Co Wicklow: €995,000: A five-bedroom 250-year-old cottage on two acres of gardens in glorious Wicklow scenery goes on sale by private treaty with Jackson Stops guiding excess €995,000.
Stilebawn Cottage, Crowe Lane, off Rocky Valley Drive, Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow began life as two farm cottages built in 1760, part of the Charleville Estate. The vendors have expanded and upgraded the property, unifying old and new. Keen gardeners, their garden has been open to the public, featured in The Hidden Gardens of Ireland by Marianne Heron, and on RTÉ.
A catering business has been run from the house which combines a family home with spacious business accommodation. There are two splendid reception rooms. A split-level drawingroom has polished timber floor, window seating, wall-to-wall book shelving, solid fuel stove and large picture windows.
Glazed doors lead to a conservatory which is used all year round as a diningroom. It has an original exposed cottage wall, woodburner stove, under floor heating, and retractable sun blinds. The country-style kitchen is part-panelled, has an Alpha oil-fired cooker, and opens to a catering kitchen with exterior access. A wine room, plumbed store room, preparation room and home office are used for business purposes. A guest bedroom, shower room and boot room complete the ground floor. There are four first floor bedrooms plus study. The family bathroom is en suite to the main bedroom and there is scope to create two more en suites. The house is reached by a country lane and has an elevated south-west facing patio.
