving and a picture rail. The third bedroom measures 4.50m x 3.89m and overlooks the courtyard, overhead storage cupboards. Advertisement Bedroom five measures 4.10m x 3.17m and also overlooks the courtyard, and is fitted with a hot press and overhead storage cupboards. The bathroom spans 4.10m x 1.64m and has a step in bath with a tiled surround, a wc, tiled flooring and a wash hand basin inset in a vanity unit with a tiled splashback. GARDEN STUDIO There are two additional double bedrooms and a bathroom on the first-floor return. In the garden there is an original coach house that has been renovated. Advertisement It is currently being used as a studio with wood burning and shower room. After retiring from RTE, Thelma focused on her love for painting, converting the coach house into an art studio. To the side of the property there is a vehicular laneway. The garden is beautifully landscaped and maintained, with the rear garden giving off the vibe of the South of France. Advertisement It features Tumbled Yellow Limestone paving, seating spots, lush flower beds thoughtfully arranged to offer vibrant colors and visual interest throughout the year, along with elegant wisteria, olive trees, and a fig tree that bears fruit in August. PRIME LOCATION In the middle there is a spiral topiary that is surrounded by four neatly trimmed box hedges - perfect for hosting guests. And it's in a prime location for a mix of relaxation and easy access to amenities. It is within walking distance of shopping facilities, cafes, restaurants and pubs in Dun Laoghaire and Glasthule village. Advertisement The seafront and the People's Park are also just a few minutes walk away, along with an array of south county Dublin's most highly regarded schools. The area is well serviced by public transport links including the Dart at Glenageary and Dublin Bus routes providing easy transport to and from the city centre. 8 The Georgian home is tastefully decorated Credit: 8 There are five bedrooms Credit: Advertisement 8 There is a large back garden Credit: 8 It is designed similar the South of France Credit: 8 It is well maintained Credit:
Extra.ie
16-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Extra.ie
Former RTÉ presenter selling Dublin home for €2.25m
A former RTÉ broadcaster is selling her semi-detached Dublin home which is in an area nicknamed 'the countryside in the city' for more than €2 million. Thelma Mansfield presenter Live at 3 up until her retirement in the late 90s. The now 76-year-old has lived in 5 Rus-In-Urbe on Glenageary Road Lower in Glenageary, Dublin for more than 40 years with her husband John Morris. Pic: Sherry FitzGerald John died in 2022, leading in Thelma making the decision to put her Dublin home in the market. The Georgian family home dates back to the 1840s and features elegant long sash windows and Wisteria creepers on the façade. The five-bedroom home is set more than 100 feet back from Glenageary Road Lower, providing it with some privacy and a wonderful sense of serenity. Pic: Sherry FitzGerald Pic: Sherry FitzGerald 'Rus in Urbe' was a term coined by Roman author martial which means 'the countryside in the city.' The large grounds offers parking for up to three cars with the garden surrounded by mature greenery and a gravel pathway which leads up to the front door. The property is spread over two floors with the entrance featuring a fan light and sidelights that radiate the hallway with a realm of natural light. Pic: Sherry FitzGerald Pic: Sherry FitzGerald A conventional 19th century drawing room overlooks the front garden and features two sash windows with working shutters and a detailed timber fireplace. Double doors lead into the dining room with a similar feature fireplace. Access to the courtyard is available via the French doors in the dining room. Also off the entrance is a guest WC and a lobby which leads to a wet room as well as another door leading to the kitchen and breakfast room. Pic: Sherry FitzGerald Pic: Sherry FitzGerald The kitchen is the heart of the home and has a country-side style to it with bespoke cabinetry and original quarry-tiled floors. The staircase leads up to the second floor which features a large single bedroom and the principal bedroom with wall-to-wall wardrobes as well as an ensuite bathroom. Two additional double bedrooms and a bathroom are also on the first floor. Pic: Sherry FitzGerald Pic: Sherry FitzGerald Mansfield is an avid gardener as is highlighted in the beautiful garden surrounding No. 5. The area features a beautiful Tumbled Yellow Limestown paving, complete with seating spots designed to bask in the shifting sunlight. A range of flower beds are arranged to offer a vibrant mix of colours throughout the year. While offering a piece of the countryside in the city, Rus in Urbe is in a prime and well sought-after location and is within strolling distance of a range of shopping facilities in Dun Laoghaire and Glasthule Village where a number of cafés, delis and specialist shops can be found. The area is well serviced by public transport links including the Dart and Dublin Bus. Sherry FitzGerald Dun Laoghaire are facilitating the sale with an asking price of €2,250,000 for the five-bedroom, four bath-room home.
