Monalin Huose, Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow,

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 WITH ABOUT 9.29 HECTARES / 23 ACRES

A splendid country house c. 1824 with Queen Anne origins, beautifully presented; with gracious reception rooms and fine views over its own parkland.

Dublin city centre via N11 – c. 22 miles.

Set in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains amongst some of the finest scenery which the garden county has to offer, Monalin is approached via a sweeping avenue and enjoys an elevated yet sheltered position commanding views eastwards across rolling countryside to the Irish Sea, with Wales Snowdonia visible on a clear day.

The property is interspersed with specimen hardwood trees, and the boundaries fringed with mature timber.
The living accommodation comprises spacious reception rooms with marble chimney pieces and tall windows which combine formality with intimacy; spread over approximately c. 548 sq.m / 5,900sq.ft.

The out offices around the yard provide approximately c. 464 sq.m / 5,000 sq.ft and suits accommodation for bloodstock, farm animals and machinery, or to indulge a hobby or home-industry. In all, three looseboxes, two pony boxes, haggard with horse shelter; open-fronted machinery shed.

The grounds include swathes of bluebells, an ancient loveseat, walled garden with hard tennis court and greenhouse.

This is a wonderful area in which to live and rear a family. Leisure pursuits include excellent rides with woods above the house within easy hacking distance; athletics and sports-clubs, world class golf at nearby Druids Glen, and other local courses; also lake fishing, shore angling, sailing and hunting. Schools at primary and secondary level are within easy reach, and commuters will appreciate proximity to the N11 and further north, the M50 link (the current owners’ early morning record to Dublin Airport is 36 minutes!). Greystones and Bray DART stations are within easy driving distance.

HISTORICAL NOTE:
The scene of conflict when fighting took place in the woods at the Battle of Newtownmountkennedy (where Wexford pikemen were finally held on their way to attack Dublin in 1798), Monalin was then gentrified in 1824 by the addition of an imposing Georgian style front which contains the two principal reception rooms and overhead bedrooms.

Since 1824 only three families – including the current owners – have lived in the house, whose gardens feature in a Victorian book on Wicklow Gardens.

ACCOMODATION
Attractive mahogany double doors, beneath a Georgian fanlight, lead to a stone flagged split-level hallway.
FRONT HALL: 3.6m x 3.05m (12’0” x 10’0”)
Opening to:

DRAWINGROOM: 6.1m x 5.56m (20’0” x 18’0”)
With polished maple floor, and white marble surround open fireplace. French door to garden. Wired for picture lights.

LIBRARY: 6.1m x 5.56m (20’0” x 18’0”)
This room contains a fine breakfront mahogany bookcase built for the house in or about 1825 and available for purchase “in situ”.

Fanlight, double mahogany doors and five steps lead to:

UPPER HALL: 7.43m x 2.33m (24’5” x 7’8”)
Green baize door to back hall.

SITTINGROOM: 6.83m x 4.54m (22’5” x 15’1”)
Black marble surround fireplace fitted with Jotul woodburning stove; arched niche alcove cupboard.

DININGROOM: 6.88m x 4.6m (22’7” x 15’1”)
Black marble surround open fireplace. Wired for wall / picture lights. Arched niche shelved cupboard. Door to:

EAT-IN KITCHEN: 6.99m x 5.13m (max) (20’0” x 16’10”)
Amtico-tiled floor. Fitted corner bench-seating. Wall and floor level pine cupboards incorporating worktop space and tiled splashback. Plumbed for dishwasher. Stainless steel twin sink and drainer. Four-oven oil-fired Aga cooker. Recessed ceiling lights. Door to:

BACK HALL: 1.97m x 2.39m and 4.12m x 1.9m (6’6” x 7’10” and 13’6” x 3’0”)
With door to suntrap deck and barbecue area; understairs storage; quarry tiled floor.

WC / WHB off

WINE CELLAR

BACK STAIRWAY TO BEDROOM 6 / LOBBY: 3.86m x 2.23m (av) (12’8” x 7’4”)

BUTLERS PANTRY: 2.77m x 1.53m (9’1” x 5’0”)

HOBBY / WORKROOM: 3.84m x 3.17m (12’7” x 10’5”)
(Quarry-tiled floors throughout this area)
Off the kitchen, leading to the yard:-

BOOT-ROOM / CLOAKS: 2.04m x 2.0m (6’8” x 6’7”)
Opening to yard, and to:

UTILITY / TACKROOM: 6.05m x 3.15m (19’10” x 10’4”)
With vinyl tiled floor. Plumbed for washing machine. Stainless steel sink and drainer. Large airing cupboard. Shelved larder. Oil-fired central heating boiler. Door to:

GARAGE: 6.3m x 2.97m (20’6” x 9’9”)
With power and light.

