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Comeragh House
Co. Waterford, Ireland

Comeragh House
Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford, Ireland
One of the Finest Small Country Houses in Ireland.
◆ Dungarvan 10 km
◆ Waterford Airport 20 mins
◆ Cork Airport 1 hour
(Distances and times approximate)
Accommodation and Amenities
◆ Porch ◆ Entrance hall ◆ Cloakroom ◆ Drawing room ◆ Dining room ◆ Library
◆ Sun room ◆ Office ◆ Wine Room and Cellar ◆ Kitchen ◆Scullery ◆ Larder ◆ Boot room
◆ Master bedroom ◆ Bathroom ◆ Study/Bedroom 2 ◆ Bedroom 3/Dressing room
◆ Bathroom ◆ Bedroom 4 ◆ Bathroom ◆ Bedroom 5
Additional accommodation including
◆ Staff Flat ◆ Guest Cottage with open plan living room/kitchen/dining ◆ Master bedroom
◆ 2 Bedrooms ◆ Stable Yard with 7 Loose boxes ◆ Tack room ◆ Washroom with solarium
◆ 4 bay horse walker ◆ Hay store ◆ Barn ◆ Arena ◆ 23 Acre Paddocks
◆ Enclosed Vegetable garden with glasshouses ◆ Parkland ◆ Woodlands ◆ Lakes
In all about 53.6 hectares (130 acres)
Description
Comeragh House is an immaculate house which offers total peace and tranquillity in an exceptionally
private setting of 130 acres/ 52.6 hectares. The house has been impeccably and lovingly restored
with stunning grounds and excellent equestrian facilities.
The property cannot be seen from any surrounding roads and is approached by a 1 kilometre tarmac
drive flanked in part by mature Rhododendrons and Laurels. Different vistas appear as you progress
along the drive, passing grazing paddocks and a lake with an island. The backdrop of mountains –
snow covered in winter- and fringed by plantations of mature Conifers and Beech, is very impressive.
The drive continues to a tree-lined avenue and opens onto a stunning view over sloping parkland
featuring giant Cedars, Oak and Horse Chestnuts before arriving at the gravelled entrance to the
house.
The overall impression of the house is its warm, welcoming atmosphere, softening its dramatic
presentation. Its large, elegant rooms with high ceilings provide wonderful views over the surrounding
grounds and countryside.
The house originally comprised of seven bedrooms but is presently configured as three, including a
guest wing, to provide areas for a Dressing room, Study/Office and three large individual-decorated
Bathrooms. A curving mahogany staircase rises to a substantial upper hall with beautiful views onto
parkland.

Accommodation
Ground Floor
The house is approached through a large wood door with glass panelling and fan light into the
Entrance Hall. To the right there is a large Cloakroom with watered silk-lined wall and marble and
mahogany fittings with WC, WHB. To the left is the Yellow Drawing Room with marble fireplace with
coal effect gas fire, coved ceiling, 3 bay windows with panoramic views of the parkland, woods and
countryside beyond. Beyond the staircase the hallway leads to the Tartan Library which is an elegant
room with the same parkland views, lined with limed oak, custom built bookcases, silk-lined black
watch tartan walls, ornate marblised fireplace and corniced ceilings. The Red Dining Room is a
dramatic room which is draped and canopied in deep red silk with original Queen Anne solid marble
fireplace, containing a gas coal fire. Off the Office is the Sun Room with York stone floor and ‘faux’
York stone walls and French doors to patio. The Wine Cellar is artistically painted to represent an
underground wine ‘cave’ and there is additional cellar space reached via steps below ground level.
The Kitchen has exposed beams cut from the estate woodland, old full-width pine floorboards, a
large open fireplace, large professional cooking range and antique pitch pine custom made kitchen
cupboards. The Scullery , off the kitchen, has a slate floor and is in the same style of the kitchen. The
Pantry is large with shelving and further storage space. Off the Scullery there is a large Boot Room.
First Floor
The large Master Bedroom has high corniced ceiling, coal effect gas fireplace and bay window with
views over parkland. The master Bathroom is large with centrally placed bath beneath a starlit night
sky ceiling, Indian fabrics line the walls and the shower and storage cupboards are disguised as
campaign tents in the same Indian fabric. Green Study/ Bedroom 2 with open coal effect gas fireplace.
Dressing room/ Bedroom 3 is walled throughout with huge limed oak clothes cupboards, concealed
dressing table. Green Bathroom with roll top, claw foot bath, wc, whb. Bedroom 4 with coal effect gas
fireplace, overlooking Italian courtyard. Seaside Bathroom with centrally placed roll top claw footed
bath and coal effect gas fireplace. Bedroom 5 with coal effect gas fireplace.
Gardens and Lands
The front and surrounds of the main house are finely gravelled and the beginning of the parkland,
sweeping down and away from the house, is delineated by elegant, stone ‘State’ vases planted with
Box balls. The near environs of the house and specimen trees are dramatically lit at night.
The sunken Italian courtyard, which connects the house to the stable yard, is evergreen – providing
foliage throughout the year. This is a ‘white garden’ planted with camellias, Hellebores, Dicksonian
and smaller ferns, Vibernum, Bamboo and in January and February, masses of snowdrops appear in a
multitude of pots. Summer and winter bedding plants reinforce the white planting scheme.
To the rear of the stables there is a fruit orchard with an 11 ft height Beech hedge surrounding it and a
48 ft x 12 ft glass house with Grape vines, Jasmine, Bougainvillea and Fig Tree. A further half an acre
comprises 40 beds with paved walkways through for vegetables and herbs.
30 acres/12.1 ha are laid out around the house in formal gardens and parklands, including some
magnificent Rhododendrons and Azaleas on the upper lawn. Elegant garden statuary and unusual
topiary are attractively placed around the house grounds and stable yard. There are two lakes on the
property, one which is passed whilst approaching the house on the main avenue the second, smaller
lake is closer to the house and is hidden amongst woodland and adjacent to a conifer arboretum. There
is a further 23 acres/9.3 ha of good grazing lands in 8 separate paddocks, throughout the estate. The
woodland consists of c 74 acres/29.94 ha and is a mix of mature trees including Beechwood and
mixed forestry.

Services
◆ Oil fired central heating
◆ Gas
◆ 3-phase mains electricity
◆ Own well with water from the mountains,
◆ Eircom ‘Broadlink’ switchboard telephone system with 4 lines
◆ Broadband
◆ Septic tank
◆ Electric gates at rear entrance
Fixtures and fittings
In the main house and cottages all fitted carpets, curtains, four poster beds and associated silk
fabric hangings, matching bedspreads, cushions etc. and fitted white goods are included in the
freehold sale. Most light fittings, firegrates, garden statuary are also included. Certain other items,
including furniture, garden machinery etc. may be made separately available.
Title
Freehold
Viewing
All viewings must be made strictly by appointment only through the vendor’s joint agents.
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Reception Rooms / Living and Circulation Areas
Kitchens
Bedrooms
Bathrooms
Storage

01 662 3255
Harriet Grant
8-34 Percy Place, Dublin 4
harriet.grant@ie.knightfrank.com
www.knightfrank.ie
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