With residential farms accounting for just 4% of those offered in Co Kildare last year, Royal Oak House, a 23.5ac farm with a large traditional-style country house in Moyvalley, presents strong lifestyle farming appeal in an increasingly limited market.

Set behind stone-walled piers and wrought-iron gates, a sweeping tarmac driveway leads from the roadside to the 350sq m home. Move-in ready and tastefully decorated, the house comprises five bedrooms and several bright, spacious reception rooms, balancing formal entertaining with modern family living.

At attic level, a converted room provides additional versatile living and storage space. To the front of the house, a large, manicured lawn sheltered by mature trees and shrubbery provides a sense of seclusion.

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The entrance hall of Royal Oak House, which is in pristine condition.

The kitchen of Royal Oak House, which is a bright and spacious traditional-style country residence.

The property includes a large double garage with lift space, which may offer potential for residential conversion.

Adjacent to the dwelling is a good-sized double garage with lofted space, offering the potential for redevelopment into additional residential space, subject to planning.

A range of additional outbuildings and kennels provide decent storage and workshop space, alongside a separate pump house with a water softener facility.

Independent access

Beyond this, with independent road access, is the gated farmyard. Facilities include a four-span roller door equine stable with gated pen, and a substantial agricultural shed providing machinery storage and livestock accommodation, including an open-sided livestock area, feed barrier and concrete flooring. Adjoining this is a fenced paddock containing several additional outbuildings.

The yard opens out onto the land, which is well-fenced and set in large divisions suitable for grazing, livestock, equestrian or general agricultural use. Described as good-quality pasture, the land is well laid out and easy to manage, with good road frontage enhancing its accessibility and appeal.

Aerial view of Royal Oak House, showing the garage, outbuildings and kennels adjacent to the house.

The farmyard includes a substantial agricultural shed providing machinery storage and livestock accommodation, including an open-sided livestock area, feed barrier and concrete flooring

Occupying a rural setting two minutes from the village of Moyvalley, the farm has the benefit of being well-connected to the surrounding region, with the towns of Enfield, Co Meath and Maynooth, Co Kildare reachable in less than 15 minutes, offering a wide range of leisure, retail and educational amenities. The nearby M4 motorway allows access to Dublin city centre in under 40 minutes, placing the holding within the commuter belt.

For sale by private treaty with Sherry FitzGerald Royal, the Royal Oak House is guided at €1.05m.

Given the manageable plot and solid livestock infrastructure, it is likely to appeal to farmers, equestrian enthusiasts, businesspeople and those seeking a country smallholding in a well-connected area. Whether bought as a residential farm, lifestyle holding or long-term investment, the property presents good scope for future development and diversification, subject to any necessary permissions.

A four-span roller door stable with gated pen offers good equine accommodation.