A large new €3m seven-bedroom house in south Co Dublin has a secret garden – and a signpost to guide you along its paths of tranquility
IN RATHMICHAEl, Co Dublin, a brand new, Tudor-style mansion complete with orchard, secret garden and babbling brook will appeal to lovers of the good life.
For sale through Savills at €3 million Rathmichael Brook on Ballycorus Road is set on 1.5 acres of landscaped grounds. The property even comes with its very own vegetable patch, a raised allotment of some 60sq m (646sq ft) that is set on railway sleepers and ready for all manner of vegetables, should you wish to really embrace country living.
There is an orchard with numerous fruit trees: fig, kiwi, almond, damson, plum, various eating apples, pear and a quince tree.
The house measures 866sq m (9,329sq ft) and is replete with cornicing, coving and cast-iron balustrades. There are seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms. Five of the bedrooms are in the main house; of these four are esuite.
A kitchen annex offers additional accommodation, ideal for staff and includes a livingroom, kitchen, and two more bedrooms.Curiously, the house is bereft of the type of statement kitchen one would expect in such a property but there is a catering kitchen.
The space is vast and makes mere mortals shudder at the thought of the cleaning bills. But it isnt designed with the merely mortal in mind.
The attic is about 83sq m (900sq ft) in size and has views to the north, south, east and west that include the lead mines chimney and the Dublin Mountains. The basement measures approximately 278sq mx (3,000sq ft) and could, subject to planning permission, be transformed into a swimming pool or wellness centre.
The house and its grounds are ideal for entertaining, says the owner. There are 250 metres of brookside paths that at night are lit by blue LED lights and these are punctuated by benches. The brook is also home to some trout, too small to fish but quite a boast to make at dinner parties, and indeed a talking point should conversation wear a little thin.
The property would suit an embassy shopping for an imposing new residence. It might also work as a seriously upmarket retreat or rehab centre – a growing market for seriously private properties of this calibre. The house already has a path of tranquillity.
Rathmichael Brook, Ballycorus Road, Co Dublin
€3m for 866sq m (9,329sq ft) seven-bedroom house on 1.5 acres with extensive gardens
Agent:Savills
