A lakeshore cottage on 16.5 acres at Lacken, near Blessington, is guiding £280,000 (355,530) prior to auction on July 12th through JP& M Doyle.
The two-bed property, set in an area of outstanding beauty, was used as a backdrop in the film Widow's Peak. While the location is utterly rural and will suit anyone wanting to get away from the rat race, it is a mere two miles from Blessington village and a mile from Lacken.
The cottage will be offered in two lots - the cottage on 6.5 acres guiding at £200,000 (253,950) and two separate five-acre tracts of land each guiding at £40,000 (50,790). One plot of land across the road from the cottage stretches to the lakeshore and buyers interested in the cottage are likely to include this in their plans.
The cottage has been lived in as a permanent home and has central heating, pine-panelled ceilings and pine window-frames. However, a new owner will probably upgrade the decor and extend the accommodation into the adjoining cut stone out-houses which are currently used as a laundry room and for the brand new central-heating boiler.
A small tiled entrance hall opens into an open-plan living/diningroom/kitchen. Window apertures 3ft thick add to the appeal of the interior. One of the double bedrooms has a wash-hand basin and there is a family bathroom.
The gardens which surround the house are stone-walled and mostly in lawn. The land is laid out in fairly large divisions, all in grass and of good quality. The five-acre plot with the cottage has good road frontage to Carrig Lane.
