Walshestown House, Walshestown, Clogherhead, Clogherhead, Co. Louth A92HD99 for sale May 2025 courtesy Robert B. Daly.

€950,000

6 Bed

5 Bath

409 m²

Walshstown House on c.1.927 acres, is located in Walshstown , Clogherhead, Co Louth. It is situated in south mid County Louth, about 10km North of Drogheda Town and 4.5km miles west of Clogherhead Village and the Sea. The M1 Motorway is 7km miles away and Dunleer at Exit 12.

DESCRIPTION: “Walshstown House” is located in an idyllic countryside setting with impressive surroundings and a gorgeous, peaceful ambient setting. The property is a stunning Georgian Period home, dated c 1790 and greatly enhanced and improved over the years. It is in excellent order throughout. The three-storey, period residence is a superb family home with both very spacious and very intimate reception rooms. It is thoroughly suitable for today’s modern living. The property is approached through impressive stone piers with wrought iron gates and driveway leading to the front of the house with ample parking. The front of the house is impressive with a stone–fronted exterior and some period detailing. The façade has a beautiful Virginia creeper, which flowers beautifully in season. The property offers spacious accommodation extending to approx 409 m² (4,402 ft²) The internal accommodation is of generous proportions in line with the time of construction. The grounds encompass 2 acres and contain wooded areas, the avenue, a large lawn, a private rear lawn, a stone-built outoffice patio areas etc The house was built for Messr Markey, who was the Local Voting Agent for Daniel O Connell, who visited and lodged in the house.

ACCOMMODATION: The main entrance hall provides access to the main reception areas, including the drawing room, dining room, and butler’s pantry.

The drawing room flows into the conservatory, which features floor-to-ceiling glass with double doors that open out to the rear garden, offering a great orientation, perfect for those relaxing days and al-fresco dining. The property is further enhanced by numerous original period features, such as magnificent fireplaces and sash windows, among others.

Front Door: With fan light, wrought iron railings leading to the hall door.

Entrance Hall: Carpet, coved ceiling, centre ceiling rose, dado rail. Drawing Room: a formal room, beautifully proportioned and presented with a cast iron fireplace, coving, leads to ……

Conservatory: A stunning glass conservatory, a relaxing reading room, with a glass apex roof, double doors leading to the rear private garden

Dining room: with an intimate feel and with Butler’s Pantry off. Study: Ideal as your modern Home Office. Bedroom 6 is located on this level with En-suite Tiled floor, Wc, Shower, WHB Lower

Ground Floor Kitchen / Breakfast room: Tiled floor, beautiful kitchen wooden beam, centered island, recessed lights Nice and spacious with an L shaped ante room

There is a Family Room area off the kitchen, As one turns the corner, there is a Sunroom / Garden Room, south facing, linked to the Kitchen. Sitting area: Located off the Kitchen, an ideal cosy winter room, with a wall panel, wooden ceiling, brick fireplace, recess lights To the rear of the Kitchen is a large Utility Room with storage and wc off Bedroom 5 is located on this level

First Floor: Comprises a total of 4 more bedrooms (so 6 in total) with main bathroom and 2 en-suites Bedroom 2: Bedroom 3: Bedroom 4: Bedroom 5: There is a large Attic Room(2) Features: • Attractive, liveable period home. • Ornate coving • Ceiling roses. • Spiral staircase • Sought-after location • Many attractive features • Stunning Glass Conservatory • Imposing reception rooms • Plus Cosy intimate rooms • Spacious modern Kitchen. • Good decorative order throughout. • Pretty facade • Beautiful Gardens • Imposing avenue • Mature Wooded boundaries • On 2 acres.

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Detached four-bay two-storey over basement house, built 1799. Originally three-bay, single-bay extension to south, single-storey basement extension to centre east surmounted by first floor gabled conservatory built 2005. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth rendered ruled-and-lined corbelled chimneystacks, moulded cast-iron gutters on corbelled eaves, uPVC downpipes. Unpainted roughcast rendered walling, smooth rendered quoins, smooth rendered plinth, rubble stone walling to east extension. Square-headed window openings, stop-chamfered smooth rendered surrounds, tooled limestone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows, uPVC casements to basement and extensions. Round-headed door opening, painted smooth rendered surround with prominent keystone, painted timber engaged Doric columns flank entrance supporting frieze and cornice, fanlight with intersecting glazing bars, painted timber door with four bolection-moulded panels, accessed by flight of rendered steps bridging basement area, steps flanked by curving wrought-iron balustrade. Set in extensive grounds, gravelled forecourt, lawns; single-storey outbuildings to south and south-west, pitched corrugated-iron and slate roofs, roughcast and painted rubble stone walling; unpainted smooth rendered ruled-and-lined entrance gate screen, square gate piers with shallow pyramidal caps, mild steel gates.

Appraisal

Walshestown House was built for Nicholas Markey, a good friend and election agent of Daniel O’Connell. The house itself is typical of a mid-size country house, its proportion and form exemplify the period’s architecture as does the elegant round-headed door opening with its simple doorcase. Not only is Walshestown House a significant structure with historical interest it also has architectural value and makes a positive contribution to the architectural heritage of County Louth.