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Over 2 hectares of mature gardens and grounds with 100m lakefront containing the principal property - Lakefield House - and 2 further premises - Lakefield Cottage and the Guest Lodge Apartments. A range of outbuildings include a playroom + sauna, a boathouse and anxiliary stone built stores.
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A spacious, bright, unpretentious house in the country on a trophy site. No fancy cornicing - but continental practicality+straight lines; no home cinema - but breath taking views; no gym - but natural workout in the garden; no pool - but a natural lake to swim in. This large family home features generously proportioned accommodation ( 3OOsqm+) over two storeys built to high specification in 1979 and modernised in 2007/08
All measurements in metres and approximate
Ground Floor
| Hall (2.5 x 4) | Heated built-in louvered floor to ceiling press, teak stairs, tiled floor |
| Living/Dining (7 x 8.5) | Black marble tiled floor, natural stone open fire place, windows on three sides+ french door to lake facing patio |
| Kitchen (5.7 x 4) | Near professional Country House size and style, louvered cupboards and presses throughout, tiled breakfast counter, tiled worktops and floor, cooker block with 5 plate ceramic hob, 2 flame Neff gas cooker and rectangular cooking + warming plate, extractor hood, eye level double oven, triple sink, dishwasher, fridge, freezer etc. |
| Guest cloak (1.5 x 2) | WC, whb, tiled floor and walls |
| Utility (3 x 2.5) | Fitted cupboards and presses, double sink, dryer and washing machine, tiled floor |
| Bed 1 (5 x 5) | Wall to wall and floor to ceiling built in louvered wardrobe, carpeted |
| En suite (2 x 3.3) | WC., whb and shower, tiled floor and walls |
Living/Diningroom, Kitchen and Bedroom I all with French doors onto patio overlooking the lake
Patio (3 x 22) partly under cover, Liscannor paving and seating. Separate boilerroom with modern Buderus boiler+calorifier, automatic controls for heating (oil central) and hot water
First Floor
| Landing (4.5 x 2) | Carpeted |
| Boxroom (2.5 x 2) | Wall to wall louvered wardrobes, carpeted |
| Open plan Master Suite containing: | |
| Bedroom 2 (5.5 x 4.5) | Carpeted, built in bookshelves |
| Study (7 x 4) | Carpeted, natural stone open fireplace, majestic view over lake |
| En Suite (4 x 2.3) | Twin whb, WC, bidet, shower, bath, fully tiled walls and floor, storage cabinets |
| Dressing (3 x 1.6) | Built in wall to wall wardrobe, carpeted |
| Bedroom 3 (6 x 4) | Built in louvered wardrobe, french door to balcony, carpeted |
| Bedroom 4 (4.5 x 5) | Built in louvered wardrobe, french door to balcony, carpeted |
| Family Bathroom (4 x 3.3) | Double whb, WC, shower, bath, storage cabinets |
| Balcony (3 x 10.5) | Penthouse roof garden, natural stone floor, suntrap facing west with breathtaking views, storage room on both ends, elec. light+sockets |
| Attic (19 x 5) | Floored, elec. light |
Double glazing throughout. All rooms have natural light+ventilation. All built-in presses+ wardrobes floor to ceiling, all radiators thermostat controlled, additional underfloor heating in all tiled rooms, individually zones controls. Insulated cavity walls, concrete floors.
A charming old world building (ca. 1890) in natural stone, extended and refurbished with great flair in 1978 while still retaining its original features. Modernised 2009
| Living/Dining area with fitted Kitchen (4.4 x 6.5) | Kitchen with built-in louvered presses and cupboards, fridge, cooker+oven, double sink, dishwasher, large worktop area. Central open fireplace dividing open plan Living/Dining, rough 'thrown' plaster, tongue and groove cathedral ceiling, exposed beams, natural stone floor |
| Bedroom 1 (3 x 5) | Wall to wall built-in louvered wardrobe, wool carpet, |
| Bedroom 2 (2 x 5 | Wall to wall louvered wardrobe, wool carpet |
| Bathroom (2 x 2) | Shower, bath, wc, whb, floor and walls tiled |
| Boilerroom (2 x 1.5) | Storage shelves, Belfast sink, plumbing for washing machine, boiler/calorifier |
All rooms are fitted with radiators, oil fired central heating. Double glazed windows. Attic space
Built in 1980, overlooking garden and lake, it consists at present of two spacious independent apartments (ca. 100 and 75sqm respectively) which can easily be converted into a single family residence. Existing planning permission to split from site.
