Co Wexford €1 million:A landed period property that is convenient to Dublin is for sale at Glenview in Inch, Co Wexford. The property will be auctioned on April 27th by Sherry FitzGerald Myles Doyle, with an AMV of €1 million.
Situated on the Wicklow-Wexford border, four miles south of Arklow, the stone house on three and a half acres that include gardens, two paddocks and stable block, is reached by a long curving avenue. It's a former rectory with a reputed literary and political history. Local lore holds that a previous owner was a descendent of the poet William Wordsworth. Coming closer to contemporary times, local opinion believes this is where the perpetrators of the Beit art robbery in 1974 went into hiding. The gang included British heiress, Rose Dugdale, who was later involved in the kidnapping of Dr Tiede Herrema.
The house is double fronted with a decorative fascia board at porch and roof level. Inside are five reception rooms, three bedrooms, one bathroom, a kitchen and ancillary rooms. With 223sq m(2,400sq ft) of accommodation, the interior would lend itself well to a remodelling to achieve four bedrooms and four bathrooms.
The house is in need of decoration but all the period details are here: sash windows with working shutters, panelled doors, period fireplaces, wall and ceiling covings, and a fine staircase with carved spindle balusters and curved bannister head.
A front porch with two lovely arched windows leads into a hall, and front facing drawing room which has a white marble fireplace. A sitting room with cast-iron fireplace is across the hall.
Down three steps, a rear extension comprises panelled dining room, family room and conservatory. The three rooms flow into each other. The conservatory has a secluded aspect, surrounded on three sides by lawns accessed by French doors.
The oak kitchen also has a nice garden view, and there is a adjoining utility with garden access. A pantry is large enough to contemplate a toilet/shower room conversion and there is a guest toilet off the hall.
A bedroom on the first floor return could become en suite, which would allow the family bathroom on the return to serve the two first floor bedrooms. There is also a second toilet. The Inch River runs along the property's boundary.
