ONE OF THE FINEST SMALL COUNTRY HOUSES IN IRELAND. This immaculate house offers total peace and tranquility in an exceptionally private setting of 103 acres / 41.7 Hectares. The house has been impeccably and lovingly restored with stunning grounds and excellent equestrian facilities.
The property cannot be seen from any surrounding roads and is approached by a 1 kilometre tarmac drive flanked in part by mature Rhododendrons and Laurels. Different vistas appear as you progress along the drive, passing grazing paddocks and a lake with an island. The backdrop of mountains - snow covered in winter - and fringed by plantations of mature Conifers and Beech, is very impressive. The drive continues to a tree-lined avenue and opens onto a stunning view over sloping parkland featuring giant Cedars, Oak and Horse Chestnut before arriving at the graveled entrance to the house.
The property cannot be seen from any surrounding roads and is approached by a 1 kilometre tarmac drive flanked in part by mature Rhododendrons and Laurels. Different vistas appear as you progress along the drive, passing grazing paddocks and a lake with an island. The backdrop of mountains - snow covered in winter - and fringed by plantations of mature Conifers and Beech, is very impressive. The drive continues to a tree-lined avenue and opens onto a stunning view over sloping parkland featuring giant Cedars, Oak and Horse Chestnut before arriving at the graveled entrance to the house.
LOCATION: Waterford Airport 20 minutes; Cork Airport just over one hour; Rosslare Harbour one and a quarter hours. Beaches and mountains are approx. fifteen minutes away.
The local town of Dungarven (population 10,000) is 10km away.
THE HOUSE: The overall impression of this house is its warm, welcoming atmosphere, softening its dramatic presentation.
Its large, elegant rooms with high ceilings provide wonderful views over the surrounding grounds and countryside.
The house bears a ‘Blue Plaque’ to commemorate John Palliser, hunter and explorer who was commissioned by the Royal Geographical Society to establish a passage through the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
The Palliser family built this house in the early 18th Century and John Palliser was born here in 1817.
Its large, elegant rooms with high ceilings provide wonderful views over the surrounding grounds and countryside.
The house bears a ‘Blue Plaque’ to commemorate John Palliser, hunter and explorer who was commissioned by the Royal Geographical Society to establish a passage through the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
The Palliser family built this house in the early 18th Century and John Palliser was born here in 1817.
GROUND FLOOR: Entrance hall (41ft x 12ft) with large cloakroom (15ft x 9ft) leading off. Features include navy silk lined walls with marble and mahogany fittings.
YELLOW DRAWING ROOM (27ft x 20ft) with panoramic views of the parkland, woods and paddocks. Marble fireplace with gas coal fire.
YELLOW DRAWING ROOM (27ft x 20ft) with panoramic views of the parkland, woods and paddocks. Marble fireplace with gas coal fire.
TARTAN LIBRARY (19ft x 16ft). An elegant room with the same views as the drawing room. Lined with limed oak, custom built bookcases, silk lined Black Watch tartan walls, fireplace and gas coal fire.
RED DINING ROOM. A dramatic room (19ft x 15ft) draped and canopied in deep red silk with original marble fireplace containing a gas coal fire. Windows, along one wall, look out onto an Italianate courtyard which can be lit at night. A small, hidden lobby off the dining room (8ft x 4ft) contains a wine fridge, liqueur shelves, sink and coffee making facility.
BLACK & WHITE OFFICE (15ft x 15ft). A functional, but very attractive room, looking out over raised yellow rose beds and parkland on one side and the courtyard on the other.
The Office leads into an ARTIST'S STUDIO (20ft x 12.5ft) with York stone floor and ‘faux’ York stone walls, overlooking parkland and yellow rose beds. This room could also be used as a Conservatory / Garden Room.
RED DINING ROOM. A dramatic room (19ft x 15ft) draped and canopied in deep red silk with original marble fireplace containing a gas coal fire. Windows, along one wall, look out onto an Italianate courtyard which can be lit at night. A small, hidden lobby off the dining room (8ft x 4ft) contains a wine fridge, liqueur shelves, sink and coffee making facility.
BLACK & WHITE OFFICE (15ft x 15ft). A functional, but very attractive room, looking out over raised yellow rose beds and parkland on one side and the courtyard on the other.
The Office leads into an ARTIST'S STUDIO (20ft x 12.5ft) with York stone floor and ‘faux’ York stone walls, overlooking parkland and yellow rose beds. This room could also be used as a Conservatory / Garden Room.
