Somerton, a large house that incorporates a veterinary surgery, is just beside the Curragh in Co Kildare and is for sale , guiding £1 million (1.27m).
The house was purpose-built by its owners 25 years ago. It stands on 12 acres and is very much designed as the home of a horse-lover. There are 13 loose boxes with six railed paddocks.
The redbrick house has been updated in recent years, most notably the kitchen, which has been extended and which now has a hardwood conservatory, a Siematic kitchen and an Aga. There is a livingroom and diningroom, as well as a family room. Upstairs there are four double bedrooms and two bathrooms. The master bedroom is en suite.
The veterinary surgery includes offices, a lab, theatre, prep room and recovery room and there are six boxes in the American barn. The seven other looseboxes are adjacent.
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