Positioned on a gently rising height in Drumlin country, this large house surveys the green, green landscapes of Co Cavan. Its many and large windows allow views and draw light into a thoughtfully laid out interior suited to family life and entertaining.
The vendors built to their own specifications some 15 years ago, sourcing materials like oak flooring and beams from Wilsons Architectural Salvage Yard in Belfast. With family needs changing, they’ve decided to downsize.
Though in the deepest countryside (Lough Ramor is nearby), Bruise is a scant hour’s travel from Dublin, the house itself minutes from the M3. The large, 325sq m (3,500sq ft) floor space has five bedrooms family bathroom, kitchen/ diningroom, sittingroom, familyroom and a detached garage in natural stone to the rear.
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To the rear there is a delightful, stone-walled courtyard with arched entrances and a lively tumble of rambling plants and flowers.
The landscaped site covers 1.4 acres and has a botanical variety of plant, tree, shrub and flower life, everything from variegated holly to cedar and birch trees, from lilacs and roses to wisteria and lilies. Agent Fintan Cahill is selling for €675,000.
The extensively fitted kitchen/diningroom overlooks the rear courtyard and gets extra light from a high, arched window. An Aga sits into a brick fireplace niche and worktops are of granite and walnut.
A great curve of staircase is a distinctively lovely feature, adding a touch of grace. The southwest facing familyroom is distinguished too, this time by reclaimed oak beams overhead, reclaimed floorboards (from Belfast Brewery) underfoot, a stone fireplace and French doors to a hardwood decking area.
The sittingroom has a wide bay window, Scotts pine wide plank floorboards and Sandstone fireplace.
The main bedroom is en suite and has a dressingroom.
