COUNTRY LIVING:BUILT in 2001, Martinstown Manor in The Curragh, Co Kildare is a relatively new house with old world aspirations.
Around three-and-a-half miles from Kilcullen and six miles from Newbridge, the house comes with a sweeping staircase and gallery landing and an old-style, lavish interior, with cast-iron radiators, and dado rails and fancy cornicing.
The five-bedroom house, on more than six acres, is on the market through joint agents Brophy Farrell and Jordan Auctioneers, with an asking price of €750,000.
Set back from the road and with a tree-lined avenue, this house is positively rambling at 409sq m (4,400sq ft) and has six paddocks on its grounds.
One enters through a large hall with a period-style, chequer-tiled floor and a central staircase.
Off the hall, there’s a spacious drawingroom with marble fireplace on one side and on the other a livingroom with marble fireplace, lime-washed floor and double doors leading into the diningroom .
The kitchen/breakfastroom has a Charles Yorke hand-painted country cream kitchen, two fireplaces and an Italian veined marble floor.
Off the kitchen there’s a large bootroom, a cloakroom with a utility area, a toilet and a walk-in hotpress.
There are five bedrooms upstairs, one is en suite and the others have access to interconnecting bathrooms. The main bedroom suite is a large bedroom with an en suite and a large dressingroom with shelving and hanging space.The gardens are private with a selection of mature trees and the garden is mainly in lawn with a sand-based children’s play area and a detached garage.
Martinstown Manor, The Curragh, Co Kildare
Five-bedroom house, on more than six acres, with lavish, period-style interior, and an asking price of €750,000.
Agent: Brophy Farrell/Jordan Auctioneers
