Set high above the madding crowds is a character-filled, stone-fronted Wexford citadel that gives Greek island vibes worthy of inclusion in The Odyssey. It offers cooling sea breezes and epic sea views.
On the sea side of Tara Hill, one of the most sought-after addresses in Gorey’s hinterlands, Temair House is set on its eastern slopes and boasts hazy blue views of the Irish Sea from its front windows.
The fenestration throughout is all triple-glazed and framed in the same evocative blue that you see on Corfu and the other Ionian islands.
A rich azure shade, it conjures up a certain kind of coastal cool that suits the setting.
Address: Temair House, Tara Hill, Gorey, Co. Wexford, Y25 V447
Asking price: €945,000
Agent: Quinn Property
Built in the year 2000, the millennium, and set well back from the road, the stone and brick house is sizeable. Measuring 183 square metres, it has accommodation and living space across multiple levels.
Inside the house really riffs on a more traditional look that is rustic, but not as you know it. It has a decor mood that evokes the best Grecian holidays.
Its front door is a half door and opens into a lime-plastered hall where similarly finished stone steps lead upstairs.
To the right, through an arched door, is the first of its three double bedrooms. The accommodation is set down a level and accessed via a set of steps.
The room includes a large en suite bathroom and separate walk-in wardrobe that you step up to.
The layout of the three-bedroom, three-bathroom property will suit families with older children as the other two bedrooms are upstairs.
Most of the living will be done up a level, in the kitchen and interconnecting family room which together run the depth of the property.
These rooms are both dual aspect and open out to sandstone paved patios that face south.
You walk into the family room, which has a dining area that opens up to a sitting room with a pitched roof and a wood-burning stove set into the gable wall.
A cast iron spiral staircase takes you up to a living room above.
The kitchen is down a level and accessed via a set of steps.
It has a cream range cooker, a free-standing dresser and a cook’s table-style island that is at a height where barstools can be tucked in underneath.
Upstairs, two double bedrooms share the family bathroom.
The living room has a timber-panelled vaulted ceiling and has a cosy ambience that will suit winter nights thanks to its raised hearth with solid-fuel stove and timber beam mantle.
Set on an elevated site that extends to 1.8 acres of mature planted grounds, they include mature trees, various terraces and sweeping sections set out in lawn.
Stone steps at the back that lead up to multiple viewing levels. You can get epic views of the sea from here.
As the crow flies, the house is just down the hill to the beach.
By road it’s about 3.5 kilometres to Pulshone or Ballymoney beaches.
The property is just over 7.5 kilometres from Gorey town. Situated just off the M11, it is a comfortable commute from Dublin, about 89 kilometres, a journey time that can be done in about 80 minutes, subject to traffic.
Quinn Property is seeking offers in excess of €995,000 for the B3 BER-rated residence, which includes a wood chalet on the grounds.
