Georgian house with gate lodge and stables on 20 acres

COUNTRY LIVING:THONOGUE HOUSE in Roosca, Cahir, Co Tipperary is a big enough country house, on substantial grounds, but it doesn't quite fit into the country pile category in terms of its scale and the level of upkeep required.

On 20 acres, the seven-bay Georgian house has been completely refurbished in recent years and has four bedrooms and a number of reasonable-sized reception rooms.

Knight Frank is asking €1.05 million for Thonogue House, which also comes with a gate lodge, stables, and other equestrian facilities on its grounds.

It might not exactly be a “pile”, proportion-wise, but it does have the obligatory tree-lined avenue through impressive parkland.

As you enter the house proper off the marble-floored hall, to the right there’s an elegant drawingroom with wide plank floors and a beamed ceiling, and to to the left an imposing green-walled diningroom.

The kitchen is very much as you’d expect in a Georgian country house with a four-door aga and enough room for a big, rustic dining table for informal dining. Off the kitchen there’s a cosy sittngroom with a gas stove,

The staircase leads up to a large landing with four bedrooms, two of which are ensuite, and a good-sized family bathroom.

The main bedroom is very big with an ornate marble fireplace and two sash windows overlooking the grounds.

The house is surrounded by mature gardens with the bonus of a secret garden to the side of the house.

The courtyard to the rear of the house has 10 stables, a tackroom, feedroom, workshops and store barns.

Gates lead to the lands, a large all-weather arena and a back avenue which also leads out to the road. The grounds are laid out in paddocks which are fenced with plenty of natural shelter and hedging .

The gate lodge is a small two-bedroom cottage with a bathroom, kitchen, and livingroom

Thonogue House, Roosca, Cahir, Co Tipperary

€1.05m for refurbished Georgian house with four bedrooms, mature gardens, stables, paddocks and barns

Agent: Knight Frank