Co Wicklow: €4.5m  A coastal estate in Co Wicklow, within reasonable commuting distance of the city, has come on the market with the country division of Colliers Jackson-Stops.

South Lodge is in Clonmannon, just off the N11 on the Dublin side of Ashford. This property on 152 acres is being auctioned in three lots on May 18th.

The 465sq m (5,000sq ft) house and 28 acres are expected to fetch €2.5 million.

The remaining 124 acres to be sold in lot two is guiding €2 million. Lot three is the entire property, including 152 acres, guiding €4.5 million.

Built in 1990 with a traditional look, South Lodge seems as if it has been around for much longer. Apart from the substantial main house, there is a pretty two-bedroom guest cottage and outbuildings.

The grounds include a formal garden with water feature, woodland and a sweep of arable land fronting onto Broad Lough - a noted wildfowl breeding spot. Electronic gates open to a long avenue, ending up at the gravelled forecourt.

Inside, antique fittings and French chimneypieces have been used to effect. A stone fireplace in the entrance hall gives a cheery welcome on winter days.

The family sittingroom has a wood fireplace and French doors to the garden. Doors also access the garden from the drawingroom, an imposing bow-ended room with an elaborate marble chimneypiece.

Timber Meile kitchen units include a full range of appliances. Off this, a timber-floored conservatory also opens to the garden. The formal diningroom connects with a well-stocked library.

Two bedrooms at this level both open to the garden. Upstairs are two en suite double bedrooms with walk-in wardrobes and a French fireplace in the largest room.

The guest house off the courtyard could accommodate staff. This faces a range of buildings housing the laundry, store room and a loose box.

The gardens are laid out with a terrace, water feature, lawns and borders.

The lands have walled road frontage to the Rathnew/Newcastle Road. Woods and scrubland lead to the tidal lake of Broad Lough.