{"id":437689,"date":"2026-05-07T22:38:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/437689\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T22:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:38:28","slug":"see-inside-former-wicklow-estate-workers-cottage-dating-back-to-the-1920s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/437689\/","title":{"rendered":"See inside former Wicklow estate workers\u2019 cottage dating back to the 1920s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d49df9ba-ec98-4ac5-bb67-3b4a9bea91c4.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/59ddec3f-5c67-4df4-9b1f-368478fd3c1d.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fb5e39c9-4125-447c-88bf-7aa53ff7106e.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/591ca210-5046-4c0f-9eb0-494fa68c5ea3.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3ddd564a-c019-489a-8db6-f548799988ac.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b3d6d967-31a9-43ce-92d0-189989d3278a.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b3c4436e-0538-45c8-9514-4b41b6b15e69.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/22d1b2e2-b9a2-431e-b088-eb80f863ea1c.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/72ee7e11-8146-4774-8acf-1d110cf270c4.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d7a7a92e-13d7-41e6-a8d8-335b1b0b1017.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a4a0ee56-b12f-46aa-9aa1-de0c58d128d4.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4b7e0f59-86ec-45ed-be49-4e59935a1e4b.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5b56149e-29f9-4a1f-97cc-d3332f720d13.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A former estate workers\u2019 cottage with roots in the 1920s has come to the market in north Wicklow with an asking price of \u20ac645,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Located on the Scalp Road near Enniskerry village, Rose Cottage is a three-bedroom, one-bath bungalow whose title deeds note that the property was originally associated with the historic Powerscourt Estate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Extending to around 100sqm and set on approximately 0.9 acres of elevated, private and mature gardens, the BER F-rated house has oil-fired central heating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Two double bedrooms and one single bedroom are positioned to the rear of the property. To the front, the dual-aspect main reception room features a granite stone wall and a fireplace with stove, while the dual-aspect kitchen lies just off the living room and has direct access to the patio through double doors. A large family bathroom is located to the side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Outside, a sweeping gravel driveway leads up to the house through planted embankments, while a paved patio wraps around the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The tiered gardens rise gently to the rear and are bordered by mature trees and hedging, with views across the surrounding countryside towards Enniskerry as you move up through the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A substantial block-built shed, wired for electricity, provides additional space and is described as offering versatile use, with potential for a home office, gym, studio or further development, subject to planning permission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Selling agent DNG said the property \u201cwould benefit from modernisation\u201d, but added that it offers \u201can exciting opportunity for a purchaser to reimagine and extend the home (subject to planning permission)\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rose Cottage, Scalp Road, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow. 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