A c46ac farm with a period house has come on the market on the edge of Newbridge town, in Co Kildare with a guide price of €2.9m.

The property is Kellsboro House, Walshestown. The sale is being conducted by Jordan Auctioneers and is by tender.

The guide price is €2.9m, reflecting the property’s location beside this fast-expanding commuter town.

The property is on a local road, approximately 1km from the centre of the town, and close to The Curragh. The M7 motorway is also nearby.

The entrance has wrought iron gates, with a gate lodge alongside, leading to a tree-lined avenue. The Georgian house is two storeys over a basement and is 4,864 sq ft in area.

Stable yard

On the ground floor there is a drawing room, dining room, family room, kitchen, sunroom and utility room.

Upstairs there are four bedrooms. The basement has four rooms and a bathroom. The house requires extensive refurbishment and modernisation.

The house needs renovation.

A stable yard behind the house has three foaling boxes with a sitting-up room, 25 loose boxes, two hay sheds, a feed unit with overhead loft, a tack room and an indoor school.

The gate lodge is 936 sq ft in area and has a sitting room, a kitchen, two bedrooms, and a bathroom.

The land lies in six main fields and is all in grass. The property has frontage onto the Walshestown road. The land is within the development boundary of Newbridge and has a number of zoning classifications.

Approximately 28ac is classified as agriculture, 1.8ac is zoned for neighbourhood centre, 10ac is zoned for community and education and 6.2ac is zoned for open space and amenity.

The closing date for tender offers is Friday, 13 September at 2pm.