Co Kilkenny: €1.3 millionLiving the rural idyll could be more than a dream at Ballypatrick House, a Georgian country home on 31 acres near Piltown, Co Kilkenny. On the market with joint agents Michael H Daniels and Shelley & Purcell, the price tag of €1.3 million includes the main house with three bedrooms, a log-clad bungalow named Ballypatrick Lodge, a carp lake, stone outbuildings, loose-boxes, a nine-acre bluebell wood and a woodcutter's cottage which pre-dates the house.

In a secluded position on the Kilkenny-Tipperary-Waterford borders, Ballypatrick was once part of the vast Bessborough Estate and is believed to date from the 1740s. Mountain views stretch to the south over the Suir valley.

Failing an offer for the entire property, the agents would be prepared to consider €1 million for the Georgian house and 28 acres, with €300,000 for the lodge and two acres. While compact, the main house has all the features of a country property of standing, with cornicing, original shutters and quarry tiled floors.

There is a formal sittingroom with polished slate fireplace and sash window facing south. Double doors open to a library with fitted bookshelves. The formal diningroom is dual aspect, with shutters and slate fireplace.

A big country kitchen is at the heart of the house, with its Esse oil-fired range, pine cupboards and quarry tiled floor. A half door connects with a large utility. A guest toilet is also at this level. All three bedrooms have pretty cast-iron fireplaces, working shutters and wardrobes.

The main bathroom includes a Victorian cast-iron bath and there is a separate shower room.

The recently built timber-framed Ballypatrick Lodge is clad in Douglas fir and has a decked veranda. This three-bed lodge is fitted with a wood-burning stove, kitchen appliances, spotlights and wardrobes.

The grounds are delightfully sylvan, with an island in the lake, stone outbuildings and bluebell deciduous wood. Closer to the house are flower borders, lawn, a vegetable garden and fruit trees.