A regency-style lodge in Co Kilkenny with a particularly stylish interior has a private treaty price tag of £575,000 (730,100) through joint agents HOK Country and O'Keefe Auctioneers.

Racecourse Lodge, which was built about four years ago on lands formerly belonging to Danesfort Racecourse, is about five miles from Kilkenny city. Set on four acres of garden and paddock, the 2,500 sq ft house is in immaculate order and ready to move into.

The owners designed Racecourse Lodge to an impressively high specification.

There are fine marble chimney-pieces in the main reception rooms and also the front hall, windows are ceiling-high in some rooms and the kitchen sports polished wood floor and a walk-in larder.

Farrow&all period paints in soft neutral tones were used throughout the house.

High arched windows give the exterior of the house an unusual gothic look. Inside, the entrance hall is floored in huge Italian marble slabs and there is a matching marble chimney-piece. Double doors open to the sittingroom, which has stone-coloured walls, a timber floor and two French windows opening on to the terrace.

The separate diningroom has a dramatic floor-to-ceiling window, timber floor and a couple of doors to the patio. This room links conveniently with the kitchen, which has a bow window looking out on the sunny east-facing garden.

Timber worktops, a central island unit inset with a Belfast sink and an oil-fired Aga set into a chimney alcove are just some of the attributes of this very smart working space.

A study/teenagers' den at the back of the house has access to a gallery landing and the upstairs bedroom wing.

The bedrooms are up a short staircase on a slightly different level. The main room has a south-facing balcony, timber floor, en suite shower and a walk-in wardrobe.

Another double bedroom has an en suite shower, while a third double bedroom and a single room are also situated on this level.

The family bathroom has an old-fashioned claw-foot bath and traditional overhead cistern.

Outside, lawns and rose-beds are divided by a winding gravelled driveway. There are two paddocks, a couple of loose boxes, a harness room and a large garage with double timber doors.

Racecourse Lodge is accessed off the Waterford Road, coming from Kilkenny.

About four miles on, turn on to the Callan Road and the house is three-quarters of a mile away, on the right.