A lavishly large apartment within the grandeur of the Mount Juliet Estate offers hotel amenities, its parklands to explore, and even a moongate, where you can watch the setting sun.
Fancy taking the five-star feeling you get when you indulge in a luxury hotel break at home? Now you can.
A pretty, own-door apartment within the grounds of the Mount Juliet Estate, with access to all of the amenities of its 500-acre parkland setting, has just come to market.
Lavishly large, number 62 Rose Garden Lodges is a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment that extends to 143 square metres.
It’s a fragrant place to set up home. There’s a sense of grandeur to the surroundings with amenities on tap.
Address: 62 Rose Garden Lodges, Mount Juliet Estate, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, R95 V567
Asking price: €550,000
Agent: Hooke and MacDonald
Rose Garden Lodges is a small development of just 12 own-door apartments, part of about 100 properties on the estate, ranging from the apartments up to four-bed houses.
It overlooks the eighth fairway of the Jack Nicklaus signature-designed parkland golf course.
Globally ranked, it has been the venue for many international events over the last three decades, including the 2021 and 2022 Irish Open.
The development is located between the clubhouse and the recently refurbished Manor House at Mount Juliet Estate.
Lovers of the great outdoors are very well catered for. You can go horse riding, and gallop or trot through meadows and ancient forests, along the River Nore.
There is archery, falconry and fishing, on not one but two rivers that run through the grounds: the River Nore and its tributary, the King’s River.
Both have supplied salmon and wild brown trout to the restaurant’s tables through the years.
There are bar and dining options, including a Michelin-starred restaurant within a five-minute walk.
At the Manor House, you can choose from the 1757 bar in the basement or The Captain’s Bar with its plush upholstery and patterned walls.
You can enjoy a fine dining experience at the Michelin-starred Lady Helen restaurant.
At Hunter’s Yard, you can dine at The Hound restaurant and enjoy drinks at The Saddle Bar.
There is plenty to do beyond the gastronomic. Sybarites can book a treatment at the spa, which is within Hunter’s Yard.
Number 62 is one of the largest units within the development.
Extending to 143 square metres, it is situated on the first floor with access via a private entrance at ground level that opens into a hall.
There is plenty of under-the-stairs storage here for rainwear, wellies and hiking boots so you can enjoy the trails, running and cycling paths that wind their way through the estate.
There’s a utility room here, too, so laundry can be kept out of sight.
At the top of the stairs is a landing that leads to an inner hall, lit from above by a roof light. This has oodles of storage.
Additionally, there is a storage locker that comes with the premises, where you can keep golf clubs and the like.
The accommodation is to one side, while double doors on the other side open into the living room.
This is a large space where French doors open out to a covered balcony with timber rails.
A set of glazed doors opens onto the dining room, off which is a second, smaller balcony, and the internal kitchen.
Its shaker-style cabinets are painted in Meissen blue and have polished granite countertops.
The primary bedroom is ensuite.
Upgrades have been made to the B-BER-rated property that include a complete paint refresh, attic insulation, the sanding and restaining of hardwood floors in the living room, new carpets in the hall and bedrooms, new lighting and gas boiler and some new appliances.
These include a washing machine, dishwasher and fridge freezer.
That said, the next owner will likely want to put their own stamp on it, decoratively speaking and inject some more personality into the space.
Any changes will be cosmetic only.
A lovely thing to do at sundown is to walk the walled ornamental garden and admire its double-herbaceous borders and its moongate, a circular portal that has its origins in Imperial Chinese gardens.
The shape embodies the cyclical nature of life. In Bermuda, there is a tradition that newlyweds who step through such a portal will be blessed with good luck and happiness.
It is said that at certain times of the year, the Mount Juliet Estate design perfectly frames the setting sun.
The estate is located approximately three kilometres west of Thomastown, and just 16 km southeast of Kilkenny City.
Dublin is a 120 km drive, while Waterford is a 48 km journey.
