Co Kildare/€1.75m: Mount Windsor, Donadea, deep in Co Kildare's green countryside, is a mid-18th century farmhouse on 15 acres which has been completely revamped and modernised.
The house has four bedrooms, two reception rooms, a small study and kitchen / breakfast room over a floor area of some 251 sq m (2,700 sq ft).
A well-maintained stable area to the rear has a large barn with a walker for the horses, seven stables and gravelled yard. Built on a height, Mount Windsor has views of the surrounding countryside with the Dublin mountains distantly visible from some windows.
Jackson-Stops is quoting around €1.75m in advance of auction on June 17th.
The reception hallways, outer, inner and rear, are an interesting feature of the layout. The front door opens into a first entrance lobby with marble-tiled floor and sash-style window. A double door with fanlight leads from here to the main square-shaped entrance hallway and from there a second double door leads to a rear inner hallway which contains the staircase as well as access to a galley-kitchen on one side and study on the other.
In the split level kitchen/breakfastroom a heavy, dark ceiling beam marks the divide between the dining and work areas. The walls, fitted wall and floor units and centre island have been painted a creamy-yellow and an Aga sits in a tiled chimney breast.
A classic stone from York covers the floor here as well as the floors in the adjoining small, rear lobby, utility room and guest toilet. A galley-style working kitchen, with sink and two windows, leads from the main kitchen and runs along the rear of the house. The study, also at this end of the house, is a similar long narrow room, fitted with desk, drawers and computer area.
The drawingroom, to the front of the house, has two shuttered, sash-style windows and a functioning fireplace with marble surround and slate hearth.
The diningroom, also to the front and off the opposite side of the main reception hall, has a green marble period-style fireplace, sash-style windows and polished timber floorboards.
Two separate sets of stairs lead to the bedrooms, one from the rear hallway, the other off the kitchen. In the main bedroom, where the colours are palest aqua and cream, there are a couple of deep silled windows with mountain views, and a wall of wardrobes which include an area in which to seclude a television.
The gardens to the front have brick-laid walks, a wealth of trees and shrubs, a wooden playhouse and tennis courts.