Co Louth: €1.25m Offers of €1.25 million are being sought for an 18th century house overlooking the Boyne estuary near Drogheda, Co Louth. Queensborough House on Baltray Road, about three miles from Drogheda, and 23 minutes from Dublin Airport, will be auctioned by joint selling agents Hamilton Osborne King and O'Brien Collins Real Estate on May 11th.

A fine Georgian county residence, it would make a good home for a well-heeled family. The six-bed house is a short walk from the golf links at Baltray and is one of 13 period houses and cottages in a small hamlet which once formed part of Beaulieu Estate.

The house is on 0.75 acres of mature gardens with views of the estuary to the front and the Beaulieu Estate woods to the rear.

The house has 280 sq m (3,000 sq ft) of space, including a drawingroom, diningroom, study, six bedrooms, a kitchen, spacious utility areas, basement, family bathroom and guest bathroom.