Irish Daily Mirror
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Former RTE presenter's semi-detached Dublin home on the market for €2.25m
Former RTÉ Broadcaster Thelma Mansfield is selling her semi-detached home in Dublin for over €2m. The daytime presenter, who hosted RTÉ's Live at 3 until the late 90s, has lived in the Glenageary home for over 40 years. 5 Rus-In-Urbe on Glenageary Road Lower is described as a charming Georgian family home dating back to 1840. The five bed, four bath 235m2 house is on the market with Sherry FitzGerald for €2,250,000. Thelma decided to sell the house, which she raised her children in, after her husband John Morris died in 2022. The home features long sash windows, parking for up to three cars and a lush lawn area out the front and back. Inside, the entrance hallway is flooded with natural light on bright days as folding double doors lead to a cosy dining room with a fireplace. The agent says the country style kitchen is undoubtedly the heart of the home, as it has original quarry tiled floors and bespoke cabinetry. This country feel can be seen throughout the house, however with a modern twist. The light brown wooden doors and rustic floors pair well with the bright kitchen cabinets and white walls. Two sets of Venetian double doors open out into the gorgeous courtyard that has been maintained by Thelma. She is a keen gardener and filled the lawns with colourful agapanthus, wisteria, olive trees and a fig tree. After retiring from RTÉ in the late 1990s, the homeowner focused on her passion for painting. At the end of the garden is an original coach house which Thelma transformed into her art studio. The little space features a wood burning stove and shower room. See pictures of the house from below. The rear garden area of the €2.25m home 1 of 8 Thelma Mansfield photographed in 2015. Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin. (Image: Collins Photo Agency Dublin. 2 of 8 The Glenageary home boasts beautiful plants and flowers in the large outdoor space 3 of 8 Thelma has carefully crafted the courtyard and gardens 4 of 8
Irish Times
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Look inside: Former RTÉ presenter's Glenageary home with French countryside-style garden for €2.25m
Address : 5 Rus-In-Urbe, Glenageary Road Lower, Glenageary, Co Dublin Price : €2,250,000 Agent : Sherry FitzGerald View this property on The former broadcaster Thelma Mansfield has lived in this lovely Georgian family home for the past 40 years, raising a family with her late husband, the photographer John Morris. Rus-in-Urbe, the bespoke group of six houses of which Mansfield's home is number 5, is well named: it's a piece of the French countryside in the heart of bustling Dún Laoghaire , set 100ft back from Glenageary Road , with beautifully landscaped gardens. Mansfield is a keen gardener, and she has created wonderful gardens to the front and back, filled with colourful agapanthus, wisteria, olive trees and a gorgeous fig tree. Since retiring from RTÉ in the late 1990s, Mansfield has pursued her lifelong passion for painting, which began when she won the Texaco children's art competition as a child. At the end of the back garden of her home is an original coach house which she currently uses as her artist's studio. It has a wood-burning stove, a shower room and vehicular access to the side lane. On the beautiful day when we visited the house, the sun was streaming in to the back garden, illuminating the works-in-progress on the easels and the dabs of paint on the palettes. Artist and former RTÉ presenter Thelma Mansfield and her dog, Puffin. Photograph: Rod Morris Entrance hall Drawingroom Kitchen Livingroom Diningroom Number 5 Rus-in-Urbe has a well-loved look about it – parts of the house would benefit from a refresh, but overall it exudes country charm, like visiting an old French farmhouse. Mansfield says it's been a happy house over the past four decades, but now she feels it's time to look for somewhere smaller and more manageable, and allow a new family to enjoy the wonders of country living in the suburbs that this fine five-bedroomed semidetached period house has to offer. The property measures a roomy 235sq m (2,530sq ft), is Ber-exempt and is for sale through Sherry FitzGerald seeking €2.25 million. READ MORE Number 5 is set well back from Glenageary Road Lower, with a 100ft-long garden that has been lovingly cultivated over the years. During Covid, says Mansfield, she would sit out in the front, sipping her coffee and greeting her neighbours from a safe distance. A fanlight and sidelights flank the front door, bringing light into the large entrance hall. The drawingroom to the left has two sash windows with working shutters, and folding doors lead in to the diningroom. Both these rooms have detailed timber fireplaces, and the intricate ceiling coving and centre roses are present and correct in the hall, drawingroom and diningroom. French doors lead out from the diningroom to a rear courtyard, which runs alongside the kitchen and is perfectly positioned for al-fresco dining on a summer's evening. Off the hallway is a guest WC, with a lovely arched window and fitted bookshelves filled with antique books; off the lobby at the end of the entrance hall is a fully tiled wet room with a heated towel rail. The country-style kitchen is laid with original quarry tile floors and fitted with bespoke cabinetry painted in a Farrow & Ball Hardwicke White. It's a little slab of Provence in Dún Laoghaire, and it's clear that this is the social hub of the house. Mansfield brews up a coffee while I ask her about her career in broadcasting. When she was called in for an interview with RTÉ in 1965, she was just 16, she tells me. 'I didn't even know what a continuity announcer was,' she says. She became a household name in the 1980s and 1990s as the co-host of Live at 3, with the late Derek Davis. These days, painting has become her full-time job, and the rooms in her Glenageary home display many of her paintings, along with the photographic work of her late husband, and the antique box cameras he collected. Mansfield has exhibited her vibrant paintings in several galleries, and finds inspiration in the views over Dublin Bay from Dún Laoghaire and the views over Galway Bay from Spiddal, where she spends a lot of time. Looking out to rear garden from diningroom Rear garden Rear garden At the back of the kitchen is a bright garden room with Velux roof lights and French doors out to the rear garden. A utility room to the side houses the gas boiler and is plumbed for a washing machine. The back garden is beautifully landscaped with feature topiary, including a yew tree trimmed into a spiral. There's a raised goldfish pond with a water feature and several relaxation areas to maximise the sunlight coming in from the south and west. On this lovely May day, it feels like we've been whisked to the south of France. Upstairs the gallery landing gives an impressive view over the entrance hall. Overlooking the front garden is the large main bedroom, with two picture windows with working shutters, ceiling coving and a centre rose. It has a large en suite with a stained-glass window and slipper bath. Also overlooking the front is a smaller bedroom, with sash window with working shutters, ceiling coving and a centre rose. A third bedroom has a picture window with working shutters overlooking the back garden. Towards the back of the house, overlooking the courtyard, are two more bedrooms, plus a bathroom with step-in bath with a tiled surround. The upstairs layout could work well for a small family, with the parents and the kids in the front section, and the back section reserved for guests. Mansfield can tell when a painting looks right 'when my eye approves', and her visual instinct is plain to see in this fine family home. Your eye will definitely approve.
