Fortgranite
Estate on c. 341 Acres,
Baltinglass,
County Wicklow
The
sale has been announced of the Fortgranite Estate, Baltinglass, County Wicklow
through joint selling agents Jordan Town and Country and Knight Frank.
An
historic country estate for sale in the first time in its history, Fortgranite
is home to the Dennis family, direct descendants of Jonathan Swift, the eminent
17th Century satirist and Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. Set in
about 341 acres of pasture, parkland and formal gardens to include a stunning
arboretum, Fortgranite is entered through a romantic and impressive toy castle
Regency gate lodge designed to replicate the family crest, and the boundary is
largely walled. The avenue meanders through beautiful parkland up to the main
house, which sits majestically with fine views over the estate.
Fortgranite
House is an imposing and historic country house built in the 1720’s, remodelled
in the 1870’s and upgraded in 1969. It is square in plan with a recessed bay to
the front and a projecting and imposing Doric portico. The main house has
exceptional proportions throughout and comprises approximately 11,802 sq. ft. /
1,096 sq. m of living accommodation. The entrance hall gives a wonderful sense of
arrival and has an attractive open fireplace which has an ornate timber
surround and mantlepiece. The drawing room and morning room which interlink are
fine entertaining rooms and have fabulous views through a large bay window over
the formal gardens, a lake and arboretum. The library is atmospheric and has a
beautiful marble fireplace.
The
first and second floors are reached by a magnificent sweeping staircase which
is a wonderful feature of the inner hall in the centre of the house. On the
first floor, there are six principal bedrooms and two bathrooms with fine views
over the parkland and gardens, there are a further four bedrooms and two
bathrooms to the rear of the house. On the second floor there is a school room
and further bedroom. The lower ground floor which would originally have been
the service floor for the house includes a series of rooms which have great
potential for utility rooms, games rooms and offices.
Externally,
at the rear of the main house, is an unusually large traditional range of
outbuildings, currently used as various stores which have the potential subject
to the necessary permissions for a variety of purposes. Beyond the first range
of buildings is a further assortment of traditional buildings, stables and
coach-houses, which are currently used by the farming enterprise. Further down
the yard is a collection of modern buildings, which form the hub of the working
dairy, which currently has facilities for a 200 cow unit. The land is all in permanent pasture with
tremendous shelter and piped or natural water supply to all fields. Land is laid out in about 20 divisions, there
is an internal road network giving easy access to all divisions. At the head of both the front and back
drives, providing additional security, are two small gate lodges, both of which
have one bedroom. There are two further properties known as The Steward’s House
and Herd’s Cottage on the estate.
Surrounding
the main house and radiating through the parkland are mature gardens which
include a lake with island and a water feature, former lawn tennis court and an
exceptional array of some of Ireland’s finest collection of Rhododendrons and
living trees which have been collected over the years by generations of the
Dennis family. These are recognised in the Tree Council’s Tree register of
Ireland.
The
Fortgranite Estate is in the beautiful Wicklow countryside just over 5 km from
the town of Baltinglass and near the border with County Carlow and County
Kildare. Baltinglass is situated on the famous River Slaney and has a good
range of local services. The town and the surrounding area boast many natural,
archaeological and built heritage sites. Of particular note is the remains of
Baltinglass Abbey, first built in 1170 on the site of an earlier church and now
a National Monument. Despite being situated in a wonderfully rural location,
Fortgranite is easily accessible to Dublin which is only c.70km away.
For
further information or appointment to viewing contact the joint agents Paddy
Jordan of Jordan Town & Country 045-433550 or James Meagher of Knight Frank
01-6342466, the Agents are quoting an asking price of €3.5m.
http://www.jordancs.ie/residential/brochure/fortgranite-estate-on-c-341-acres-baltinglass-wicklow/4239296
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