Double glazed windows, velux roof windows, oil central heating with calorifier, individually thermostat controlled radiators, insulated cavity walls, all floors tiled or carpeted, kitchen and bathroom walls tiled, concrete floors
| Ground Floor | |
| Entrance (2.2 x 6) | Stairs to First floor, understairs storage and cabinet, floor tiled |
| Hall (1.2 x 4.5) | Carpeted |
| Living/Dining (10 x 4.5 | Natural stone open fire place, carpeted |
| Kitchen (4 x 2) | Built-in louvered fitted presses and cupboards, tiled floor, walls and worktops, double sink, fridge, cooker+oven, dishwasher |
| Bedroom 1 (4.5 x 3.2) | Built-in louvered wardrobe, carpeted |
| Bedroom 2 (4.5 x 2.5) | Built-in louvered wardrobe, carpeted |
| Bathroom (4 x 2) | 2 hwb, WC, bath with shower/mixer, storage cupboards, floor and walls tiled |
| Boilerroom (4 x 2.7) | Oil central heating/calorifier, double sink, water pressure pump, workbench |
| First Floor | |
| Landing (1 x 1) | Carpeted |
| Hall (1.2 x 6) | Carpeted |
| Living/Dining (8 x 4.5) | Open fireplace in natural stone, carpeted |
| Kitchen (2.5 x 2) | Built-in louvered cupboards and presses, tiled walls, floor and worktops, cooker+oven, fridge, double sink, dishwasher |
| Bedroom 1 (4 x 2.2) | Built-in louvered wardrobe, carpeted |
| Bedroom 2 (4 x 2.7) | Whb, carpeted |
| Bedroom 3(4.2 x 4.3) | Built-in louvered wardrobe, carpeted |
| Bathroom (2.5 x 2) | Tiled walls and floor, whb, WC, bath, shower |
| Some ceilings are partly sloping, clad in tongue and groove. Excellent views across the lake. | |
OUTBUILDINGS
| Playhouse (5.5 x 7.5) and Sauna | Old World natural stone building with table tennis room and SAUNA, complete with sauna cabin for 4-6 people, Tylo Swedish sauna oven (el.), restroom with benches, and hwb, sep. WC and shower, tiled floor |
| Boathouse (3 x 7) | In natural stone, double front door in timber, side entrance, electricity, small slipway |
| Oil Shed (6 x 4) | Storage building in painted blocks for 3OOO gal. oiltank over concrete catch basin, extra storage space, slated roof |
| Tractor (1.6 x 2.5) | Quaint old natural stone building (former apple store + potting shed) housing garden mower/tractor |
| Stores (5 x 10) | Natural stone cottage in three sections for tools, solid fuel, provisions etc., sockets and light |
Lakefield was mentioned on the old survey maps of 1864, as one of the three estates on
the shores of Caragh Lake.
The layout of the gardens is much the original one as designed and developed around the
turn of the century. Dry stone walls divide the property into different sections.
Some of the existing bushes and trees were planted 100 years ago, including the mighty Monterey pine at the entrance, the Austrian pine near the rose garden, and numerous rhododendrons and fuchsias. The present owners have added many more over the last 30 years.
The gardens are easily managed without fulltime help - enthusiastic pensioner doing part time work (weather depending) will suffice.
A sweeping gravelled drive fringed by fuchsias and rhododendrons brings you to
the house which can not be seen from the road. The former cattle compound, now the sunken
circular garden contains delicate rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas, white fuchsias,
magnolia etc. subplanted with bluebells and montbretias. Opposite stretches a wooded area
with rhododendrons, pines, wild apple and ornamental plums. The main residence
stands above a walled garden sporting hybrid rhododendron, one of which, named
'Christmas Cheer' appropriately flowers in winter. Hydrangeas and camellias hug the patio wall below.
The gravelled forecourt serves the main house, the rose covered Cottage (and the sauna/playhouse) and also accommodates the carport. There is easy parking for 5 cars. The drive continues to the Guest Lodge which in turn provides gravelled parking space for 4 cars.
Another wooded area with old lime, pine, rhododendron, japanese lantern trees, willowpear, bluebells, montbretias etc. leads to the storage building housing the oil tank away from the cottage.
Lawn, bordered by old pine trees at the side of the Guesthouse provides a playing and 'lazying' area next to the walled rose garden - once the vegetable plot and easily converted back to productive use.
The lawn rolling down to the lake shore is dotted with daffodils. Giant gunnera, bamboo and 'Maidenhair' Pine, Chestnut, Lebanon Cedar, Birch and Copper Beech accentuate the open space.
Railwaysleepers lead to the boathouse tucked away between old lime and linden trees. A gently curved pebble beach bordered by a densely wooded area giving unrivalled privacy, invites swimmer, fisherman and sailor to explore the romantic Caragh Lake, which must be the 'jewel in the crown' of beautiful Kerry.
Lakefield always retained the 'old world' feeling due to the unchanged layout of the gardens, mature plants, surprising vistas and hidden corners which were allowed to develop naturally and stay semi-wild.
The estate, due to its size and shape offers further development potential (subject to planning permission).