|
"TROPHY property" . . . that much-loved phrase in estateagent speak, readily fits Baroda Stud, just outside Newbridge, Co Kildare. On the market jointly through Jordan Auctioneers and Brophy Farrell Real Estate Alliance, the 7,000sq ft Georgian residence with 118 acres has adjoining lands which are zoned for mixed use. The current owners are Phillip Myerscough, director of Tatterstalls, the bloodstock auctioneers, and Jane Myerscough, the daughter of retired trainer Dr Vincent O'Brien.
For sale by tender on 5 July, a figure of between 200,000 to 300,000 an acre is expected, realising a total of between 25m to 35m, according to Patrick Jordan. The fully restored period property has an impressive array of period features, including the entrance hall with domed ceiling, Georgian shuttered windows, original staircase and marble fireplace.
Also in the package is the equally restored, cut-stone gate lodge, plus the staff house, 28 loose boxes and self-contained offices. Framing it all are the extensive grounds, mainly in lawn, with a variety of box hedging, herb gardens and flower-bordered terraces.
Beyond that is the shelter of mature trees, while the road frontage is 1.4km.
The site has strong historic links, traceable to the early 13th century Great Connell Abbey, from whose granite remains the house, called Great Connell Lodge, was partly built in the mid 1700s by the Eyre Powells. It was purchased in 1948 by the Maharajah of Baroda, who transformed it into a stud as well as giving it a new name.
|
YOU ARE HERE: 19 March 2007 / tribune.ie / 2006 / 06 / 18
Terms & Conditions 
