Baronial looks of a Victorian country house

A classic ivy-clad country house on 39 acres near a village in Wexford is on the market for €1m. Edel Morgan reports.

Ozier House is a rural Victorian ivy-clad house on 39 acres in Taghmon, Co Wexford, which comes with a guide price of €1 million. It is to be auctioned on July 27th through Jackson-Stops.

Situated close to the village of Taghmon and nine miles from Wexford town, Ozier House is surrounded by two acres of hollyhock and lupin-filled gardens with immaculate lawns and is approached via a tree-lined avenue.

The house has a number of fine reception rooms, including a drawingroom with a marble surround fireplace and an elegant sittingroom.

The diningroom has a baronial feel and has an oak fireplace carved with a heraldic coat of arms and cast-iron grate. The country house-style kitchen has a great range of fitted wall and floor units and an oil-fired Aga, Belfast sink and granite worktops.

Also at ground floor level is an office and utility room plumbed for a washing machine and with an ISDN line and three telephone lines.

Upstairs there are four bedrooms, one of which is en suite, with twin pedestal sinks and a bath with shower attachment.

Two of the bedrooms have wooden fireplaces. The main bathroom has a bath and separate shower. There is also a dressingroom with a linen cupboard and wardrobe at this level.

The outbuildings include a stone courtyard with four loose boxes, two coach-houses with overhead lofts, a garage, a five-unit calf shed and a four-span hay shed with concrete walls and floor.

The grounds comprise 39 acres with three paddocks and two fields that front onto a country road and more fields to the rear. There is also a vegetable garden beyond the main garden.

The house is close to the village of Taghmon, which has a primary school. The nearest sandy beach is about nine miles away.