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This sprawling Cork estate and stately home has a world-famous garden
The estate has four houses, a tennis court and a private beach.
THIS BREATHTAKING VICTORIAN ESTATE is not only located near one of Ireland’s most beautiful villages in West Cork, its 163-acre grounds include a 40-acre private lake and beach.
There is also the famed ‘Irish Sky Garden’ created by world-renowned American artist James Turrell.
Liss Ard Estate in Skibbereen has an astounding 25 bedrooms, including several guest lodges and is on sale for €7.5 million.
The accommodation on the estate is comprised of a six-bedroom mansion house, adjacent nine-bedroom mews house, a ten-bedroom ‘Lake Lodge’ and a coach house. The mansion house was originally built by the O’Donovan clan around 1850, with the ‘Lake Lodge’ added in 1870. All underwent major restoration in the 2000s.
Among the most notable advantages of the estate is its peaceful setting among mature woodland, meandering paths, open glades, landscaped waterfalls, ponds and streams that lead into Lough Abisdealy.
One of the most famous features of this unique estate is the ‘Irish Sky Garden’, designed by American artist James Turrell. Known as a ‘celestial vault’, visitors are encouraged to experience the sky at that particular moment without any distractions, lying on a stone plinth at the centre of the crater.
Currently, Liss Ard Estate operates as a relaxing retreat that offers guests a variety of luxury accommodation, while they are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities to fish and kayak on the private lake.
Liss Ard Estate, Castletownshend Road, Skibbereen, Co. Cork is on sale for €7.5 million from Charles McCarthy Auctioneers via Daft.ie.
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