Loft living in Arthurstown, and room for guests

A CUT-STONE, loft-style building in the village of Arthurstown on the Barrow Estuary in Co Wexford has come on the market through…

A CUT-STONE, loft-style building in the village of Arthurstown on the Barrow Estuary in Co Wexford has come on the market through New Ross agents PN O’Gorman at €425,000.

Called The Loft, and located on quaint-sounding Duck Lane, The two-bedroom house comes with a a one-bedroom guest apartment and studio. Gardens on three sides add privacy to the property with mature beech and oak trees acting as a boundary.

The cut-stone was restored in the early 1990s and has an open plan layout with a large living and diningroom with solid timber flooring and a high-beamed ceiling.

Leading off the dining area is a spacious, country-style kitchen that is warmed by a Stanley cooker. There is access from the kitchen to a sheltered patio. Elsewhere outside the garden has been paved and gravelled and lawned to provide different areas for sitting in at different times of the day. The top floor of the house is given over to two bedrooms, one of which has views across the estuary. The main bedroom has double doors to a balcony overlooking the garden.

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The guest studio is a pretty building in its own right, with an open-plan living space on the ground floor and a bedroom and shower room at a mezzanine level.

The grounds also include a workshop and two potting sheds.

Arthurstown is home to the well known Dunbrody Country House Hotel, run by Kevin Dundon. Faithlegg House and golf course is short drive away via the Ballyhack car ferry.

CO WEXFORD: €425,000:The Loft, Duck Lane, Arthurstown, Co Wexford

Restored cut-stone building with two bedrooms and guest studio

Agent:PN O'Gorman