This pretty yet gargantuan six-bedroom creeper clad-cottage with two apartments to the side in Oldtown, Ballygarrett, Co Wexford might inspire land- owners to look at their outbuildings in a new light.
On the market for £400,000 (508,000) through Warren Estates, it was originally a 19th century stone outhouse on the grounds of a farmstead until the current owners bought it in the late 1980s.
Adjacent to the Oldbawn Road and standing on three quarters
There are four reception rooms in the main house - a sittingroom with an old cast iron fireplace, a diningroom, sun lounge and a livingroom with an open brick fireplace. One of the bedrooms is at ground floor and some of them have wash-hand basins and built-in wardrobes. The main bathroom is upstairs.
The larger of the apartments is 900 sq ft and comprises two bedrooms, a bathroom, a sittingroom and a kitchen and, like the main house, has oil central heating. The one-bed is 400 sq ft and has a kitchen, livingroom and bathroom.
To the front of the house is an immaculate lawned area with shrub borders and a sweeping gravelled driveway. Three miles from Ballygarrett, 12 miles from Gorey and within a mile of the sea, the agents reckon the house will appeal to those who see its commercial potential as a B&B or to anyone looking for a rural idyll.
