With a split-level ground floor and a living room commanding views of the countryside, this glass box build outside Gorey is a fine family home.
Built in 2009, The Birches is a large four-bedroom, five-bathroom glass house on 6.5 acres of Co. Wexford countryside.
The detached house is set over three levels with a staircase leading, spine-like up through the centre of the house.
A double-height entrance hall greets you as you enter the property. Two of its four bedrooms are at this level.
Address: The Birches, Coolinteggart, Gorey, Kilanerin, Co. Wexford, Y25K4C4
Asking price: €1,200,000
Agent: Property Partners O’Brien Swaine
Diana Molohan of My Kind of Design has staged the B3 Ber-rated property for sale.
She worked to its existing palette, the interior walls are painted a pale umber that she describes as peige, a pink beige, accent seating in a dusky pink, set alongside soft serve vanilla white upholstered armchairs.
It’s a colourscape that smacks of the sunny southeast, be it sun-kissed days at the beach or soaking up the rays on its large terrace, enjoying locally grown strawberries served with whipped cream.
Open to the hall is a sitting room that could also double as a dining area.
It has a set of steps leading directly down and into the large eat-in kitchen, which is a level below.
This broken plan space includes a family room, set around an inset fire.
The main staircase, a steel with glass balustrade, open tread design, leads down to the music room.
Off it is a study that opens through to a large ensuite bedroom.
These rooms, and the kitchen on the far side of this floor, all open out to a large terrace where there are views to Tara Hill, the highest peak in this rolling countryside.
On the top floor, there are two sizeable spaces that have a library in the middle.
On one side is the principal suite, featuring a bedroom, a walk-through wardrobe, and an ensuite bathroom, the size of a studio apartment, along with access to a private balcony.
On the other side of the library is a formal sitting room that enjoys almost a wall of glazing, with only a pier mirror bisecting the space.
From here, there are views of the Wexford and Wicklow coastline.
On a clear day, you can catch glimpses of the mountains of Snowdonia in North Wales.
Extending to 419 square metres, this expansive residence has enough land to keep a pony, if you convert the detached garage into stables.
It is seeking €1.2 million through agents Property Partners O’Brien Swaine.
