'Skywater House' Building Site At, 88c Portaferry Road, Newtownards, BT23 8SN

Simon Brien proudly offers this extremely rare opportunity to buy a prime 2.3 acre building site, on an elevated positioned on the edge of Strangford Lough. The location of ‘Skywater House’ is simply stunning, with breathtaking panoramic views, creating a truly rare proposition to build a dream coastal home on the eastern shores of the lough. Owning such a stunning property will create a special way of living day to day, where one can enjoy the ebb and flow of the waters, making this one-off building site attractive to many buyers.

The accommodation is arranged in an L-shaped plan creating a sunken entrance courtyard. The garaging and fully enclosed walled garden are positioned towards the rear and accessed via a curved tunnel style entrance providing shelter and drama. The main body of the house faces south availing of the panoramic views towards the lough and the Mournes.

Landscaping towards the front includes an infinity lawn which masks the framed foreground focusing views directly out to the water. This view is held back by the built form on approach and only reveals itself on entering the front door. The fragmented spatial layout creates a series of different sized open, enclosed, and semi-enclosed spaces creating constant connection with the landscape. An entirely glazed wall faces the water whilst large frameless glass openings in the grass roof open the house up to the sky.

A corten steel box sits on top of the predominantly single storey house which creates a double height entrance hall and is home to an intimate reading space with elevated views in all directions.

The bedrooms are separated from the living spaces by circulation and storage spine, a covered outdoor room with sunken hot tub disconnects the casual open plan space from the evening lounge. Restrained yet robust materials including exposed concrete, timber, glass and corten steel articulate this pavilion-like structure.

Strangford Lough offers around seventy islands along with many interesting inlets, bays, and coves, and was Northern Irelands first Marine Conservation Zone in 2013, the lough is also a designated Special Area of Conservation with its abundant wildlife being recognised internationally.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, not to be missed to build a coastal home of style.

PLANNING STATUS

Current Full Planning Permission Granted for Dwelling, Car Port, and Garaging.
Planning Reference: LA06/2018/0410/F, Granted 12/12/2018
Mains Water and NIE Electricity connection convenient to site.
A copy of the Planning Approval is available from the NI Planning Service Portal or from our Newtownards Office.

PRICE

£300,000
(Three Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling)

VIEWING

Due to the unique nature and position of this breath-taking building site, viewings are strictly by appointment only.

Interested parties are welcome to contact Richard Orr, Associate Director, in our Newtownards office on 02891 800700/ [email protected]