A 95ac holding with two houses and two farmyards is on the market in south Tipperary. The property, which lies in a number of nearby blocks, is at Soloheadbeg and is being sold by Matthew Ryan and Son. It’s going for auction later this month.
The general location is convenient, about 5km from Tipperary town, 22km from Cashel, where there is access to the M8 motorway, and about 38km from Limerick city.
There’s a lot of good free draining land here – there have been limestone rock quarries operating in this area for generations. The land is all in permanent pasture, productive and generally well fenced with mature hedging.
This holding was originally a number of different farms and parcels of ground, assembled by the owner. As a result, the land lies in five blocks and as a result, the holding will be offered in lots.
This is the breakdown: there is a bungalow on c23ac, a two-storey house on 13ac, a farmyard on 23.5ac, a farmyard on c29ac and a bare parcel of 5ac. The two houses are approximately 700m apart.
The bungalow was built in the 1980s, is modern in style and in very good condition. It is approximately 1,200 square feet in area. It has a living room with an open fireplace, a sitting room with a solid fuel stove, kitchen and four bedrooms. The house has views of the Galtee Mountains. There is a large workshop to the rear - measuring 30ft x 20ft.
Traditional
The second house is a traditional two storey farmhouse, built in the early 1900s. It is approximately 1,100 square feet in area. It sits on a slightly elevated site with a southerly aspect. This house is also in good condition but requires modernisation. It has a kitchen, sitting room and four bedrooms. Outside, there are two small sheds. It stands on c13ac, of which c2ac is a former rock quarry.
The auction takes place at Ballykisteen Hotel on Friday 24 November. The farm will be offered in lots and combinations, as follows.
Lot 1 is c29ac with a farmyard. This land has frontage on two roads. The farmyard has an old milking parlour and dairy, a three bay cubicle shed with lean-to, two further cubicle sheds, a calf house and concrete open yard area.
The next three lots cover the bungalow and the c24ac it stands on.
Lot 2 will be the bungalow on c24ac, lot 2a will be the bungalow on c0.5ac and lot 2b will be the remaining c23.5ac.
The next three lots are the older two storey house and its surrounding 13.5ac.
Lot 3 is the house and 13.5ac. Lot 3a is the house on a c0.5ac site and Lot 3b is the balance of the ground at 13ac.
Lot 4 is c23.5ac with a farmyard. This yard has a fine three-bay slatted shed with a covered cattle crush and holding pens.
Lot 5 is c5ac in grass with road frontage.
Auctioneer Matt Ryan is guiding the land at 12,000/ac to €15,000/ac. He is guiding the bungalow on 0.5ac at €225,000 and the two-storey house on 0.5ac at €175,000.