WINE CELLAR (12ft x 10ft) artistically painted to represent underground wine ‘cave’. Original brick wine bins line the walls of an additional cellar space reached via steps below ground level. These cellars maintain the perfect temperature for storing fine wines.
KITCHEN (23ft x 20ft) with 10.5ft high ceiling featuring exposed beams cut from the estate woodland. Old, full-width pine floorboards. A massive open fireplace (8ft x 6ft) provides a focal point and seating area. The kitchen features a very large professional cooking range and whilst every kitchen appliance is accommodated, these are all hidden behind antique, pitch pine, custom-made cupboards from timber obtained from an old theatre in the county.
Leading off Kitchen is the slate-floored SCULLERY (21ft x 11ft) currently used for laundry etc. This room reflects the same style of the kitchen. Leading off the Scullery is a large Pantry (10ft x 10ft) and large Boot Room (10ft x 9.5ft), lined in red ’Toile de Jouey’.
A split ‘stable door’ opens out from the Scullery onto the sunken Italian courtyard, which can be lit at night and is perfect for summer eating. The courtyard is centrally planted with Olive and Bay trees and the whole courtyard is evergreen. It features a large and lovely old fountain stocked with fish . The courtyard leads on, via old stone steps, up to the stable yard beyond.
KITCHEN (23ft x 20ft) with 10.5ft high ceiling featuring exposed beams cut from the estate woodland. Old, full-width pine floorboards. A massive open fireplace (8ft x 6ft) provides a focal point and seating area. The kitchen features a very large professional cooking range and whilst every kitchen appliance is accommodated, these are all hidden behind antique, pitch pine, custom-made cupboards from timber obtained from an old theatre in the county.
Leading off Kitchen is the slate-floored SCULLERY (21ft x 11ft) currently used for laundry etc. This room reflects the same style of the kitchen. Leading off the Scullery is a large Pantry (10ft x 10ft) and large Boot Room (10ft x 9.5ft), lined in red ’Toile de Jouey’.
A split ‘stable door’ opens out from the Scullery onto the sunken Italian courtyard, which can be lit at night and is perfect for summer eating. The courtyard is centrally planted with Olive and Bay trees and the whole courtyard is evergreen. It features a large and lovely old fountain stocked with fish . The courtyard leads on, via old stone steps, up to the stable yard beyond.
The house originally comprised seven bedrooms but is presently configured as three, including a guest wing, to provide areas for a Dressing Room, Study / Office and three large individually-decorated Bathrooms. A curving mahogany stair case rises to a substantial upper Hall (13ft x 10ft) with seating area and windows giving beautiful views onto parkland. Upper floor rooms lead from left and right off this hall.
RED MASTER BEDROOM (21.5ft x 20ft). An elegant Bedroom with high corniced ceiling. Fireplace with gas coal fire, four poster bed with silk walls, curtains and bed drapes. Panoramic view over parkland.
RED & BLUE BEDROOM (20ft x 15ft). Decorated with fabric walls. Four poster bed. Fireplace with gas coal fire. Views on both sides over Italian courtyard and parkland.
PEACH & BLUE BEDROOM (13ft x 12ft). Small double bedroom with canopied bed, chintz fabrics on walls. Fireplace with gas coal fire. This room overlooks the Italian courtyard and fountain.
PEACH & BLUE BEDROOM (13ft x 12ft). Small double bedroom with canopied bed, chintz fabrics on walls. Fireplace with gas coal fire. This room overlooks the Italian courtyard and fountain.
GREEN BATHROOM (16ft x 10ft). Centrally placed, roll top, claw foot bath looking out through floor-to-ceiling windows to an ancient Oak tree and parkland beyond. Dramatically decorated with massive gilt mirror, chandelier and candlesticks.
INDIAN CAMPAIGN BATHROOM (20ft x 10ft). Huge, 7ft centrally placed bath beneath a starlit night sky ceiling. Indian fabrics line the walls and the shower and storage cupboards are disguised as campaign tents in the same Indian fabric with gold flagged crests flying on top.
SEASIDE BATHROOM (13ft x 12ft). Striped fabric walls and ’tented beach hut’ style ceiling. Centrally placed roll top, claw footed bath and fireplace with gas coal fire, overlooking the Italian courtyard.
INDIAN CAMPAIGN BATHROOM (20ft x 10ft). Huge, 7ft centrally placed bath beneath a starlit night sky ceiling. Indian fabrics line the walls and the shower and storage cupboards are disguised as campaign tents in the same Indian fabric with gold flagged crests flying on top.
