Co Wexford €3m:A classic six-bedroom Georgian house on 52 acres of wooded parkland in Wexford is for sale by private treaty with an asking price of €3 million through Kehoe & Associates.
Wexford is still full of beautiful country houses complete with their stone outhouses and tree-shaded land, but they are often hidden down winding lanes invisible to passers-by.
Beechpark is one such house, hidden at the end of a long avenue, but whose stone gateposts are right in the middle of the village of Murrintown, a mile beyond Johnstown Castle.
Built in about 1760, the three-storey over basement house has a five-bay front facing south with a cut-stone doorway in the middle reached by a curving set of steps.
The 395sq m (94,250sq ft) property was bought about 10 years ago and the owner has re-roofed it and slated each gable end. It is shallow from front to back, with a wide hallway and a good-sized reception rooms on either side. The kitchen, breakfastroom, and various scullery and utility rooms are at basement level; from here there's access to the yard, with its magnificent stone-arched outbuildings. The six bedrooms, one en suite, and the family bathroom are on the top two floors. New owners will probably want to put in a new kitchen and bathrooms and may wish to have fewer, large bedrooms, but are likely to retain original timber floors, marble fireplaces and simple ceiling covings.
There is a renovated gate-lodge with one/two bedrooms, livingroom, diningroom, games room, kitchen and shower room. Both it and the main house have independent oil fired central heating systems.
Over 37 acres of the land have been planted with deciduous trees such as Irish oak, beech, sycamore and ash which bring in an annual income of around €9,000 tax free, and there is also an orchard planted with apple, plum, pear and cherry trees.
The property would be ideal for a big family with plenty of room for horses, cars and workrooms and while private, it has all the conveniences of the village at its gates.
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