General description

The property is one of the few remaining farmhouse-based clusters of stone buildings, unique to south County Wexford. In what is known as the vernacular style, this group comprises the main house (originally the farmhouse), and two other stone buildings,the Barn and the Cottage. There is also an added lean-to garden shed. The whole site is just under one acre, as the extensive land associated with the original farm was sold off years ago.

The site is fully landscaped and consists of two entrances, a very large backyard that could take more than a dozen cars, the three buildings, a front garden with two lawns, a back garden with a large lawn, and the following smaller features: a raised herb garden, a small plot of apple trees, a small birch grove, a long raised bank running down two sides, and extensive hedging on the sides not protected by the bank.

The location

The property is located at Robinstown, Duncormick, County Wexford, Ireland, but in fact it is the first house on the right hand side of a road just outside the tiny hamlet of Rathangan. One can see the spire of Rathangan.Church from the gardens and house. It is about 7 miles from main shopping at Wellingtonbridge, 14 miles from Wexford, under 2 miles from the nearest shop and Post Office, less than one mile from the Rathangan church and pub. It is 6 miles from the famous fishing/sailing village of Kilmore Quay. Magnificent, mainly deserted, Atlantic Ocean beaches are within two miles.

The main house

A fully restored traditional probably 200 year old farmhouse, mainly stone with an extension added for kitchen and extra bedroom on one end by previous owners, the whole extension incorporated under a new roof so that it cannot be seen as an extension.

Three bedrooms upstairs, WC in master. Downstairs, sitting room, living room, modern galley kitchen, bathroom, back porch. Built in wardrobes in all three bedrooms. Scope for extending the sitting room.

The Barn

A superb building. Looking at it from front (See photos), the left side is two story, kitchen and bathroom below and loft bedroom above, while the main section to the right is the heated, carpeted, panelled 25 foot long, high ceiling, section used as a writers study, with computers, desks and bookshelves. Internal stairs and balcony to loft where there are twin beds. Old timber beams throughout. (Loft used to be reached by outside ladder in traditional manner). All three buildings are supplied with broadband. Two telephone lines include high speed ISDN connection.

Also downstairs in the Barn, there is a walk-in shower attached to the bathroom.

The Cottage

Used to be the cow or pig shed with milking parlour at one end. Now one long building with all internal partitions removed. Equipped with two large timber benches and timber storage at one end. Electricity supplied and plumbed for toilet with sewer pipes in place in ground outside.

The photographs of the house, outbuildings and site

The main pictures are HERE.

Who would it suit?

Only a historian could list the families that have lived over the past 200 years or so on this farm property. One verified story from the 20th century was that during the Second World War, the farmhand Johnnie Morgan slept on straw in the loft of the Barn, reachable back then from a stairs leading to what is now the loft window.

Because of the large Barn study, the home suits a writer or anyone needing a separate professional office but it could also suit a variety of home businesses from beauty to design.

The cottage adds an intriguing dimension because it can be used as a workshop. One obvious use would be for working on boats as nearby Kilmore Quay is a leading sailing centre with a marina. The extensive yard and gardens have already been used to store boats.

Several well-known stables and stud farms are close by as this is also horse country, including hunting and race horses. The cottage could be converted into stabling for horses, but stables could instead be added at the back of the large garden also where cowsheds used to be.

Directions

Find Baldwinstown at end of Murrintown road from Wexford Town. About 2 miles to Rathangan. Turn into Rathangan with pub on left and church on right. Just beyond both there is a hall with playing fields on the right. Turn left at road opposite these. First house on right.

The famous fishing/boating village of Kilmore Quay is the nearest large village, six miles away. Two other shops are within two miles.

The asking price

As house prices in Ireland are currently changing dramatically, the price will be negotiated with interested parties at the time of transaction.