A large farm with derelict house and farmyard has come on the market in south Co Wicklow, on the border with Carlow.

The property is at Knocknaboley, outside Tinahely.

It is being sold by Quinn Property and goes for online auction on Tuesday 12 April at 3pm.

Location

The farm is located in a picturesque part of south Wicklow, 6km from both Tinahely and Hacketstown and 4km from Knockananna. It is 20km south of Arklow and 70km south of Dublin.

The farm has extensive frontage onto a local road and is divided by the road with 42ac, the farmhouse and outbuildings on the southern side of the road with the remaining 82ac on the northern side.

The land includes good grazing, some rough grazing and established forestry.

The land is described by the auctioneers as being of mixed quality with 74ac of good-quality grassland, 35ac of forestry planted with native species such as Rowan, Birch and Scots Pine as well as 15ac of rough grazing.

Residence

The farmhouse is a traditional two storey and has four bedrooms. It was occupied up to approximately eight years ago and has since fallen into disrepair and is in need of extensive renovation.

There are a range of outbuildings in the yard.

Downstairs there is an entrance hall; kitchen with a solid-fuel cooker, a parlour with an open fireplace, a bedroom and bathroom. Upstairs are three bedrooms.

Joining on to the house is a lofted coach house. The yard has a four-bay round-roofed hayshed with a three-bay lean-to incorporating a slatted cattle shed. There is also a silage slab and a number of stone-built outbuildings.

One of the fields at Knocknaboley.

The holding with be offered in the following lots:

  • Lot 1: the residence and yard on 12ac guided at €170,000 to €200,000.
  • Lot 2: 30.5ac guided at €250,000.
  • Lot 3: Circa 37ac guided at €250,000.
  • Lot 4: Circa 36.7ac including forestry, guided at €120,000 to €150,000.
  • Lot 5: Circa 8.4ac guided at €60,000.
  • Lot 6: The entire, guided at €850,000 to €900,000.
  • Getting there

    To find the property, from Tinahely take the Hacketstown Road, R474 and after 2.5km turn right onto the L3029 for Knockananna. Continue for 3km, turn left (signposted for Hacketstown) and the property is on the left hand side with the auctioneer’s sign.