For sale: Renowned artist's breathtaking €950k Victorian home in Kilkenny
Located on two acres and adorned with stunning murals, artist Jane Willoughby's incredible Kilkenny home has hit the market for a pretty penny.
Being built in the 1830s, the home is a stunning Victorian style property, and is immaculately presented with extensive accommodation and a separate self contained cottage. Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills
Upon entering the home, you're greeted by a home that looks like something out of a classic novel — with beautifully coloured hallways and three reception rooms offer cosiness and elegance.
The kitchen/breakfast room is easily the home's crown jewel; boasting unique Georgian shutters and doors, AGA appliances, and a breakfast island. Given Ms Willoughby's work as an artist and muralist, her works are throughout the home — most notably the conservatory. Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills
The six bedrooms are also well proportioned throughout the home, and have lovely views. The games room completes the home, while there's also a self contained, two bedroom cottage just beside the main house that is perfect for hosting guests/to be used as a rental property. Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills
As well as the accommodation, the grounds of the home boast stunning gardens across its two acres, which are well planted and beautifully designed. The walled garden has raised beds for growing vegetables, while mature trees bring fruit annually — excellent for those who are looking to be more self-sufficient. Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills
As well as being stunning both inside and outside, the home is situated in the vibrant market town of Castlecomer, in the heart of Co Kilkenny. The home is just 19km north of Kilkenny City, and boasts a host of amenities. Even in the town of Castlecomer, nearby amenities include the Castlecomer golf club, and Castlecomer Discovery Park. Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills
Donaguile House, Barrack Hill, Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny is available via Savills, with an asking price of €950,000.
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For sale: Renowned artist's breathtaking €950k Victorian home in Kilkenny
Located on two acres and adorned with stunning murals, artist Jane Willoughby's incredible Kilkenny home has hit the market for a pretty penny. Being built in the 1830s, the home is a stunning Victorian style property, and is immaculately presented with extensive accommodation and a separate self contained cottage. Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Upon entering the home, you're greeted by a home that looks like something out of a classic novel — with beautifully coloured hallways and three reception rooms offer cosiness and elegance. The kitchen/breakfast room is easily the home's crown jewel; boasting unique Georgian shutters and doors, AGA appliances, and a breakfast island. Given Ms Willoughby's work as an artist and muralist, her works are throughout the home — most notably the conservatory. Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills The six bedrooms are also well proportioned throughout the home, and have lovely views. The games room completes the home, while there's also a self contained, two bedroom cottage just beside the main house that is perfect for hosting guests/to be used as a rental property. Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills As well as the accommodation, the grounds of the home boast stunning gardens across its two acres, which are well planted and beautifully designed. The walled garden has raised beds for growing vegetables, while mature trees bring fruit annually — excellent for those who are looking to be more self-sufficient. Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills As well as being stunning both inside and outside, the home is situated in the vibrant market town of Castlecomer, in the heart of Co Kilkenny. The home is just 19km north of Kilkenny City, and boasts a host of amenities. Even in the town of Castlecomer, nearby amenities include the Castlecomer golf club, and Castlecomer Discovery Park. Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Pic: Savills Donaguile House, Barrack Hill, Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny is available via Savills, with an asking price of €950,000.
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Address : Donaguile House, Barrack Hill, Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny Price : €950,000 Agent : Savills View this property on Owners of old properties understand that they are merely custodians of their homes as the bricks and mortar will outlast their tenure. Or as Vita Sackville-West, author, garden designer and paramour of Virginia Woolf , put it: 'A museum is a dead thing; a house which is still the home of men and women is a living thing which has not lost its soul.' Every generation leaves a little legacy in a period pile and it becomes part of the fabric of the home. For Donaguile House, a six-bedroom residence in Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny , its owner Jane Willoughby leaves behind murals she painted on the walls of the conservatory. A talented artist and muralist, who studied under the late Peter Johnson – one of Ireland's leading interior designers for more than 30 years – Willoughby's talents were commissioned for large-scale schemes in some of the country's noted stately homes, including Straffan House, Mount Juliet and Martinstown House. She purchased Donaguile House with her husband, John, in 2017 for €575,000, according to the Property Price Register. Back then, the late-Georgian/early-Victorian pile was home to artist Polly Minette and her husband, Ivan. 'Polly left me a piece of art that now hangs in the diningroom. Not only is it an original work, but the material is paper which she made from plant fibres from the garden in Donaguile,' Willoughby says. It will come with the house, alongside Willoughby's muted murals which have echoes of Gustavian interiors, the Swedish style based on symmetry, decoration and proportion. Despite extending to 635sq m (6,835sq ft) including a two-bedroom annexe, this home doesn't feel overly large as it is long but only one room deep. More comfortable in size rather than of mammoth proportions, rooms have a sense of laid-back elegance; a place you'd kick off your shoes and curl up with a good book in front of the fire. READ MORE Entrance hall Kitchen Kitchen The Aga is more than 100 years old Diningroom with a piece of artwork (left of table) by former resident artist Polly Minette which comes with the house Livingroom Drawingroom Conservatory with murals by current owner, artist Jane Willoughby When Willoughby purchased Donaguile, the intention was to move from the family home in Dún Laoghaire, but eight years on that dream has not quite come to fruition due to the needs of the family. Donaguile has been used as a short-term rental and recently the family held a wedding there. 'It was really beautiful as we had a tepee on the site of an old tennis court (now a lawn) and they got married under the gazebo covered in Clematis montana in the recent sunshine,' Willoughby says. What will appeal about this six-bedroom house is its location at the edge of the town, or as Willoughby puts it, 'roll-down-the-hill distance' to the local for a pint. Despite the surrounding tree cover giving the feel that you're in the middle of the countryside, it's the best of both worlds as you can walk to get the newspaper, or indeed a pint, within a few minutes. It lies on a manageable two-acre site, with a superb walled potager garden where there is everything from brassicas, edible grapes and an abundance of other fruits, including some heritage apple trees. Centred by the gazebo, where the recent nuptials were celebrated, and where a lovely Magnolia stellata is currently in bloom, the house was featured on RTÉ's Home of the Year in 2019 and made an appearance in House and Home magazine. The house has six luxurious bedrooms in the main section The property has four bathrooms Garden Living area of the two bedroom annexe One of the loveliest rooms is the kitchen, where old Georgian shutters and doors have been repurposed, making it entirely unique. There's also an Aga that has cooked bounties from the garden since the early 1900s. Since converted to kerosene from anthracite, in a twist of fate, the house was once home to the Wandesford family who owned local coal mines. The black stuff was mined here for three centuries and the town now has a museum dedicated to the fuel. With six bedrooms, four reception rooms and a magical potager garden, the Ber-exempt house close to the town and only 20 minutes from Kilkenny for a plethora of arts and entertainment, is for sale through Savills, seeking €950,000.
