luxury house with terrace for sale Ballingarry, Ireland

Winterwood is an exceptional contemporary luxury residence set on approximately 2.95 acres, commanding panoramic views across Lough Derg while offering complete privacy and an extraordinary collection of bespoke lifestyle features rarely found within a single home. Extending to approximately 3,606 sq.ft., the property was originally constructed in 2003 and comprehensively renovated in 2022 to an exceptional standard. Positioned on a mature, fully enclosed southwest-facing site, Winterwood enjoys uninterrupted lake views, beautifully landscaped gardens, and extensive decking designed to maximise sunlight and outdoor living. The accommodation is spacious, versatile, and thoughtfully designed for modern family living, entertaining, and creative pursuits. A striking six-metre-high atrium-style entrance hall creates an immediate sense of arrival. The principal reception spaces flow effortlessly, with the kitchen, dining, and living areas seamlessly connected. At the heart of the home is the spectacular living room, featuring a dramatic five-metre pitched floor-to-ceiling glazed wall framing uninterrupted lake views. A solid fuel stove adds warmth and atmosphere, while double doors open onto a semi-enclosed terrace. The kitchen is beautifully finished with herringbone tiled flooring, quartz worktops, mirrored splashbacks, bespoke cabinetry with walnut inlay, a bay window seating nook, and a large mixed quartz and walnut island with integrated Neff appliances. Thoughtfully elevated above the adjoining dining area, both spaces fully capture the panoramic views. The adjoining wet bar, complete with guest WC access, makes entertaining effortless. The principal suite is a luxurious private retreat featuring a large picture window, elegant electric flame-effect fireplace, beautifully appointed ensuite with freestanding bath, and walk-in wardrobe. A separate bespoke dressing room offers floor-to-ceiling custom-fitted wardrobes and a dedicated preparation area. Double doors open directly onto a private terrace with a sunken jacuzzi, offering an uninterrupted view of the lake. A second ground-floor bedroom also benefits from its own ensuite bathroom. Upstairs, a striking triangular glazed picture window floods the upper floor with natural light while overlooking the living room and lake beyond. Two further bedrooms, both with fitted wardrobes and large pitched windows, enjoy beautiful garden and water views, while a spacious storage room and large family bathroom complete the accommodation. A standout feature is the unique outdoor entertainment and music recording Den, styled as a traditional Irish pub, complete with fitted bar, stage area, wood-burning stove, and multiple seating areas. An exceptional and exciting entertainment space. The grounds enjoy a full 360-degree aspect and are complemented by extensive decking, mature beech hedging, established trees, colourful planting, a substantial 13m x 6m warehouse/hangar, and the rare addition of a private helicopter pad. Electric gates, CCTV, alarm system, fibre broadband, and EV charging further enhance this exceptional home. Offering a rare combination of architectural design, privacy, modern luxury, and lifestyle amenities, Winterwood represents a truly distinctive lakeside residence in one of County Tipperary’s most scenic locations.

A most attractive 19 th Century country house superbly set within pleasant gardens overlooking the Nore river valley and enjoying fishing and frontage onto the King’s River. Enjoying a highly desirable location between the charming villages of Stoneyford and Bennettsbridge and less than a 15-minute drive to medieval Kilkenny City. Extending to 24.5-acres (9.9-hectares) the mature grounds are quite delightful and include glorious river and woodland walks, walled grazing paddocks, a stone courtyard and formal gardens. Built in the Classical style and enjoying a rich provenance, Annamult House dates to circa 1825 and incorporates the fabric of an older house, thought to date to circa 1690. A comprehensive restoration in 2011 sympathetically preserved the strong architectural merit and classical architectural detailing alongside ensuring a pleasant and comfortable home for 21 st Century living. The accommodation is well proportioned and extends to 7,917 square feet (735.5 square metres) and includes a large reception hall, 4 reception rooms and 7 principal bedrooms. A magical gravelled drive rolls past mature woodland onto an arched sweep capturing views to both the King’s River and River Nore on arrival to the front door set attractively within a stone veranda porch. The interior features generously proportioned rooms with high ceilings and fine tall windows giving good natural light. The drawing room and an ante room combing through folding timber doors to extend the entire depth of the south-side of the house and marvellously linking to the gardens from twin sets of glazed French doors. Indeed, all the main reception rooms interconnect well to allow fine entertaining. Intact features from the Classical design include marble chimneypieces, ceiling cornices and central roses, window shuttering and panelled doors. Restoration improvements include comprehensive upgrades or entire replacement of plumbing, wiring, roofing and windows, a new kitchen, new bathrooms and fibre broadband. A principal bedroom suite has a shower room and dressing room. There are 4 further bedrooms suites and 2 further bedrooms, which share a large bathroom or could all combine to present a substantial bedroom suite. Annamult House is situated amidst beautifully mature grounds where the informal gardens immediately adjacent to the house include a variety of mature shrubs and trees and link seamlessly to the grassy banks of the King’s River and to the surrounding woodland. An attractive courtyard with stone outbuildings and old stables adjoins the house. A combination of garden paths, river walks and woodland trails allow the glorious grounds and a variety of wildlife to be easily enjoyed. Grazing paddocks allow horses or ponies to be kept. Private fishing rights along the owned banks of the King’s River. Situated within the Nore river valley the Annamult area is a favoured destination to enjoy peaceful and picturesque living within easy reach of fashionable Kilkenny City, quaint bustling village life and the nearby renowned Mount Juliet Resort (hotel, golfing, spa, restaurant, equestrian facilities). A bridge once linked Annamult to the Mount Juliet Estate across the river. The nearby village of Bennetsbridge is synonymous with pottery and crafts while covering daily shopping needs. Both Stoneyford (2.5 miles or 4 km) and Bennettsbridge (3.1 miles or 5 km) have primary schools. Kilkenny city offers a variety of boutique shops, schools (primary and secondary), hospitals (public and private), pubs, theatres, cafes and quality restaurants include the Campagne and Lady Helen with Michelin stars. The nearby Nore Valley Walk extends along the river Nore (6 miles or 10 km). Annamult House is extremely accessible with the M9 Dublin-Waterford motorway access a 10-minute drive, allowing access to Dublin city and airport within 90-minutes. There are frequent rail services on the Dublin-Waterford line from Kilkenny station. Link buses connect the villages to Kilkenny city

