From inglenook fireplaces to lime plaster walls, exposed beams, stone walls, deep sills and windows framing bucolic views across the land, Irish farmhouses offer an aesthetic that is back in vogue. Here are four gorgeous examples in counties Roscommon, Mayo, Waterford and Wicklow from €170k.
The increase in tractors and combine harvesters on roads signals the start of harvest season.
It’s a time to celebrate our traditional farmhouses with examples in counties Roscommon, Mayo, Waterford and Wicklow from €170k.
From hen houses to outbuildings that could be converted, subject to planning permission, here are four fine examples:
This 200-year Co Waterford home features lots of salvage
Address: Ballyglan, Dunmore East, Woodstown, Co. Waterford, X91 FH30
Asking price: €649,000
Agent: Palmer Auctioneers
The famine pot outside used as a lily pond hints at the interior of the 200-year-old farmhouse, which is situated up a quiet road about five kilometres north of Dunmore East and about 2.5 km to Woodstown Strand.
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom property has many covetable features, from an inglenook fireplace in the kitchen, complete with dresser, range cooker and scrubbed pine surfaces, to the painted timber, tongue-and-groove panelled ceiling in the living room.
It also features great salvage finds, collected over a lifetime.
In the library, for example, decorative Greek columns have somehow found their way in.
They are just one of many salvage and antique finds that populate the place.
With limewashed plaster walls and pitch pine reclaimed floors, the E BER-rated residence extends to a sizeable 290 square metres and has three reception rooms in total. Set on 1.2 acres of grounds, it includes a private well.
A former barracks in the most pastoral of settings in Co Mayo
Address: Crosseast House, Cross, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, F12 TX26
Asking price: €650,000
Agent: Savills
While not technically a farmhouse, this former RIC residence has many of the tropes one expects to see, starting with the dry-stone walls that border its driveways and land.
The four-bedroom, two-bathroom detached house extends to 124 square metres and includes a farmyard with outbuildings, and further stone sheds that could become another residence or studio space, subject to the relevant permissions.
These are accessed via a lane where the grass is growing up the middle.
You couldn’t get more country if you tried.
There’s a fine dresser in the kitchen where there is an oil cloth on the table and an Aga cooker to warm the C BER-rated property.
The property comes with land, 18 acres of walled pasture with mature trees.
Situated just under two kilometres from the village of Cross, Cong is a distance of about 6.5 kilometres.
Ballinrobe is about 12 kilometres to the north while Headford, Co Galway, is a 13-kilometre drive.
A reimagined west Wicklow holding, 90 minutes from Dublin
Address: Portrushen Lower, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow, W91 X271
Asking price: €300,000
Agent: Quinn Property
Accessed through agricultural red painted five-bar gates and set on 0.8 of an acre, this two-storey traditional farmhouse dates back to the 1900s and includes an annex along with several outbuildings.
It has commanding views of the rolling countryside in this south-west corner of the county. Looking towards the mountains, you can see Lugnaquilla, the Wicklow Mountains' highest peak.
The main house features a broken-plan ground floor where timber beams, deep-set sill windows, and exposed stone walls all combine to create a textured space that has been reimagined for modern life.
The bedrooms are set under the eaves, and the principal bedroom has an en suite bathroom.
The two-bedroom, two-bathroom detached house extends to 81 square meters and has an F BER rating.
Across the yard is a large shed that extends to about 25 square metres and an adjoining studio, which is dual aspect, and gives you a further 20 square metres of space.
Hackettstown is just four kilometres away; Baltinglass is a distance of 12km and Tinahely is 16km. Dublin city centre is a 90-minute journey time off-peak, to cover the 67 kilometres.
Self-sufficiency beckons in Co Roscommon
Address: Rose Cottage, Roosky, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon, F45 XC44
Asking price: €170,000
Agent: James Kilcoyne Ltd
Set on the edge of a coniferous forest near the Co Mayo border, this single-storey two-bedroom, one-bathroom rural retreat extends to 63 square metres and is on 1.3 acres of land.
There are several outbuildings, including hen and duck houses along with an honesty box out the front for fresh eggs, which could become a small revenue stream in time.
Self-sufficiency fans will like the fact that the property already has a well-planted polytunnel, raised vegetable beds and apple and peach trees.
They might also like the fact that the holding comes with about 2.5 acres of turbary bog, in the townland of Aughalustia.
This gives the landowner the right to cut turf for fuel.
The interior is rather simple.
There’s a rectangular-shaped living room, a small scullery kitchen with grey gloss units and two double bedrooms. The F BER rating will need attention.
The property is about 7.5 kilometres from Ballaghaderreen and just 22 kilometres from Ireland West Airport at Knock, Co Mayo.
