With its cut stone exterior and leaded glass windows, this chocolate box pretty gamekeeper’s stone cottage on the Lisnavagh Estate is flanked by farmland and mature trees and comes with two acres.
At the end of a country lane is a gamekeeper’s stone cottage that is part of the Lisnavagh Estate, the seat of the Bunbury family for 11 generations.
Its owners, the Bunbury family, run boutique events at the Tudor-Gothic Revival house, which was built in the mid-1840s.
Address: Gamekeeper's Cottage, Lisnavagh, Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, R93 K162
Asking price: €275,000
Agent: REA Dawson/Savills
You may already own a tiny slice of the country seat, for they run Bunbury Boards, chopping boards made from fallen trees on the estate, each supplied with a tree certificate detailing exactly where the board came from on the lands and the type of tree it was made from.
If you’d like to increase your holding, then this gamekeeper’s cottage, built of granite, with leaded windows and a slate roof, embodies the rural idyll.
It is set well back from the road and chocolate-box pretty.
The front of the house has a southerly aspect and has a sheltered and lawned front. It opens into a small porch.
The eat-in kitchen is to the left.
The room has windows on three sides and a barrel-vaulted ceiling in the gable. It includes a small island and has a tiled floor.
At the back is a good-sized utility room and the property’s only bathroom.
The living room is at the far end of the house.
The dual-aspect space is painted a rich marigold yellow. Stairs from here lead up to the principal bedroom.
Extending to 104 square metres, the two-bedroom, one bathroom house extends to 104 square metres.
There is scope to build on and to convert its outbuildings, subject to the relevant planning permissions. The property is listed.
Romantic as it is, some hard, cold truths will need attention. The G BER-rating, for example. Also, the layout won’t suit those with small children.
The principal bedroom is upstairs while the smaller, second bedroom is downstairs.
Set on just over two acres, it is very private. Entry to the property is through two stone pillars, and it is flanked by mature trees and rolling farmland.
Rathvilly village is just five kilometres away and includes a supermarket, pub, pharmacy and café.
Carlow is a 19 km drive while the M9, connecting Dublin to Waterford, is just 22 kilometres distant. Dublin Airport is 106 kilometres to the north.
The cottage is one of three lots for sale.
The other two are for fine arable land, a mix of good arable and pasture, most of which is surrounded by the walls of the estate with a mature belt of trees and excellent road frontage.
Totalling 94 acres, the AMV for the three lots together is €1.7 million.
