Asking price: €2.95m
Agent: Knight Frank (01) 634 2466
With its double bay-fronted facade, sash windows and fanlight over the front door, Skylark Hill House looks like a period property that’s been around for centuries.
Despite its stately appearance, however, this is a thoroughly modern mansion with contemporary creature comforts, including underfloor heating throughout.
Built in 2002, the original owners splashed out on a 3,500 sq ft indoor swimming pool complex with a 40×20 ft heated pool, male and female changing rooms, a free-standing jacuzzi and doors leading out to the garden.
The 40 x 20ft heated indoor pool
Extending to over 8,500 sq ft (not including the pool area) the house opens through a porch into a grand entrance hallway that packs a punch with its sweeping staircase, decorative ceiling plasterwork and glass atrium above.
To the front of the house are a sitting room and music room and behind that, a dining/living room which, at 690 sq ft, is bigger than some entire homes.
Also at ground level are a double bedroom, bathroom, two cloakrooms, a comms room, kitchen, sunroom and a pantry, with stairs down to a basement-level wine cave.
The entrance hall and grand staircase
Upstairs are six double bedrooms (one en suite with walk-in wardrobe), a Jack-and-Jill bathroom and a family bathroom.
A second entrance to the house features a staircase leading up to a playroom, WC and an office in a converted roof space above a three-car garage.
The property stands on six acres featuring ornate parterre gardens, specimen trees, raised beds, a wildflower meadow, an ornamental lake and a fruit orchard. It’s a 30-minute drive to Dublin city.
