Wavertree House

A stunning, small country estate with all the ambiance of an old Irish manor house, yet remarkably it was built in 2005.

Is this Northern Irelands top country home?  It’s a big aspiration when you consider the competition from some of the old estates and handsome manor houses that date back hundreds of years but let’s consider why Wavertree House has to be up there with the finest.

Wavertree not only looks like an old Irish manor house, it has the ambiance of one both internally and throughout the 30 acre grounds.  The thought and attention to detail that has been invested in the creation of this masterpiece is astonishing, yet where most faux period country property tends to be ostentatious in design and finish, Wavertree has simple Georgian inspired lines and is finished in an understated fashion with mature softly landscaped grounds of old oak trees, lawns, shrubberies and paddocks sweeping down to the lake

The benefit of living at Wavertree is that you can enjoy all the privileges of a fine small country estate but without the worries of on-going buildings maintenance and daunting heating bills as the house is highly energy efficient with an EPC rating of C72.

This is a large country house extending to some 7400 square feet yet the accommodation is manageable and exudes a real homely atmosphere which is so hard to achieve in a property of this size.  The quality of finish is superb with many hours of deliberation spent in selecting suitable fixtures and fittings with cost not being a consideration.

The outbuildings are finished in the same style as the house with matching render and Georgian sash windows yet behind the facade is a modern steel portal frame building of around 12,000 square feet housing stables, garage/workshop, cattle shed with associated livestock handling area, fodder and machinery storage and adjacent floodlit sand manege.  The yard is fully enclosed with a turning circle and leads to the walled garden.The property is discreetly set back from the country road with an avenue that winds past a paddock and through wooded areas over a stone faced bridge and opens up into a gravel turning circle in front of the house.  The grounds are softly landscaped and there is a lovely walk around the lake that takes a path through Rhododendrons and wooded areas.  The land surrounds the house and is divided into seven fields with the boundaries bordered in double fencing with trees and hedging.  The facilities for horses are exceptional in the yard and it is also a quiet area for hacking and the paddocks are suitable for riding during the drier months.The location of Wavertree House is on the Loughries Road, Newtownards, just 3.5 miles from Newtownards and 12 miles from Belfast City Airport with travelling time to Belfast City Centre roughly half an hour.

 

• A stunning small country estate with recently built manor house, courtyard, outbuildings and around 30 acres of landscaped grounds including lake and paddocks
• Entrance porch with Georgian fanlight over front door
• Reception hall with mahogany central staircase leading to gallery landing, impressive chandelier and marble flooring.  Cloakroom with W.C.
• Drawing room with double doors leading from hall and Victorian marble fireplace with cast iron inset
• Library with double doors leading from hall, antique herringbone woodblock flooring, lime wood and pine carved period fireplace with cast iron inset and mahogany glass fronted cabinets and bookshelves
• Games room with vaulted timber ceiling with exposed roof trusses, Georgian carved wooden fireplace with Bath Stone hearth and recess with cast iron stove and Travertine limestone tiled floor
• Orangery with glazed central lantern, vaulted timber ceiling and open chimney breast with Bath Stone fireplace and contemporary log burning stove. This beautiful bright room overlooks the terrace and garden and is currently used as a sitting room at one end with large dining room table at the other
• Bespoke fitted kitchen in hand painted cream with central island unit, granite work surfaces, Aga, dresser and larder. Space for large kitchen table and chairsBack kitchen with range of units, integrated appliances and Belfast style sink
• Back hall/bootroom with half stable door leading to yard
• Gallery landing with turned mahogany spindles and newel posts and reading area to the front overlooking the grounds leading down to the lake
• Master bedroom with double doors from landing, dual aspect windows and Victorian style en suite shower room
• Five further bedrooms, three with en suite bathrooms
• Family bathroom with roll top bath and separate shower cubicle
• Oil fired central heating with underfloor heating on the ground floor
• Double glazed sash windows
• Property set well back from the road, front avenue with wide grass verges and wooded areas with a stone faced bridge leading to gravel turning circle in front of house
• Double wooden gates leading to enclosed courtyard with tarmac turning circle and parking area around raised lawn and flower bed, shrub beds and lawns
• Steel portal frame outbuilding of around 12,000 square feet with a rendered facade and Georgian sash windows to match finish of main house
• Large garage/workshop with mezzanine and roller shutter door with 5 metre headroom
• Six indoor stables with loft over, tack room and fodder storage areas and direct access to sand manege 40m x 30m and paddocks
• Cattle pens and livestock handling area
• Machinery and vehicle storage area
• Separate brick built chicken run, generator house, separate tack room and boiler house
• Walled garden with fruit trees and wooden framed lean to greenhouse
• Paved terrace with access from Orangery with shrub borders and water fountain
• Gardens in lawns, shrub beds and mature trees with Rhododendron walk around the lake
• Rear drive with automatic wooden gates
• Plans passed for further dwelling in the grounds
• Land laid out in seven separate paddocks which are well fenced and the farm border in double fencing with hedging and trees in-between

From Newtownards take the Portaferry Road, turn left into Finlays Road and turn right at Loughries and then next left at the primary school into Loughries Road. The property is on the right hand side towards the far end of Loughries Road. Alternatively turn right into Loughries Road from the Movilla Road, coming from Newtownards.