A 51.37ac farm with a period residence is on the market near Kilbride in east Co Wicklow. Ballard Farm at Dunganstown West is being sold by Clarke Auctioneers guided at €1.6m.
The holding sits on a local road some 2.7km off the R772. It is 9km from Wicklow town and has easy access to the M11 motorway.
The land in this area is good-quality and free-draining. The land for sale is south-facing and sloping. It is currently in grass, in five large divisions and five smaller paddocks. There is water supply to each field and stock-proof fencing.
The farm has a long, tarmac driveway lined with nice trees.
A long driveway lined with mature trees gives access to the house and yard which are set back some 500m from the public road.
Original features
The farmhouse was built in the 1820s and has many original features including pitch pine floors and original sash windows.
The land in this area is good quality.
The farm is all in grass.
The house retains it original character.
The kitchen with Aga stove.
It is in excellent condition. It has kitchen/dining room, sitting room, living room, sun room, study, and, upstairs, three bedrooms. There is oil heating as well as a stove in the sitting room and an Aga stove in the kitchen/dining room.
There are a number of outbuildings alongside, two converted to everyday use. There is also a stable block and a large hayshed.
A 51.37ac farm with a period residence is on the market near Kilbride in east Co Wicklow. Ballard Farm at Dunganstown West is being sold by Clarke Auctioneers guided at €1.6m.
The holding sits on a local road some 2.7km off the R772. It is 9km from Wicklow town and has easy access to the M11 motorway.
The land in this area is good-quality and free-draining. The land for sale is south-facing and sloping. It is currently in grass, in five large divisions and five smaller paddocks. There is water supply to each field and stock-proof fencing.
The farm has a long, tarmac driveway lined with nice trees.
A long driveway lined with mature trees gives access to the house and yard which are set back some 500m from the public road.
Original features
The farmhouse was built in the 1820s and has many original features including pitch pine floors and original sash windows.
The land in this area is good quality.
The farm is all in grass.
The house retains it original character.
The kitchen with Aga stove.
It is in excellent condition. It has kitchen/dining room, sitting room, living room, sun room, study, and, upstairs, three bedrooms. There is oil heating as well as a stove in the sitting room and an Aga stove in the kitchen/dining room.
There are a number of outbuildings alongside, two converted to everyday use. There is also a stable block and a large hayshed.
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