Ballynacourty (or Ballinacourty) House, Co Limerick

Ballynacourty, Co Limerick

*Ballinacourty House, Ballynacourty, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick For sale April 2025 courtesy GMV Auctioneers*.

Mark Bence-Jones. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London

p. 25. “(Stacpoole/IFR) A small Georgian house cleaverly enlarged by its present owners, Mr George Stacpoole, the antique dealer and his wife Michelina, the designer of fashion knitwear, by the addition of an arcaded gallery along the front and a single-story wing containing a large reception room.”

also in  In an Irish House. edited by Sybil Connolly. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1988. Entry by Mr. George Stacpoole

https://www.gard ensofi reland.org/directory/35/ballynacourty+garden/

Contact: George & Michelina Stacpoole

Tel: +353 (0) 61 396 409

Email: stacpoole@iol.ie

Web: www.stacpooleantiques.com

Forty five years ago Ballynacourty was surrounded by open fields, today the gardens extend to approximately 3 ha.

Soil depth is critical as this is a limestone area with stone outcrops close to the surface. The garden is designed as a series of small gardens all interlinked.

One garden has a laburnum walk underplanted with lavender, another has vegetables (just enough for the house use), another is full of soft fruit and flowers for picking.

Throughout the garden there are many varieties of shrub roses. May and June are months when the garden is full of flowering trees and shrubs, while the other months have many interesting delights.

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This house, located on the Massy estate, was the residence of Colonel John Vandeleur in the early 1850s when it was valued at £17+. A house is still extant at the site.

https://www.building sofirel and.ie/buildings-search/building/21900611/ballynacourty-house-hermitage-co-limerick

Detached four-bay two-storey with dormer attic U-plan house, built c. 1760, with later additions. Comprising gabled breakfront and gable-fronted projecting end bay to front (west) elevation, gable-fronted single-bay two-storey entrance-block to north elevation and three-bay two-storey extension to south. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, limestone copings and rendered chimneystacks. Gabled dormer having fixed window. Rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings having timber casement windows, some with painted stone sills. Square-headed opening to south elevation having four-over-four pane timber sliding sash window and painted stone sill. Square-headed openings to rear (east) elevation with six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed openings to extension, first floor having six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Round-headed opening to entrance block leading to square-headed opening with timber panelled door. Square-headed opening to south extension having timber panelled door. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding adjoining north elevation with lean-to to front (west) elevation. Pitched slate roof. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed opening with glazed overlight over timber battened door. Square-headed openings having timber battened doors. Multiple-bay single-storey with dormer attic outbuilding to north with gable-fronted breakfront and recent porch and conservatory to front (west) elevation. Now in use as house. Pitched slate roof. Painted stone walls. Square-headed openings having replacement uPVC windows. Round-headed opening to porch with half-glazed timber panelled door. Rubble limestone boundary walls to site having camber-headed pedestrian entrance to north with red brick voussoirs and timber panelled door. Pair of square-profile rusticated limestone piers to north-east having limestone caps and double-leaf spear-headed cast-iron gates.

The house is characteristic in form of eighteenth-century domestic architecture, as illustrated by the steeply pitched roof and gabled bays. The house retains much of its original form as well as later extensions, which attest to the evolution of the site over the centuries. Distinguished by its U-plan form, the house retains attendant outbuildings, which mirror the form of the main house and add important context to the site.

Ballynacourty House, Ballynacourty, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, V94D9YT For sale April 2025 courtesy GMV Auctioneers

€750,000

9 Bed

3 Bath

Ballynacourty House is an imposing period property set on stunning mature grounds extending to about 2 acres in total. This stunningly attractive trophy property is located in close proximity to the popular and picturesque village of Castleconnell while also enjoying easy access to the Motorway, University of Limerick, Plassey Technological Park and an array of wonderful educational, sporting, shopping and recreational amenities.

The house is approached through stone wall piers and automated wrought iron gates which open to an attractive sweeping driveway, under mature trees and complimented by manicured lush lawns making this property a haven of peace and tranquillity. This magnificent home is a five-bay, three-storey home beneath a hipped slated roof. Built in c. 1750, the exterior of the house includes prominent features such as rendered walls, a steeply pitched roof and gabled bays. The light-filled accommodation is of generous and elegant proportions, well laid out for modern day family living and entertaining.

Notable internal features include shutters, cornicing, architraves, decorated fireplaces, a classical staircase and ceiling roses. Briefly entrance hallway, four reception rooms, a kitchen, utility, pantry, seven bedrooms, two bathrooms and two attic bedrooms together with a study and store.

The outbuildings include a double garage, boiler house, fuel shed and other ancillary out offices. The property is serviced by an oil-fired central heating system.

Grounds The house sits amidst wonderful mature gardens which are mainly laid to lawn and include magnificent flower beds flanked by a meandering stream to the south, fine specimen trees, including oak, beech and horse chestnut. The site is private, well protected and must be seen to be appreciated. Fixtures & Fittings All fixtures and fittings are included in the sale. Listings and Environmental Designations Ballynacourty House is recorded as a Protected Structure by Limerick County Council and is recorded on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Services Mains electricity, Mains water. Mains sewerage and fibre broadband. Please be advised that the selling agents have not checked the services and any purchaser should satisfy themselves with the availability and adequacy of all services.

The subject property is situated approximately two kilometres from the popular village of Castleconnell, Co. Limerick. The residence is situated on School Road which links to the Old Dublin Road and the Newport Roundabout which is located on the outskirts of the Castletroy/Annacotty area. Viewing Strictly by appointment with GVM Auctioneers.

Accommodation Kitchen – 6m (19’8″) x 4.7m (15’5″) Tiled flooring. Pine floor & eye level presses. Aga Cooker.