The Stable House, Manor House & Market House, 38 & 38a High Street & 11 New S..., Donaghadee, BT21 0HA

The Manor House & The Stable House, 38 & 38A High Street, Donaghadee & The Market House, 11 New Street, Donaghadee.

Proposals for The Manor House with or without The Stable House and Market House will be considered

Offers are invited as follows:- 

Lot 1 - Manor House, Stable House & Market House - £975,000

Lot 2 - Manor House (exluding The Stable House & Market House) - £350,000

Lot 3 - Stable House - £350,000

Lot 4 - Market House, Carpark & Tennis court - £300,000

THE MANOR HOUSE, 38 HIGH STREET, DONAGHADEE

Location and Amenities

The historial town of Donaghadee is situated in the Ards Peninsula on the North Coast of County Down and about 16 miles east of Belfast.  Donaghadee is the closet point to Scotland: indeed, on most days the Scottish coast is visible.  This was a critical factor in the development of the town and up until the middle of the 19th century the town served as the major point of entry from the Scottish/English mainland to the island of Ireland.  Aside from the historic buildings reflecting its rich heritage.  Donaghadee has a picturesque seafront, offering views across the Irish Sea to the North and Eastwards to the Scottish coast.  There is a good choice of restaurants, bars, cafes and shops catering for all everyday requirements.

Viewers of the popular television series Hope Street will possibly know the town better as Port Devine.

There are an ambundance of amenities at hand on the Ards and North Down Peninsula.  The keen sailor could not be better placed.  Donaghadee Harbour is within a 5 minute walk of The Manor House and is home to the vibrant Donaghadee Sailing Club.  During the summer months there are boat trips to the Copeland Islands and fishing charters.  The award-winning marina in Bangor is the largest in Northern Ireland.  The entire Peninsula is dotted with pretty towns and villages such as nearby Groomsport, Crawfordsburn, Helens Bay, Portaferry and also interspersed with sandy beaches and a choice of coastal walks.

There are a number of excellent Gold Courses including the local Parkland Course at Donaghadee Gold Club and slightly further afield the Bangor Golf Club and The Royal Belfast Golf Club, Ireland's oldest club established in 1881.

Remarkably, given its proximity to the numerous attractions of the Ards Peninsula, The Manor House is less than 40 minutes away from Belfast City and airport, with daily flights to London, the rest of England, Scotland and further afield.  Belfast City Centre boast all the amenities and shopping one would expect in a modern European City together with world class tourist attractions such as the Titanic Experience.

A magnificent and historic Grade 1 listed Manor House - (Note all contents have been removed and apart from some car park lettings the properties are sold with vacant possession).

Accommodation in brief -

Hall, Library, formal dining room, drawing room, TV room, Sitting room, guest WC, 4 principal bedrooms (3 with ensuite bathrooms), 2 main bath/shower rooms, 3 attic bedrooms with seperate WC and shower room.  Kitchen & services rooms

Potential annex apartment with seperate entrance with following accommodation:

Kitchen, Living room, Bedroom, Bathroom, 2 games rooms.  Basement with 7 rooms, 2 cellars, boiler room & work shop

Gardens

Forecourt and shared entrance with under croft and open parking.  Formal gardens and grounds

Courtyard and Outbuildings

Range of lofted coach houses/garages

Overall site in the centre of Donaghadee is c.0.8 acres which will be split if the Manor House is purchased without the Stable House - see map.

History of The Manor House and the De Lacherois Family

The Manor House was built by Hugh Montgomery in the 1620's, it was originally a 'Blow House' so called as the Montgomery family and retainers used it to rest up, awaiting favourable weather for the boat crossing to Port Patrick, Ayrshire.  In those days, this was the principle crossing to England apart from Dublin-Holyhead, indeed the main road to Dublin originated in Donaghadee and was measured as 94 Irish miles.

The house came into the De Lacherois family when Countes Marie-Angelique Mount Alexander (nee De Lacherois) inherited the Montgomery Estates from her husband, the 5th Earl of Mount Alexander in 1750.

Captain Samuel De Lacherois who served under Louis XIV in the wars of religion in 1641, undertaken by Cardinal de Richelieu against the House of Austria, settled in Ireland after the Revocation of Nantes in 1685.

The eldest of the three sons Lt Col Nicholos De Lacherois distinguished himself at the Battle of the Boyne under Field Marshall Schomberg in 1690.  It was his brother Captain Daniel De Lacherois, who married a Miss Crommelin (of Linen fame) and was the father of Marie-Angelique.  he had amassed wealth as Governor of Pondicherry in India having been appointed by Willian III.  Marie-Angelique settled the Montgomery Estates on the De Lacherois and Crommelin families, her cousins.

Daniel De Lacherois enlarged the house to its present size and design from 1800 onwards.  The return south wing was remodelled in 1818, at which time the ballroom with the canted end was built, which has since become the upstairs drawing room.

The house has been inhabited continuously by the De Lacherois family until it was sold along with other properties in 2025.