SEASIDE BATHROOM (13ft x 12ft). Striped fabric walls and ’tented beach hut’ style ceiling. Centrally placed roll top, claw footed bath and fireplace with gas coal fire, overlooking the Italian courtyard.
STAR'S DRESSING ROOM (20ft x 14ft). Walled throughout with huge limed oak clothes’ cupboards, some with fitted, open shelved ‘pigeonholes’ to see at a glance. Concealed dressing table with star’s theatrical lighting. (This room could also be an additional, large bedroom).
GREEN STUDY / OFFICE (19ft x 15ft). Open fireplace with gas coal fire. Stunning views over the countryside.
GREEN STUDY / OFFICE (19ft x 15ft). Open fireplace with gas coal fire. Stunning views over the countryside.
GARDENS AND LAND:
The front and surrounds of the main house are finely graveled and the beginning of the parkland, sweeping down and away from the house, is delineated by elegant, stone ‘State’ vases planted with Box balls. The near environs of the house and specimen trees are dramatically lit at night.
47 acres / 19 hectares around the house are formally laid out and include some magnificent Rhododendrons and Azaleas on the upper lawn. This in turn leads on to a further lawn planted with white, ornamental, flowering Cherry trees and is carpeted with Snowdrops in February.
The front and surrounds of the main house are finely graveled and the beginning of the parkland, sweeping down and away from the house, is delineated by elegant, stone ‘State’ vases planted with Box balls. The near environs of the house and specimen trees are dramatically lit at night.
47 acres / 19 hectares around the house are formally laid out and include some magnificent Rhododendrons and Azaleas on the upper lawn. This in turn leads on to a further lawn planted with white, ornamental, flowering Cherry trees and is carpeted with Snowdrops in February.
The sunlit, back-of-stables are clad in scented Jasmine with rose beds in front and edged in Box. Three, large, raised rose beds adorn a sunny, sheltered and paved sitting area in front of the Office and Artist’s Studio.
Elegant garden statuary and unusual topiary are attractively placed around the house grounds and stable yard. A second small lake, close to the house, is hidden amongst woodland and adjacent, conifer arboretum, featuring many fine mature specimens.
Elegant garden statuary and unusual topiary are attractively placed around the house grounds and stable yard. A second small lake, close to the house, is hidden amongst woodland and adjacent, conifer arboretum, featuring many fine mature specimens.
A well manicured 11ft high Beech hedge surrounds the Apple, Pear and Plum orchard (approx half an acre), next to which is a 48ft x 12ft glasshouse with Grape vines, Jasmine, Bougainvillea and Lemons. A further half an acre comprises 40 beds with paved walkways throughout, for vegetables and herbs. There are 6 large, glazed cold frames for propagation and the aforementioned magnificent Beech hedge ensures these three areas are both sunny and sheltered all year round.
The sunken Italian courtyard, which connects the house to the stable yard, is evergreen - providing foliage throughout the year. This is a ‘white garden’ planted with Camellias, Hellebores, Dicksonian and smaller ferns, Vibernum, Bamboo and in January and February, masses of snowdrops appear in a multitude of pots. Summer and winter bedding plants reinforce the white planting scheme. Many mature plantations and natural woodland of mixed deciduous trees and conifers constitute a large proportion of the remainder of the estate.
The gardens are in immaculate condition and perfect order.
The sunken Italian courtyard, which connects the house to the stable yard, is evergreen - providing foliage throughout the year. This is a ‘white garden’ planted with Camellias, Hellebores, Dicksonian and smaller ferns, Vibernum, Bamboo and in January and February, masses of snowdrops appear in a multitude of pots. Summer and winter bedding plants reinforce the white planting scheme. Many mature plantations and natural woodland of mixed deciduous trees and conifers constitute a large proportion of the remainder of the estate.
The gardens are in immaculate condition and perfect order.
EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES:
STABLE YARD: With tarmac and paving. Central feature of 7ft high horse and jockey in Box topiary, with Wisteria and large flower tubs throughout.
7 loose boxes (could be increased).
Large tack room with sink area, fridge etc. Separate boiler / drying room.
Washroom, drying area and solarium.
4 bay horse walker with rubber chip flooring.
Hay / shavings store.
Large barn for horse boxes, vehicles etc.
Stables car park.
1 acre flat ‘holding’ paddock, which would be ideal as an indoor school.
Ancient oak doorway in stone wall onto back lane with original locks and antique fittings.
Original house bell, now embedded in a huge Beech tree (but still visible) for summoning staff to work.
Two hen houses.
