A rare holding of significant scale is on the market in the heart of the Blackwater Valley.

For sale by private treaty with Sherry Fitzgerald O’Donovan, Ballygriggan House in Castletownroche, Co Cork, is a modernised period farmhouse set on 140ac of prime land.

Originally built in the 1700s, the old-style farmhouse underwent extensive upgrading at the turn of this century, doubling its footprint to 770sq m. This work also included the installation of a geothermal heating system and solar panels, along with the construction of a double garage.

In excellent condition, the house has seven bedrooms, four reception rooms, and several ancillary rooms.

To the exterior, the garage is adjoined by several slate roofed stone outbuildings, providing ample workshop space.

Leading on from this is a well-equipped stable area containing eight loose boxes, a tack room, and a kitchen. A further two boxes are situated close by.

Located a short distance along an internal roadway is the farmyard, containing a modern steel portal-framed haybarn and livestock barn. This area is abutted by a sheltered all-weather equestrian arena.

Much of the holding is good-quality tillage land, laid out in well-defined blocks with ample road frontage.

A smaller portion of grassland is better suited to year-round grazing and pasture, with 12ac along the River Awbeg ideal for summer grazing.

Guided at €2.4m for the entire, offers are also welcomed on smaller parcels of land.

There has been strong farmer and investor interest to date, and a closing date for offers is expected to be set for mid to late June.