A rare opportunity acquire a historic 17th century residence on 31 acres, the main house comprises of five bedrooms, one of which has an ensuite with a further three bathrooms. The house was built about 1640 by Sir Richard Saint George on the site of what was called the Villa of Dromalga and was believed to be a guest house for families of those in the Convent of St Bridget which was a short distance up the road and is documented as founded around AD 600. The addition to the present house dated 1772 comprises what is now the front hall, study, main staircase, master bedroom, and dressing room.
Ground floor
The property is entered by the front door into an impressive hallway. To the right is the study room with open fire place fabulous views to the front of the house. The traditional features run throughout the property. The utility kitchenette, kitchen dining room conservatory leads into one other which then leads into a hallway with stairs.
First floor
There are five bedrooms, one ensuite, arranged off landing. They all have views out of the land beyond. In addition to the bedrooms there is an abundance of storage. At the end of the landing are the stairs leading to the loft room.
Stables
There are two yards. The open yard contains two large stables used as foaling boxes, a section containing four stalls, and two other spaces that were carriage houses. Beyond the foaling boxes is covered space for a tractor. There is also a garage.
The closed or stallion yard has four loose boxes with entrances to original mill housing, located beside the yard there is a four bay ménage
To the west of the yard there is a large haybarn and the area beyond of four/five acres planted with poplars in 1981.
The house is a non-listed building. The stone used in the construction in the 1640s is believed to be taken from Tully Castle which was situated about two miles away.
Features
A long drive leads to the house over looking the park with ancient oaks planted fifty paces apart. A spring fed stream runs the length of the north field and under the mill, extensive rood frontage only five minutes off the M4 Dublin – Galway road due to open 2009.
