Description
Tinode House & Lands
Blessington, Co. Wicklow
In all about 308 Acres / 125 Hectares
A spectacular country estate with an elegant Victorian residence, superb cut-stone outbuildings and mature grounds with numerous specimen trees and shrubs, all gloriously set within good pasturage and enjoying marvellous mountain views.
Principal Victorian residence with later modification (approx. 750 Sq. m. / 8,073 sq.ft.),
with 5 principal reception rooms, large kitchen, boot room, 4 principal bedrooms, 2
bathrooms and an interlinked staff / guest wing.
Beautiful gardens numerous specimen shrubs and trees attractive courtyard with stabling and access to staff / guest house large walled garden mature parkland - good grazing lands coniferous woodland.
Blessington 6 km / 3.7 miles Naas 19 km / 11.8 miles
Dublin City 22 km / 13.6 miles Dublin Airport 33 km / 20.5 miles
For Sale Freehold by Private Treaty
Viewing strictly by appointment with the joint selling agents
LOCATION
Tinode is situated amidst beautiful rolling hills beneath the Wicklow Mountains in an exceptional location some 22 km from Dublin City Centre and only 6 km from the picturesque and expanding village of Blessington. Dublin city is easily accessible via the N81, as is the airport and all other main arterial routes via the M50 off Tallaght or the N7 off Naas. The LUAS commuter train service is available from Tallaght and a commuter bus services between Dublin and Blessinton has a stop nearby, this service often being used by those attending schools in Dublin.
This is an extremely pleasant location in which to live, being within an easy commute of the city yet enjoying a most spectacular setting with glorious mountain views that extend to Blessington Lakes on a clear day. Blessington has a good selection of shops, a primary school, restaurants, cafes and pubs. The locally renowned Avon Ri Hotel and Leisure Complex nestles on the periphery of the town and has a restaurant, leisure complex with pool and lake and land based activities. The nearby towns of Naas and Tallaght, with its extensive shopping centre, are within a short drive of Tinode and both offer good shopping, restaurants and other amenities.
There is an endless choice of country pursuits on the doorstep of Tinode with local golf courses including Dublin City Golf Course, Dublin County Golf Course, Dublin Mountain Golf Course, Brittas Golf Course, Tulfarris Golf Course and Bohernabreena Pitch & Putt Course all within 10 minutes drive. There are a number of equestrian centres within the vicinity and hunting locally with the Kildare and South County packs, the Kildare pack being affiliated to the Irish Pony Club. There are good walking trails on the nearby Wicklow Mountains while pike and trout fishing, sailing, windsurfing and rowing can all be enjoyed on the reservoir and lakes of Poulaphouca / Blessington, which extend to 20 square kilometres. For the racing enthusiast Punchestown (21km), Leopardstown (24km) and The Curragh (33km) are all easily accessed.
TINODE THE HOUSE
(approximately 509 sq. metres / 5479 sq. ft.)
Tucked in away from the public road and surrounded by its own lands Tinode offers a rare opportunity to create a private residential estate less than 15 miles from the St. Stephens Green and enjoying a beautiful and serene setting with mountain and lake views. A long avenue lined with mature beech trees leads past an attractive cut stone gate lodge to the formal forecourt area at the front of the house. The avenue branches to give access from a side road and a secondary avenue, also off the N81, give alternative access to the back of the house and southern end of the farm.
Commanding an elevated position Tinode House is a handsome cut stone Victorian mansion house built about 1860 to the design of W.F. Calbeck, Architect for W.H.F. Cogan Esquire, a nationalist member of parliament for West Wicklow. The Dublin Builder publication observing in its July 1st, 1864 publication Tinode to be placed on an elevated position commanding an extensive prospect of the surrounding country, the adjacent grounds being tastefully laid out in terraces to suit the sloping nature of the site. A later sale brochure for an auction held on the February 24th, 1914 describing the residence to have every accommodation for a
gentlemans or noblemans family.
Originally comprising two and three stories over basement the mansion house was partially destroyed in 1922, having been extensively burned out in The Troubles. The Billard room, two adjoining bedrooms, the staff wing and coach houses with stables escaped the fire and remain today. Purchased by the Blake family in 1955 a long process of restoration commenced, which resulted in the majority of the original house being rebuilt and habitable by the early 1980s.
***Full details available on PDF Brochure above***
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