Description

The Manor House encompasses the size and grandeur of that of a fine country seat yet is uniquely positioned on its own private grounds in the bustling harbour town of Donaghadee.  The Manor House is approached either by the pedestrian entrance with a  pathway leading to the front door or the arched vehicular side entrance with electric gates which arrives in the courtyard.  While the house impresses by its grandeur and scale, it exudes character and style which are enhanced by its unique architectural and decorative features, all of which make it a fabulous family home.  Over the centuries the house has had some remodelling enabling entertaining at a grand scale, while also still cosy for more intimate family gatherings.

The house presents a two storey facade, six bays long to the High Street, with six pane Gerogian sashes throughout. the ground floor has an attractive doorway and fanlight and a porico of two fluted Roman Doric columns.

The return facade, facing Manor Street is of two bays, with full length windows on the first floor betraying the location of the ballroom/drawing room.

The house moulds the street corner with easy assurance, having enough garden to allow privacy, and not too much to suggest withdrawal from town life, a feature of the house is the returning staircase which disappears upto the attic rooms.

The courtyard outbuildings are associated with a Victorian household, except the stables that have been converted to a three bedroom modern house.  On the High Street the garages/coach houses have an important stucco facade with channelled rustication on the prominent coach arch bay.  Blanked window recesses articulate the wall surface onto High Street.

In recent years the house has benefited from investment including all re-wiring at gorund floor level and substantial parts of the house, the chimneys have been relined.

The Manor House and courtyard is located between New Street and High Street.  The property offers an incoming purchaser enormous potential.  The accommodation throughout the main house is versatile to suite a fine family home combined with opportunities to create an income stream for a potential self-contained apartment with additional potential in the basement.  Alternatively, subject to necessary consents, The Manor House would make a very special boutique hotel or "Hidden Ireland" style guest house.  The yards are ripe for futher development and could be opened onto High Street as commercial units again subject to the necessary consents.

The Manor House Accommodation:- Approximately 10.522 sq ft/978 sq meters

Ground Floor

The accommodation of the main house and annex is laid out 3 storey over basement.  On entering, one is immediately struck by the impressive hall and staircase which appears to reach to the top of the house.  The hall has timber flooring, corniced ceiling and large centre rose, a sweeping staircase and there are doors to the dining room and library.  The dining room features timber flooring, a large marble fireplace with decorative brass inset.  There are 3 recessed sash windows with a wyatt window at the end of the room and shutters, corniced ceiling and two centre roses.

The library features timber flooring, built in shelving and corniced centre rose.  

Double doors lead from the library into a living room whch has timber flooring, black marble fireplace, a wyatt window, corniced ceiling and built in book cases.  The TV room has a carpeted floor, corniced ceiling, fireplace and french doors lead to the garden.  A door leads into the Butler's Pantry which is a long useful room with built in shelving.  The spacious bright kitchen features timber flooring, a high ceiling, 4 door AGA cooker, built in storage at ground level, stainless steel sink and built in shelving.  There are four sash windows overlooking both the side garden and the courtyard.  Off the kitchen is found the utility room which has a stone flagged floor, Belfast sink, plumbed for washing machine and dryer.  The pantry also has a stone flagged floor and built in shelving.

The potential seld-contained apartment is approached via the library corridor and also by its own rear door entrance.  Currently the kitchen is used as an office.  There is also a spacious bedroom and bathroom.  The bedroom gives access to two interconnecting rooms which sit over the garages.  These large rooms could be put to a number of uses, including further accommodation, general amenity space or incorporated into the garden/coach houses below.  Consents may be required.

Omni Architects along with conservation specialist John Smylie of Place Lab have advised on the potential, subject to any necessary consents, of creating apartments and townhouses within the Manor House, Stable House and Market House Complex.  Please see the attached concept at the end of the brochure.

First Floor Return

At the top of the first flight of stairs there is a playroom and a room known as the paper room.

Continuing on up the second flight of stairs brings you into a magnificent drawing room which features timber flooring, ornate corniced ceiling with large ornate centre rose, a bow window with three recessed sash windows and shutters.  A spectacular grey marble fireplace with decorative features and built in shelving.  Directly beside the drawing room is a guest bedroom suite where the main bedroom has a corniced ceiling, marble fireplace, two recessed and sash windows.  The ensuite bathroom has rolled top bath, wc, whb, hotpess and storage.

First Floor

At first floor level are found three bedroom suites, two bathrooms and access to the back staircase.  Bedroom 2 is a large room with corniced ceiling, black marble fireplace, recessed sash windows and built in storage.  The ensuite bathroom has a corniced ceiling, large built in storage cupboards, a roll top bath, wc, whb.  Bedroom 3 has a carpeted floor, two recessed sash windows and a corniced ceiling.  The ensuite bathroom has dual access and a large bath, wc, whb, marble fireplace, built in storage cupboards and shelving.  Bedroom 4 has a wyatt window overlooking the courtyard, a timber fireplace.  Off the landing are found the two side by side bathrooms, both with baths, wc, whb, partially tiled walls, and one has a power shower.

