Co Meath/€1.1m: Families keen to move to the country and keep a few ponies will be interested in the sale of Streamstown House at Rathmoylan in Co Meath.

The manageable country house which comes with stables, a sand arena and 12 acres of land, will be auctioned by Coonan Estate Agents on September 29th when it's expected to fetch over €1.1 million.

At this guide price it is likely to attract Dubliners ready to sell up and establish a gentler pace of life. Streamstown House is in a pretty country setting about a mile from the village of Rathmoylan, four miles from Summerhill, and within reasonable commuting distance of Dublin.

Approached through electric gates, Streamstown is a two-storey, Victorian house with a spacious interior that includes both formal and informal reception rooms, four bedrooms and a series of bootrooms and wine cellar. A mews house located in a stable yard to the rear has two further bedrooms, a sittingroom and kitchen.

The entire house is in very good decorative order having been upgraded recently, while its cool neutral decor will have wide appeal.

A bright, high-ceilinged hallway leads to the drawingroom and diningroom, separate rooms with similar period features, such as carved marble fireplaces and decorative plasterwork. With light streaming in through tall sash windows, the kitchen is a big airy room, fitted with pale ash units topped in granite. Off the kitchen is a utility room and pantry as well as the bootroom. A study and shower room complete the ground floor layout.

Upstairs, all four bedrooms are large doubles and three of the four have their original fireplaces. Two share a bathroom, while the largest bedroom has an adjoining bathroom. The house is surrounded by well tended gardens that overlook a floodlit tennis court.