Co Wicklow: €1.5mClonmannon Lodge near Ashford in Co Wicklow is a late 17th century gate lodge which has been extended and transformed by its owners into a stylish and charming family home on more than 0.4 acres of gardens. It is for sale at €1.5 million through Knight Frank Ganly Walters.

The house, which is about a mile from the N11, was once the gate lodge to the Clonmannon estate but in recent years has been redesigned by architect Mary Donoghue and is now a spacious L-shaped home.

A large drawingroom has a white oak floor, pale walls and opens to a rear south-facing garden with lovely views.

A few steps across the travertine marble hall lead into the large family and kitchen wing in the original house. This is a wide rectangular room with antique pine floor and timber beamed ceiling. To the right is the kitchen with original pine floor, and space for a large refectory table. The kitchen is fitted in oak and looks out over the front garden.

Three of the four bedrooms are on the ground floor. The larger two share an en suite bathroom tiled in green mosaic. A smaller bedroom has its own en suite shower. The fourth bedroom on the first floor in the original home is a large space with sloping timber eaves, four Velux windows and fitted wardrobes.

Hidden from the road, the house is accessed through the main gates of Clonmannon, and then via its own timber gates which open to a short drive and parking area. The front garden is set in lawn, fringed by mature trees. Many varieties of roses, currently in bloom, give the house a olde worlde frame.

Surrounding the house are three separate terraced areas located to take advantage of the variety of views and sheltered aspect. At the rear of the house, steps lead up to a raised south-facing lawn.