Second Floor

On the second floor there are a further three bedrooms, plentiful landing space, a seperate wc and shower room and secondary access down the back staircase.

The Basement

The basement has a warren of rooms which have great potential, subject to consents, to be self-contained accommodation, house offices, games rooms or further amenity space.  There are 7 rooms, 2 cellars, storage room and a workshop,

Gardens

Extensive formal gardens with box hedges, flowerbeds and gravelled pathways.  A small private garden is found at the Manor Street side of the house, this garden is protected by mature beech hedges and the family room leads directly into it.

The Courtyard and Outbuildings 

Diectly inside the courtyard and backing onto the High Street there is a range of garages/coach houses and open sided stores, all of which are lofted.  Further outbuidings include a useful store room and a stable.

Additional Inforamtion

Services - Mains water, OFCH in the Manor House, underfloor gas heating in The Stable House, Chubb alarm, broadband, mains sewerage.

Tenure - Freehold

Fixtures & fittings - All fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale including garden statuary, light fittings and other removable fittings.

THE STABLE HOUSE, 38A NEW STREET, DONAGHADEE

Accommodation

Ground Floor - Entrance

Open plan living/dining: 48'05" x 16'10" (14.76m x 5.13m)

Modern fitted kitchen - 11'10" x 11'02" (3.61m x 3.4m)

Excellent range of high and low leveL units with part tiled walls, integrated fridge freezer, integrated dishwasher, plumber for washing machine, sink unit with chrome tap and drainer, free standing double oven with stainless steel extractor fan.

First Floor

Landing

Master bedroom - 17' 02" x 15'11" (5.23m x 4.85m), ensuite bathroom

Bedroom (2) - 12'08" x 11'02" (3.86m x 3.4m), ensuite shower room

Bedroom (3) - 11'10" x 11'09" (3.61m x 3.58m), ensuite shower room

Outside exterior

Outbuilding - 23'01" x 14'08" (7.04m x 4.47m)

Description

The Stable House accommodation approximately 1,735 sq ft/161.2 sq meters

Ground Floor

The two storey Stable House has been converted to a three bedroom house with a bright and spacious luxury accommodation throughout.  The entrance hall has a stone flagged floor.  The guest wc also has a stone flagged floor and whb.  The modern kitchen has a stone flagged floor, built in kitchen units at floor and eye level with granite counter top, a stainless steel sink, a rangemaster professional cook centre with five gas hobs, hot plate, two double ovens and a grill.  The remainder of the ground floor is made up of the open plan living room and dining room which has french doors to the terrace directly overlooking the gardens.

First Floor

Bedroom 1 has a carpeted floor and built in wardrobes.  The ensuite shower room has a shower, wc, whb.  Bedroom 2 has a carpeted floor and the ensuite bathroom has a rolled top bath, wc, whb.  Bedroom 3 has a carpeted floor and ensuite bathroom with bath and shower, wc, whb and two built in storage cupboards.

Gardens

At the rear of The Stable House there is a large patio area with stone steps leading down to the lawns which are surrounded by mature shrubbery, flower beds and trees.  See plan for proposed split of gardens and right of way.

The standalone two storey brick building, in need of renovation, origanally housed the standing stalls and is now used for wood storage with a loft overhead.

THE MARKET HOUSE, NEW STREET, DONAGHADEE

Incredible opportunity to purchase town centre buildings and site with planning approval and further development potential.

The property comprises the Market House a two story B1 listed building built around 1819.  There is a small area on the ground floor previously used as offices with the remainder previously let as a cafe.  The upper floor is approached by a magnificent staircase, retains many original features and could, subject to the necessary consents, be suitable for conversion to residential use.

The former tennis court has full planning consent for the erection of 4 two storey semi detached dwellings with gardens.  The subject site measures circa 0.2 acre and is set in a highly popular area, within short walking distance to the stunning North Down coastline and its beautiful coastal walks.  The approved planning offers buyers the superb opportunity to build what is a high popular cluster of homes with bright and airy accommodation throughout set in this highly desireable and popular location.

The Pound House had consent for commercial developement but may be more suited to use as outdoor amenity space for the adjoining new dwellings which are to be built.

The carpark comprises 14 lettable spaces.

Accommodation 

11A New Street - 1,140 sq ft (106 sq m)

11B-C New Street (cafe ground floor) - 663 sq ft (61.5 sq m)

11D New Street - ground floor - 217 sq ft (20.15 sq m)

NAV

11A New Street - £3,150

11B-C New Street - £7,050

11D New Street - £2,300

Planning Status

Full planning approval - Lands to rear of No 38 High Street, Donaghadee with access adjacent to Nos 11-13 New Street, Donaghadee

Erection of 4 no two storey semi detached dwellings

Planning reference - LA06/2017/0959/F

Approved - 22nd September 2021

Viewing 

Stricitly by appointment with Gary McDowell Chartered Surveyors.

Email - [email protected]

Telephone - 02890328000 or mobile 07836650683

Joint agent - Jennie Sharratt of Simon Brien on 02890428989, email - [email protected]