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Directions: From Dublin, South via M50/n11/M11 past the Shankill and Bray North exits, turn left onto Herbert Road at St. Brigid’s/ Kilbride Church. Proceed uphill a short distance and the wing-walled entrance to Violet Hill is on the right. Proceed past a lodge up the shared gravel avenue and enter Violet Hill House via the first entrance gate on your right.

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Negotiator Gordon Lennox Sherry FitzGerald Town Hall Centre Bray Co. Wicklow T: 353 1 286 6630 F: 353 1 286 7501 E: [email protected]

Mortgage Advice For professional advice talk to Declan Faulkner on 087 6702236 and [email protected]

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Conditions to be noted: 1 These particulars do not constitute an offer or contract or any part thereof and none of the statements contained in the particulars as to the property is to be relied on as a statement or representation of fact. 2 The vendor does not make or give, the Agent(s) or its staff authority to make or give any representation or warranty in respect of this property. 3 All descriptions, dimensions, references to condition and necessary permission for use and occupation, and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct but any intending purchaser or tenant should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy himself/herself by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. 4 In the event of any inconsistency between these particulars and the contract of sale, the latter shall prevail. 5 The terms, Vendor and Purchaser, where the context requires shall be deemed to refer to Lessor and Lessee and Landlord and Tenant respectively. PSRA Registration No. 002183

For Sale by Private Treaty

NOTABLE EXCEPTIONAL LISTED VICTORIAN RESIDENCE ON ALMOST 3.5 ACRES OF MATURE GROUNDS

Asking Price e1,495,000

Violet Hill House, Herbert Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow

BER Exempt

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Layout of Ground Floor

Layout of First Floor

This fairytale neo-gothic Victorian mansion house dating from the early 1860’s and designed by William Fogarty, comprises the principal wing and great hall of one of Co. Wicklow’s historic houses, seat of the Darley-Millar family until the 1970’s when, having been creatively subdivided into self-contained wings, this fine main section evolved as an entity in its own right on a plot of circa 3.4 acres / 1.38 HA. Approached by way of a tree lined avenue and cast iron gates, just off Herbert Road at the Kilcroney side of Bray within easy reach of DART and citybound bus services, and only a couple of gear – changes from the N 11 / M 11 / M50 corridor. A sense of the rural infuses this marvelous family home, yet totally in touch with suburban amenity, (schools, leisure and retail), minutes from Avoca Handweavers at Glencormac, the picturesque village of Enniskerry, Powerscourt Demesne and gardens; so close to the “garden county’s” best scenic amenities; and home for a period, while film-making at the nearby Ardmore Studios, to luminaries such as Sean Connery. The light-filled rooms of this protected structure are generously proportioned with decorative plasterwork and high ceilings, many period features preserved. From the impressive grand reception hall to the intercommunicating formal reception rooms, dining room, kitchen wing, and family bedrooms; to the almost self-contained apartment ideal for live-in staff or extended family; to the totally charming grounds laid out in formal lawn and lush woodland, this is a captivating property well worthy of consideration by any discerning purchaser. We confidently recommend inspection.

Accommodation Floor Area 535 sq.mt (5,759 sq.ft) approx. Reception Hall: with marble arched pillars to carved gothic styled staircase to gallery landing; white carved mantelpiece and fitted surround. Beamed timber panelled ceiling, cloakroom with whb, w.c, and fitted cupboards. Library: with pitch pine floor, original timber-panelled ceiling with gilt edged decorative “rope” cornices. Open fireplace with carved timbersurround. Oak-panelled timber – surround square bay window and double window. Recessed oak-panelled archway/doors intercommunicating with: Drawing room: featuring twin French doors either side of a decoratively carved marble fireplace with metal and tile inset; and a bay-window in the southern elevation. Dining room: featuring a square bay – window overlooking the gardens; half-height timber-panelled with a timber panelled beamed ceiling. Ornately carved hardwood timber fireplace surround with tiled recess. Wall lights. Back / Inner Hall: (connecting dining room to kitchen wing with door to rear garden and stairwell accessing self-contained apartment overhead. Morning / Family room: featuring a marble-surround fireplace with tile and metal inset; and dual windows overlooking the garden. There is a pitch pine floor here and an archway interconnecting with… Kitchen / Breakfast room: (an inviting space) with oil fired Aga cooker and C.H. boiler; wall and floor-level cupboards and breakfast area. Worktop and tiled surround above stainless steel twin sink and drainer. Plumbed for dishwasher. Return First – floor landing: with bay window and fitted window-seats, leading to: First Floor: Gallery landing: opening through glazed screen door to; Bedroom: corridor, in turn opening to; Bedroom 1: the principal bedroom in terms of size with a cast iron metal and tile fireplace with marble mantel and an easterly bay/picture window overlooking the garden gaining the best of the morning sun. Bathroom: with tiled mirror-backed niche feature; period bath and Shires “Ailsa” whb and wc. This bathroom is also ensuite with Bedroom 2: Marble and tile fireplace with cast metal inset. A pleasant dual-aspect room facing east and south. Bedroom 3 / study: with southerly aspect Bedroom 4: with fireplace and marble mantelpiece; ensuite bathroom with hotpress, wc, whb and bath; also opening to bedroom corridor Bedroom 5: with marble fireplace surround.

Apartment: Mentioned earlier, and accessed from the back hall leading to the kitchen/ breakfast room, this first floor apartment lends versatile options: Kitchen/Utility: with worktop and plumbed for washing machine. Living room: with period fireplace, timber surround and tiled inset. Lobby: with sky light, accessingBedroom: with timber fireplace surround. Bathroom: with whb, wc and bath. There is potential, also, to create even further accommodation, subject to consents, in the roofspace following on precedent in some of the other accommodation in this exclusive managed community.

Garden The grounds comprise almost three and a half acres made up of formal lawns with gravel pathways, a good stand of mature shelter trees, and less formal ground cover, flowering shrubs and bushes especially around the southern perimeter where the boundary is towards the bottom of a sloping bank thus affording immense privacy.

Services • Usual mains • Water • Electricity and telecom line laid on at present. • Oil-fired radiator central heating. Special Features • Private setting on c.3.4 acres / 1.38 ha, just off the N11 • Wonderful light filled generously proportioned principal rooms. • Five family bedrooms; three formal reception, and grand hall • Living room and kitchen with Aga • Self-contained guest apartment • Grounds zoned RE1 objective (primarily residential) on the Bray Town Council Development Plan 2011-2017

BER: Exempt

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