Glendaars House is an extremely pleasant early 20th-century country house, which benefits from significant upgrading and extending in recent years to present a comfortable 5-bedroom home with a separate 1-bedroom annexe apartment. 5269 square feet or 490 square metres. Set within circa 4.6-acres (1.86-hectares) of grounds, the gardens are tremendous and with mature trees, shrubs and hedging are extremely private and tranquil. In addition to the original stables there is a well laid-out barn stabling complex with a turn-out area, a post-and-railed arena, paddock grazing and the benefit of access from a second entrance. The Dublin mountains framing the view below the grazing paddocks. Enjoying a rich and interesting historic provenance Glendaars House dates to circa 1924, when it was first inhabited by Colonel James (Jim) Slattery who was one of Michael Collin’s close confidantes in the Free State Army. One of the ‘Twelve Apostles’ his alias was ‘The One-Handed Assassin’, a hand being lost in military action. Later, Glendaars House was home to Ann Smurfit, who added the drawing room and family room. More recently, circa 2006, Glendaars House benefited from significant upgrading and extension works that remodelled the accommodation layout to provide four-bedroom suites, ample natural light and modern comfort. The guest apartment is independently accessed and has a large open plan kitchen with dining and living spaces, a bedroom and shower room. Adjacent is a large 2 door garage. A majestic laurel arch entrance with electric security gates leads to a gravelled forecourt in front of the house. A generous reception hall has a chequered tiled floor and cast iron fireplace with an open fire. The family room is dual aspect and has a distinctive exposed beam ceiling, large timber fireplace with an open fire and a large south-west facing bay window. It leads into the study, again dual aspect and with a large bay window, open fireplace, double French doors to outside and linking to the kitchen. The dining room has timber fireplace with an open fire and links to a large games or party room. Spacious it enjoys a triple aspect with large double French doors to a garden terrace, an open fireplace, exposed beamed ceiling and three bay windows. It is an extremely versatile space. The kitchen also enjoys a triple aspect and is a generous open plan living space with kitchen, living and dining spaces. It too has exposed ceiling beams, a fireplace with a wood stove and large double French doors to a garden patio terrace. Upstairs there is a wonderful master bedroom suite, four further bedrooms suites, a fifth bedroom and a family bathroom. The master suite has a large dual aspect bedroom, an ensuite bathroom with fitted bath and separate shower and a generous walk-in closet and eaves store. The second bedroom suite has an open fireplace, a dressing room and ensuite shower room, while bedrooms suites three and four each have ensuite shower rooms. The fifth bedroom is nearby to the family bathroom, itself positioned just off the stair landing. The gardens are extremely pleasant with well-placed south and west facing patio terraces linking easily to the house. A children’s play area within a stand of grand old cedar trees is magical and well sheltered. Mature shrubs and trees throughout the gardens ensure rich seasonal colour and include a distinctive red maple tree, oak, chestnut, sycamore, roan, silver birch, cherry blossoms, weeping willow trees and an apple orchard. Mature hedges ensure great shelter and privacy. Box hedging frames manicured lawns. The location is highly desirable, easily commutable to Dublin city and its international airport (a circa 35-minute drive), yet remarkably extremely tranquil and quiet. Naas town and Sallins (train station) are less than a 10-minute drive, the K-Club just a 5-minute drive and Maynooth town Quintessential country living, yet easy access to bustling urban centres.