See inside 19th-century Wicklow home with rustic appeal guided at €945,000

Irish Independent

09-05-2025

Located in Calary Upper, equidistant from the villages of Kilmacanogue and Roundwood, 'Ballyvartry' is set on c. 2 acres of private grounds accessed via a stunning tree-lined driveway.
Measuring 234 sqm, the rustic home has been redecorated in neutral tones by the current owners and boasts an abundance of special features.
A welcoming entrance hallway with flagstone floor, beamed ceiling and handmade oak staircase leads to the large main living room, which forms part of the original cottage and boasts a feature stone fireplace, to which the current owners have added an eco-friendly multi-fuel stove with an A rating for energy efficiency.
To the left is a study which accesses the main bedroom suite and en-suite bathroom with a roll top bath, new walk-in shower and newly installed walk-in wardrobe.
On the other side of the main reception room is the hub of the house, a beautiful hand-painted country-style kitchen with marble worktops, flagstone floors, an AGA, a vaulted beamed ceiling, three skylights and a dining area.
A step up leads into the sunroom which acts as a sitting room and connects nicely out into the rear garden via patio doors, while a rear hallway off the kitchen leads past the boiler room and into the utility area, which offers a second main access point into the house, and a double bedroom currently used as a home office with an adjoining shower room.
Back in the main entrance hallway, the handmade oak staircase leads upstairs to two more double bedrooms and a family bathroom with newly tiled floors and a feature porthole window.
A big selling feature with Ballyvartry is the captivating setting and fantastic gardens, which extend to approximately two acres of grounds with a mixture of lawn areas, mature planting and shrubbery, a brook that meanders between two ponds.
A long, gravelled driveway leads to a circular forecourt with stone walls and ample parking for several vehicles. There is also a large detached block-built garage to the side of the house and a separate garden shed on the lower lawn.
The current owners have further enhanced the gardens to make them more sustainable and family friendly, with low maintenance in mind, adding more drainage, planting a vegetable patch which produces leeks, beetroot, carrots, potatoes, kale, celeriac, rhubarb, raspberries and more.
They have also planted apple, plum and pear trees together with a Feijoa Tree which produces an edible fruit and is a nod to the owners' New Zealand heritage, with a kiwi vine on the back wall of the house which flowers and adds colour to the home.