Riverside Georgian House For Sale in Co. Cork

Accommodation Summary
Entrance Hall | Double Drawing Room | Dining Room | Kitchen | Cloaks | First Floor with Landing | Five Bedrooms | Two Bathrooms | Lower Ground floor with Staff Apartment | Laundry

Outside Summary
Entrance with Stone Piers & Iron Gates | Lime Drive | Secondary Drive with Double Coach House | Three Stables | Feed/Tack Room | Landscaped Grounds with Mature Trees | Woods | River Walks | Weir and Mill Race | Lawn with Ha-Ha | Railed Paddock | Vegetable Garden and Orchard | Former Cannery Building | Trout Fishing | Circa 400 m River Frontage | Wonderful Views over river Awbeg and surrounding Countryside.

Dannanstown House
Dannanstown House is a fine example of a mid C19th Georgian house, retaining much of its original form and structure, and enjoying a delightful position overlooking the river Awbeg. The three-bay house was built c.1835 by Edward Furlong, manager of the adjacent large former flour mill dated c.1820.

The most attractive house has a wide-eaved hipped roof and two tall chimney stacks and is arranged over a two-storey over basement plan. The well-proportioned accommodation is bright and sunny with the principle rooms double-aspect and includes three reception rooms, five bedrooms and two bathrooms with a staff apartment to the lower ground floor.

The property has been well maintained with the impressive accommodation extending to some 431 sq metres (4640 sq ft.) which is presented in excellent order throughout. There are many original features including large sash windows with shutters, marble fireplaces together with ceiling cornicing, door architraves and polished pine floors.

Dannanstown House enjoys a superb position with fine open aspects from its elevated site and south-west facing orientation and with the river and mill race directly below. The wonderful gardens and wooded grounds offer much seclusion and privacy with shrub borders and lawns surrounding the house. A lime avenue leads to a large gravel forecourt with a secondary drive to the rear accessing the coach house and stables. There are woods to the eastern boundary along the road and to the south along the slope down to the river.

A railed paddock is located to the south along with vegetable garden, orchard and the former cannery building. There are walks along the river and through the woods and fields together with a delightful weir with trout fishing and swimming in summer. The total acreage extends to circa 8.46 hectares (20.90 acres) with circa 400 metres of river frontage.

Co. Cork
Dannanstown House is situated close to the village of Shanballymore, a small village set equidistant between the market towns of Fermoy, Mitchelstown and Mallow. The area is known for its tranquil rich farmland and wooded river valleys, with tributaries flowing south to the renowned river Blackwater, which runs over 100 miles west to east across Munster.

There are varied and extensive leisure activities with walking locally to the Ballyhoura Hills and Doneraile Court close by and with excellent fishing to the river Blackwater and Awbeg. Golf is well catered for with courses locally at Fermoy and Mitchelstown and Mallow with championship courses at Fota Island and Cork Golf Club. The property is well placed for access to Cork city and International Airport in under one hour with Shannon International Airport offering flights to the US some 80 minutes distant.

Accommodation
Ground Floor
Approached via a gravel forecourt, a solid timber door with fanlight over, gives access to the full length entrance hall, with a turned staircase lit by a feature arched window and polished pine floor. Situated off the hall are the bright and impressive double drawing room with original recessed sliding timber doors and the dining room, both double aspect rooms. The drawing room offers wonderful aspects to the south and west, overlooking the river, weir and open farmland beyond. The reception rooms have marble fireplaces together with ceiling cornicing and polished pine floors. The kitchen/breakfast room is also located on this floor together with cloakroom/WC.

First Floor
The first floor landing is lined with book-shelving and there are five bedrooms, all with lovely views over the grounds or the river, together with three bathrooms.

Lower Ground Floor
The lower ground floor is accessed by a staircase from the entrance hall together with its own external access to the rear of the house. The accommodation comprises of staff apartment with thee bedrooms, two bathrooms and laundry.

Outside
To the rear of the house a secondary drive with lawn verges runs north to the public road passing a range of traditional whitewashed stone outbuildings comprising a lofted coach house/garage/ workshop, together with three stables and feed/tack room and covered open stores. The former cannery building is located off the front drive.

Gardens and Grounds
The gardens and grounds are a particular feature of the property with the house surrounded by landscaped grounds with mature trees interspersed and ringing the property. There is intensive planting directly around the house and on the walk down to the river and mill ruin together with along the drives. To the south are vegetable and fruit garden with soft fruit cages together with plum and apple orchard.

Services
– Mains electricity and water
– Private drainage
– Oil fired central heating

Distances
– Mitchelstown 18 km
– Fermoy 18 km
– Mallow 19 km
– Cork 44 km
– M8 Motorway 18 km
– Cork Airport 50 minutes
– Shannon Airport 80 minutes
– Dublin Airport 160 minutes
All distances and times approximate.

BER Details
BER: D1
BER No.116460304
Energy Performance Indicator:246.48 kWh/m²/yr