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Cúl na Gréine, Talbot's Inch, Freshford Road, Kilkenny

5 beds - 2 baths - 202m2

ASKING PRICE: €650,000

Cúl na Gréine is a unique detached period residence sited within a large cut limestone walled garden fronting onto Freshford Road and within Talbot's Inch Village, on the outskirts of Kilkenny City.

The property was designed by renowned architect William Alphonsus Scott and built in 1906 in the English Arts and Crafts garden city style.

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The current owners have refurbished and upgraded the property to a high standard of finish throughout. The property has a high BER rating of B3.

The property was completely rewired and there is a RECI (Registered Electrical Contractors of Ireland) certificate for the entire property.

All pipework and water systems were replaced and replumbed to modern standards. The light-filled and spacious layout extends to 202 Sq. M. / 2,174 Sq. Ft. (approx.) spanning over two levels.

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The layout at ground floor level comprises: entrance hall, sunroom, bedroom five/study, living room, master bedroom (with en-suite) and family.

An inner hall leads through to bedroom two, kitchen/dining room, rear hall/boot room and a utility room.

The layout at first floor level comprises: landing area, bedroom three and bedroom four.

Talbot's Inch is a model garden village behind its surrounding stone wall on the main Freshford Road approximately 1.5km from Kilkenny City centre.

It was originally in the country but the city has grown out to meet it.

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The village was promoted and developed by international philanthropist and local resident the Countess of Desart (Lady Ellen Odette Bischoffsheim), heiress to a wealthy Germanic banking family and one of the wealthiest women in Europe at the time.

Lady Desart commissioned leading architect W.A. Scott to design the village in the English Arts and Crafts garden city style.

It consisted of 28 workers houses, a woollen mill, a timber turning factory, tobacco farm, a suspension bridge over the River Nore, cricket green, tennis court and one of the first indoor handball alleys in the country (still in use today).

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Cúl na Gréine was the first house built in Talbot's Inch for Lady Desart's Stewart, Mr Hunter.

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