Pier House Stud, a medium-sized stud farm on 80 acres with a five-bedroom two storey house at Martinstown, The Curragh, Co Kildare, is expected to sell for between £500,000 and £600,000 when it comes to auction on September 18th. Currently run as a stud farm, it would also be ideally suited for training and other equestrian purposes, according to Jordan estate agents in Newbridge, Co Kildare.

The land is good quality, with high hedges and good shelter, laid out in six post and railed paddocks. Currently used mainly for boarding, it has boarded mares for the Aga Khan.

The yard and house, located in the centre of the farm and approached by a long gravelled avenue, are very private. The house, a comfortable family home built in the late 1800s, has a spacious drawingroom, family room, and a large country kitchen with a Stanley cooker and fitted oak units. There are five bedrooms upstairs, including an en suite master bedroom. There is a sheltered garden to the front, and a small lawn and orchard at the rear. The property is very conveniently located, just four miles from the motorway, approximately 40 minutes from Dublin and the air- port, and close to the Curragh racecourse. It is about 12 miles from Goffs.