Bags of country charm and income potential

Take two in Tipperary: one a restored farmhouse with a four-star cottage beside it, the other a three-house spread with equestrian facilities. Fiona Tyrrell reports

Nenagh/€950,000

A lovingly restored Victorian farmhouse in Nenagh will tempt buyers in the market for a country retreat in Co Tipperary.

Sherry Fitzgerald Talbot is quoting €595,000 for Whitebarns in Ballinaclough, Nenagh.

Located up a country lane and enjoying great countryside views, Whitebarns is a three-bedroom Victorian property with an adjoining self-contained three-bedroom cottage, which is four-star Bord Fáilte approved.

Beautifully restored by the current owners, who moved over from the UK six years ago, Whitebarns is full of rustic charm.

Set on 0.88 acres of landscaped gardens, the two properties have a total of 268sq m (2,850sq ft) of living space. The current owners are looking to downsize.

Accommodation in the main house includes an entrance hall with slate tiling, a cosy livingroom with cast-iron fireplace and fitted bookshelves and a diningroom, which features a dramatic large brick-faced open fire.

There is a homely kitchen with an Aga and recessed lighting, a breakfastroom and garden room also on the ground floor.

A guest toilet and bedroom complete the downstairs layout.

Upstairs is a charming powder blue family bathroom featuring a rolltop free-standing cast-iron bath and antique Victorian vanity unit with fitted wash-hand basin.

There are two more bedrooms. Both have cast-iron fireplaces.

Accommodation in the cottage includes a sittingroom with timber ceiling and an oak fireplace. Here too the kitchen has an Aga range, an unexpected luxury in a holiday let.

Three bedrooms and a bathroom complete the accommodation.

Outside there are beautifully mature gardens with gardens, terrace area, gazebo, water feature, workshop and two large storage sheds.

Located 9kms from Nenagh, Whitebarns is close to Lough Derg and will suit a buyer looking for a property with country charm or someone in the market for a house with business potential.

Ballingarry/€2.25m

Anyone keen on acquiring property with equestrian facilities will be interested in an extensive establishment in Co Tipperary.

Bergins Estate Agents is guiding €2.25 million for Ballycormac House in Aglish, Co Tipperary, which is set on 20 acres.

Located 5km from Ballingarry and 25 km from Roscrea, Ballycormac comprises a charming four-bedroom 17th century farmhouse, currently operated as a guest-house, a modern three-bedroom family home dating from the 1980s and Ballycormac Lodge, built two years ago, which offers self-catering accommodation.

The current owners have been running a successful equestrian business from Ballycormac, operating hunt and pony trekking holidays as well as producing hunters and event horses for the last eight years.

They now plan to concentrate on the production and training of first class hunters for overseas clients.

A grade two listed building, Ballycormac Cottage is full of character. Accommodation includes a diningroom, four bedrooms, including a main bedroom suite with a sittingroom and en suite. There is also a second guest sitting room.

The adjoining modern Ballycormac House, where the current owners live, has a kitchen with an oil-fired Aga, shower room, family bathroom and three bedrooms, one of which is en suite.

The house also has a room with a Canadian hot tub which can accommodate six people; it has a TV and doors out to the garden.

Removed from these two properties is Ballycormac Lodge, which has a large sittingroom and a separate large open plan kitchen.

Accommodation comprises four double rooms and two large family suites, which can sleep five people and have adjoining shower rooms.

Equestrian facilities at the property include 19 boxes, seven paddocks, a hay barn, sand ménage, five-horse walker, feed room and a tack room.

The property is in Ormonde Hunt country and within easy reach of the Blazers, North Tipperary, Tipperary and Laois hunts. It comes with outline planning permission for an additional four detached holiday homes.