Old, beautifully renovated, stone pig house with slate roof and wonderful ancient wooden doors.
Very attractive cottage block comprising groom’s cottage and 3 bedroom, staff / visitors’ cottage.
STABLE YARD: With tarmac and paving. Central feature of 7ft high horse and jockey in Box topiary, with Wisteria and large flower tubs throughout.
7 loose boxes (could be increased).
Large tack room with sink area, fridge etc. Separate boiler / drying room.
Washroom, drying area and solarium.
4 bay horse walker with rubber chip flooring.
Hay / shavings store.
Large barn for horse boxes, vehicles etc.
Stables car park.
1 acre flat ‘holding’ paddock, which would be ideal as an indoor school.
Ancient oak doorway in stone wall onto back lane with original locks and antique fittings.
Original house bell, now embedded in a huge Beech tree (but still visible) for summoning staff to work.
Two hen houses.
Old, beautifully renovated, stone pig house with slate roof and wonderful ancient wooden doors.
Very attractive cottage block comprising groom’s cottage and 3 bedroom, staff / visitors’ cottage.
ARENA:
165ft x 75ft outdoor arena with Parkway Pasada surface.
Continuous, outer, contained, 12ft wide canter or loose jumping lane around arena.
Turnout Paddocks - all four strand, post and rail fenced.
In total approx. 8.5 Hectares / 21 acres currently configured as 8 Ragwort free, paddocks.
RIDING:
Bluebell wood hacking tracks and cross country fences around the estate (2’9” – 3’6”); plus many banks, drains and natural obstacles.
1 kilometre steady uphill gallop.
Local (20 minutes) sand beach with perfect surface for steady canter work or swimming horses.
Quiet back roads for off-estate hacking.
Lots of local foxhound and harrier packs.
Local affiliated and unaffiliated indoor show jumping.
Lots of sponsored and ‘fun’rides in the Spring and Autumn.
165ft x 75ft outdoor arena with Parkway Pasada surface.
Continuous, outer, contained, 12ft wide canter or loose jumping lane around arena.
Turnout Paddocks - all four strand, post and rail fenced.
In total approx. 8.5 Hectares / 21 acres currently configured as 8 Ragwort free, paddocks.
RIDING:
Bluebell wood hacking tracks and cross country fences around the estate (2’9” – 3’6”); plus many banks, drains and natural obstacles.
1 kilometre steady uphill gallop.
Local (20 minutes) sand beach with perfect surface for steady canter work or swimming horses.
Quiet back roads for off-estate hacking.
Lots of local foxhound and harrier packs.
Local affiliated and unaffiliated indoor show jumping.
Lots of sponsored and ‘fun’rides in the Spring and Autumn.
OTHER ACTIVITIES AND SPORT:
This area of Ireland boasts magnificent scenery which is elemental and ancient with untouched woodland. There are also some famed and very spectacular mountain drives.
Mountain walking and hiking.
Shooting.
Fishing on the Blackwater River and off-shore sea fishing.
Sailing and water sports
Nearby golf courses include award winning courses at Waterford Castle, Faithlegg, Mount Juliet and the K. Club.This area of Ireland boasts magnificent scenery which is elemental and ancient with untouched woodland. There are also some famed and very spectacular mountain drives.
Mountain walking and hiking.
Shooting.
Fishing on the Blackwater River and off-shore sea fishing.
Sailing and water sports
For additional information on the property please see: www.youririshproperty.com
IN ALL ABOUT 103 ACRES / 41.7 HECTARES.
Guide price: 3,000,000 Euros.
For further information, please phone or email William Montgomery's office as follows:
Grey Abbey Estate Office,
Newtownards,
Co. Down. BT22 2QA
+44 (0)28 4278 8666 / 8668
+44 (0)28 4278 8652
william.montgomery@sothebys.com
Also in association with:
Knight Frank,
8-34 Percy Place,
Dublin 4,
IRELAND.
T +353 (01) 662 3255
F +353 (01) 661 8235
mail@ie.knightfrank.com
Guide price: 3,000,000 Euros.
For further information, please phone or email William Montgomery's office as follows:
Grey Abbey Estate Office,
Newtownards,
Co. Down. BT22 2QA
+44 (0)28 4278 8666 / 8668
+44 (0)28 4278 8652
william.montgomery@sothebys.com
Also in association with:
Knight Frank,
8-34 Percy Place,
Dublin 4,
IRELAND.
T +353 (01) 662 3255
F +353 (01) 661 8235
mail@ie.knightfrank.com
