MEATH: €4.5 million:OFFERS in excess of €4.5 million are being sought for an exceptionally large neo-Georgian house on 70 acres near Dunboyne, Co Meath.
Blackhall Manor was built over a decade ago for entertaining on a lavish scale and is expected to appeal particularly to families with an interest in equestrian sports.
Joint agents Douglas Newman Good New Homes and DNG Ronald Duff are to offer the property for sale in its entirety or in three separate lots. One of these includes a separate two-acre yard with 4,413sq m (47,500sq ft) of industrial buildings and a weighbridge and beside it a partially built commercial building of 1,858sq m (20,000sq ft).
The house itself stands on three acres of gardens and paddocks along a quiet country road between Dunboyne and Batterstown village.
Although happily rooted in a completely rural setting, it is likely to be bought by a Dublin family who will be able to avail of the almost-completed N3 to commute to and from the city.
Blackhall Manor is not just large, it is an exercise in spacious luxury. It has an overall floor area of 929sq m (10,000sq ft) – eight times the size of the average Dublin house – including five reception rooms, six bedrooms (the main one with a separate dressingroom), kitchen and breakfast room, conservatory, den, billiards room and bar, swimming pool and jacuzzi, utility room, laundry, office, staff quarters and a double garage.
The entire house is in impeccable condition, according to the selling agents: three of the bedrooms have en suites which include combined steam-shower rooms. There is a particularly spacious marble floor hallway complete with large fireplace leading directly into the conservatory which, in turn, opens out on to a huge outdoor patio with barbecue facilities.
Most of the reception rooms are focused on the gardens. The kitchen is fitted with oak wall and floor units and a central island working area with marble top.
Blackhall Manor has high, electronically controlled entrance gates, a sweeping gravel driveway and a pillared entrance to the double- fronted house flanked by no less than two black lions.
Blackhall Manor, Dunboyne, Co Meath
A 929sq m (10,000sq ft) house on 70 acres may be sold in separate lots
Agent:Douglas Newman Good New Homes/DNG Ronald Duff
