WEXFORD: €1.6M:HYDE PARK, a Georgian house on 12 acres in Inch, Gorey, Co Wexford is for sale for €1.6 million through Colliers Jackson-Stops, considerably lower than the successful bid of over €3 million it attracted at auction in 2006 – although the sale subsequently fell through.

The property includes traditional outbuildings and six additional cottages, some of which are let out as holiday homes. The handsome two-storey over basement house was built in 1803 to a design by Richard Morris, the architect of Ballyfin House in Co Laois.

Approached via a long avenue through woods and parkland with views of the Tara Hill, the house has been restored and updated by the current owners; it has some fine original plasterwork by James Talbot. The entrance hall has a dramatic cantilevered stairwell with a skylight cupola rising to a galleried landing.

There are a number of fine reception rooms at Hyde Park, including a diningroom with a large bow wall and a white marble mantelpiece, a drawingroom with a panelled ceiling, a fireplace with fluted grey marble mantelpiece and an arch to the kitchen. There’s also a livingroom with a large French window. The kitchen has loads of character with open shelves and floor cupboards, a polished granite worktop, a large dining area and tiled floor.

To the rear of the house there’s a lofted courtyard with two converted houses, four stables, a loose box, coach-house, workshop and a large store room. One of the houses is a three-bed, the other a four-bed.

In a second yard there’s a three-bedroom stone cottage, a one-bedroom coachman’s cottage and two timber built semi-detached houses of around 186sq m (2,000sq ft). Around seven acres of the grounds are mature woodland.

Hyde Park, Inch, Gorey, Co Wexford

House on 12 acres with six holiday homes back on market

Agent: Colliers Jackson-Stops