What’s most surprising about Sweetbriar Cottage at Wilkin Street, Newtown in Waterford is how close it is to the city centre. You don’t really expect to find a rustic style Georgian property with large walled gardens within a kilometre of the main shopping streets.
Hidden by high stone walls which surround the garden, the 1780s built two storey property is more of a large four-bedroom house than a cottage but has been decorated as one and its gardens, which have rose bushes, fruit trees and box hedging, also look as if they belong to one.
Tastefully renovated and extended by previous owners, and further upgraded and redecorated by current ones it now has 242 sq metres of accommodation. Original Features include some flooring and fireplaces while newer ones include oil fired heating and double glazed sash style windows which brought the BER up to a C2.
The property has two sitting rooms, “a green room” with original flooring and an original fireplace and “ a yellow room” with walnut flooring and a stove. There’s also a kitchen with green country kitchen style units adjoining a bright sunroom/ living/dining room.
To the rear there’s has a utility room and a bathroom with a slipper bath while the upstairs has four bedrooms and a bathroom.
Seeking offers of €550,000, John Rohan of Sherry FitzGerald Rohan says Sweetbriar Cottage is a unique and charming property with beautiful walled gardens.
A hidden gem in a sought-after location.
Caherconlish, Co Limerick | |
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€675,000 | |
Size | 297 sq m ( 3,200 sq ft) |
Bedrooms | 5 |
Bathrooms | 3 |
BER | D1 |
The Old Church at Caherconlish in Limerick is the kind of property that an American buyer would be willing to hop a plane and cross the Atlantic to view.
One such viewer is expected this weekend at the 19th Century Gothic revival church which in the 1990s was converted into a private residence and in 2015 stylishly and carefully extended by previous owners
“A beautiful limestone building with buttresses, a vestry, a belfry, Gothic doorways, pointed arches and a multitude of stained glass windows, it has been turned magnificent contemporary family home,’’ says Gillian Dunne of DNG Cusack Dunne noting that its modern features include sleek stylish kitchen units, tiled bathrooms and a large sunroom.
On the market with a guide of €675,000, it’s a 297 sq metres property with five bedrooms, three bathrooms and three reception rooms. It has a living room with three gothic windows, a kitchen/diner with two as well as cream gloss units and a family room with three pointed one. The bathroom has a stain glass window depicting a biblical scene, while the utility room has two small ones and the sunroom has a bank of large modern windows.
Upstairs The Old Church has a bathroom and five bedrooms including a spacious one with a huge multifoil rose window, an en suite and a bookshelf line living area.
Accessed by a limestone piered entrance, the property has half an acre of gardens
VERDICT: An elegant and highly distinctive home.
Caherdaniel, Co Kerry | |
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€695,000 | |
Size | 141 sq m ( 1,517 sq ft) |
Bedrooms | 4 |
Bathrooms | 2 |
BER | C3 |
After thirty years of holidaying on the Ring of Kerry the owners of this four-bed detached house at Reen near Caherdaniel are selling up. This creates an opportunity for another family to spend summers in this scenic coastal spot.
Listing it with a guide of €695,000 Ron Krueger of Ernst & Voelkers says the location, on a peaceful road by a small inlet close to several coves and beaches, is perfectly idyllic.
“It has views of the sea, mountains and lush countryside and is just a few km from Reen beach,” he says noting that the beaches of Castlecove and Derrynane are within a ten minute drive.
Built in the 1980s – it’s a steeply pitched dormer bungalow which has been very well maintained over the years and has more recently been upgraded with double glazed windows. To add to holiday appeal the owners have added a raised deck with a sunken hot tub.
Its 141 sq metres of accommodation includes a spacious kitchen dining living room with a large bay window /sunroom area with country kitchen style blue units and large curtainless windows offering views of sea and rugged hillsides.
The ground floor also has a utility and an en suite while the upstairs has three more bedrooms.
Located three km from Caherdaniel, on a roadway off the Ring of Kerry Road, it’s on a wild rugged two and a half acre site which runs all the way down to the inlet.
Could be heavenly for holidays.
Goresbridge, Co Kilkenny | |
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€550,000 | |
Size | 194 sq m (2,088 sq ft) |
Bedrooms | 3 |
Bathrooms | 2 |
BER | D3 |
An entrance with granite columns and Georgian style fan-lit door gives Angle Villa near Goresbridge village in Kilkenny the kind of grandeur that you don’t find in modern homes.
It is believed locally that the detached mid 19th century property may have once had a connection to the Smithwick family which had established one of Ireland’s best known breweries a century earlier.
Selling agent Lisa O’Sullivan of DMG Ella Dunphy says not a lot is known of the history of the property which was extensively renovated by the current owners, who since buying it 40 years ago have turned into a comfortable family home.
“They restored the pillared entrance while also put in double glazed windows and modern heating as well as a modern kitchen and bathrooms,’’ reveals Ms O’Sullivan.
One window at the front of the property belongs to a spacious living room with a mahogany fireplace and the other to a long formal dining room. To the rear there’s a bathroom and, in separate extensions, a smaller sitting room and kitchen with country style units and a Stanley range.
An original carved staircase leads to the upper floor which has four bedrooms and a modern bathroom.
Set on grounds of close to two acres, Angle Villa has a long driveway and extensive lawned gardens some outbuildings and a long bed planted with deep pink roses.
Guiding at €550,000, the property is located 18 km from Kilkenny
Offers country living with old world grandeur.