FIRST FLOOR RETURN:

BATHROOM: 2.7m x 2.45m (8’10” x 8’0”)
Wc, whb and bath with shower mixer tap; “Aqualisa” power shower.

STUDY / BEDROOM 1: 5.51m x 3.56m (18’1” x 11’8”)
Roof light windows. Telephone point. Built-in wardrobe and shelved cupboard.

BEDROOM 2: 5.82m x 4.47m and 3.38m (19’1” x 14’8” and 11’1”)
Whb.

BEDROOM 3: 5.62m x 5.39 (18’5” x 17’8”)
ENSUITE BATHROOM: 1.78m x 1.99m (5’10” x 6’6”)
With part-tiled walls; tiled floor; wc; whb set in vanity locker; and bath with shower mixer tap. Wall mirror.

PRINCIPAL BEDROOM (4): 5.52m x 5.52m (18’1” x 18’1”)
ENSUITE DRESSINGROOM / BATHROOM: 4.53m x 3.84m (14’10” x 12’7”)
With extensive fitted wardrobes and cupboard space, bath with tiled surround, and shower mixer tap. Wc, whb set in vanity locker, with wall-mirror.

BEDROOM 5: 6.9m x 4.45m (22’8” x 14’9”)
Door to back stairwell, accessing:

BEDROOM 6: 4.9m x 3.73m (16’1” x 12’5”)
Built-in shelved alcove cupboard.

Heated linen-cupboard on landing.

Behind the garage, accessed from the garden, there is a

SMOKEHOUSE: (for smoking one’s prized freshly caught fish!)

OUTSIDE
There is a fine range of out offices and farm buildings, most of which are grouped around a lovely old stone built quadrangular yard. All measurements listed below are gross external footprint.

HARNESS-ROOM, COACH-HOUSE AND STABLE BLOCK: 18.8m x 5.4m overall (61’8” x 17’7”) With double loft overhead.

THREE ARCHED STONE BUILDING WITH WOODSTORE, FEEDSTORE, ORIGINAL STONE CHICKEN HOUSE AND DOVE COT LINKED TO PASSAT BOILER HOUSE: 22.63m x 4.09m (74’3” x 13’6”)

WORKSHOP: 6.19m x 6.58m (20’3” x 21’7”)

LOOSE BOX AND HORSE SHELTER: 10.4m x 4.65m (34’1” x 15’2”)

In corrugated-iron clad timber framework.
HAGGARD, WITH:
LEAN-TO MACHINERY SHED: 12.64m x 7.17m (41’5” x 23’6”)
In metal-decked roof over steel portal frame.
THREE-SPAN HAYSHED: 13.74m x 6.7m (45’0” x 22’0”)
TWIN STONEWORK PONY STABLES
STONE BULL-PEN

THE GARDENS:
Sheltered by deciduous and evergreen trees, the gardens around the house contain several specimen plants and trees, with rhododendrons providing lovely seasonal colour. Walkways provide a safe paradise for children to play. The gardens are presently geared towards ease of maintenance, but provide the foundations upon which a serious gardener can build; with camellias, azaleas, peonies and many more.

WALLED GARDEN:

There is an old walled garden, with well-maintained timber-framed greenhouse, and a hard tennis court.
THE LAND:
Apart from the gardens around the residence, the yard, haggard and woodland which between them comprise c. 1.7 ha / 4.2 acres, the lands are in four convenient watered paddocks:
a)      Front paddocks on either side of the avenue in total c. 3.846 ha / 9.5 acres with stone ha-ha on house side;
b)      Two fields on higher ground behind the house and yard one c. 2.793 ha / 6.9 acres with road access and the other approx. 0.81ha / 2 acres.
These divisions are well fenced and watered, and the land is in good heart. There is a back avenue capable of lending independent access to the yard, if desired.

GENERAL / SERVICES:
Mains and own well water; electricity; telecom broadband line/s; oil-fired central heating with disused Passat solid-fuel boiler; septic tank drainage, rainwater storage tank beneath sun deck. Water tank in field. Main house window-shutters maintained in working order; most windows are modern “Ventrolla” system. Alarm system.

TENURE:
Freehold
INVENTORY / NOTE:
1)      The house is a listed building under the relevant Act.
2)   Fitted items excluded from the sale are:
·        Weathervane on top of dovecot
·        Curtains and pelmets
·        Brass stair rods
·        Picture lights
3)      Included in the sale are:
·        Fitted carpets
·        Curtain-poles and rings
·        Light fittings (excluding picture lights as above)
·        Lantern in hallway
·        Aga cooker
4)      The large breakfront book-case in the library available at a mutually agreed valuation.

VIEWING:
By appointment with the joint sole selling agents.

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