Comeragh House Co. Waterford, Ireland
Comeragh House Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford, Ireland One of the Finest Small Country Houses in Ireland. Dungarvan 10 km Waterford Airport 20 mins Cork Airport 1 hour (Distances and times approximate) Accommodation and Amenities Porch Entrance hall Cloakroom Drawing room Dining room Library Sun room Office Wine Room and Cellar Kitchen Scullery Larder Boot room Master bedroom Bathroom Study/Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3/Dressing room Bathroom Bedroom 4 Bathroom Bedroom 5 Additional accommodation including Staff Flat Guest Cottage with open plan living room/kitchen/dining Master bedroom 2 Bedrooms Stable Yard with 7 Loose boxes Tack room Washroom with solarium 4 bay horse walker Hay store Barn Arena 23 Acre Paddocks Enclosed Vegetable garden with glasshouses Parkland Woodlands Lakes In all about 53.6 hectares (130 acres) Description Comeragh House is an immaculate house which offers total peace and tranquillity in an exceptionally private setting of 130 acres/ 52.6 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 Chestnuts before arriving at the gravelled entrance to the house. The overall impression of the 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 originally comprised of seven bedrooms but is presently configured as three, including a guest wing, to provide areas for a Dressing room, Study/Office and three large individual-decorated Bathrooms. A curving mahogany staircase rises to a substantial upper hall with beautiful views onto parkland.
Accommodation Ground Floor The house is approached through a large wood door with glass panelling and fan light into the Entrance Hall. To the right there is a large Cloakroom with watered silk-lined wall and marble and mahogany fittings with WC, WHB. To the left is the Yellow Drawing Room with marble fireplace with coal effect gas fire, coved ceiling, 3 bay windows with panoramic views of the parkland, woods and countryside beyond. Beyond the staircase the hallway leads to the Tartan Library which is an elegant room with the same parkland views, lined with limed oak, custom built bookcases, silk-lined black watch tartan walls, ornate marblised fireplace and corniced ceilings. The Red Dining Room is a dramatic room which is draped and canopied in deep red silk with original Queen Anne solid marble fireplace, containing a gas coal fire. Off the Office is the Sun Room with York stone floor and faux York stone walls and French doors to patio. The Wine Cellar is artistically painted to represent an underground wine cave and there is additional cellar space reached via steps below ground level. The Kitchen has exposed beams cut from the estate woodland, old full-width pine floorboards, a large open fireplace, large professional cooking range and antique pitch pine custom made kitchen cupboards. The Scullery, off the kitchen, has a slate floor and is in the same style of the kitchen. The Pantry is large with shelving and further storage space. Off the Scullery there is a large Boot Room. First Floor The large Master Bedroom has high corniced ceiling, coal effect gas fireplace and bay window with views over parkland. The master Bathroom is large with 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. Green Study/ Bedroom 2 with open coal effect gas fireplace. Dressing room/ Bedroom 3 is walled throughout with huge limed oak clothes cupboards, concealed dressing table. Green Bathroom with roll top, claw foot bath, wc, whb. Bedroom 4 with coal effect gas fireplace, overlooking Italian courtyard. Seaside Bathroom with centrally placed roll top claw footed bath and coal effect gas fireplace. Bedroom 5 with coal effect gas fireplace. Gardens and Lands The front and surrounds of the main house are finely gravelled 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. 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. To the rear of the stables there is a fruit orchard with an 11 ft height Beech hedge surrounding it and a 48 ft x 12 ft glass house with Grape vines, Jasmine, Bougainvillea and Fig Tree. A further half an acre comprises 40 beds with paved walkways through for vegetables and herbs. 30 acres/12.1 ha are laid out around the house in formal gardens and parklands, including some magnificent Rhododendrons and Azaleas on the upper lawn. Elegant garden statuary and unusual topiary are attractively placed around the house grounds and stable yard. There are two lakes on the property, one which is passed whilst approaching the house on the main avenue the second, smaller lake is closer to the house and is hidden amongst woodland and adjacent to a conifer arboretum. There is a further 23 acres/9.3 ha of good grazing lands in 8 separate paddocks, throughout the estate. The woodland consists of c 74 acres/29.94 ha and is a mix of mature trees including Beechwood and mixed forestry.
Services Oil fired central heating Gas 3-phase mains electricity Own well with water from the mountains, Eircom Broadlink switchboard telephone system with 4 lines Broadband Septic tank Electric gates at rear entrance Fixtures and fittings In the main house and cottages all fitted carpets, curtains, four poster beds and associated silk fabric hangings, matching bedspreads, cushions etc. and fitted white goods are included in the freehold sale. Most light fittings, firegrates, garden statuary are also included. Certain other items, including furniture, garden machinery etc. may be made separately available. Title Freehold Viewing All viewings must be made strictly by appointment only through the vendor s joint agents. For more photographs view www.youririshestate.com Reception Rooms / Living and Circulation Areas Kitchens Bedrooms Bathrooms Storage
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