Co Westmeath/€1.7m: A five-bedroom country house on 98 acres, Strand House, Walshestown, Mullingar, Co Westmeath is for sale for €1.7 million. Agent Sherry FitzGerald Davitt & Davitt is asking €1.2 million for the House on eight acres.
A tree-lined driveway leads to the house, which was built around 1870 and has fine period features. A bright entrance hall has an original terracotta-tiled floor.
Two large reception rooms open off it: the sittingroom has a bay window, marble fireplace with an overmantel and a wooden floor; the diningroom also has a bay window, an original marble fireplace and a pine floor. There is a bedroom or office at ground floor level, along with a kitchen-cum-dining area.
Upstairs there are four bedrooms, one en suite. The main bathroom upstairs has a cast-iron bath.
The property is set on mature tree-lined gardens in grounds which include a number of loose boxes and outbuildings. A detached garage has a mezzanine floor and electricity.
Thirty of the remaining 90 acres of land is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), 28 acres are forestry and the remaining 32 acres are grazing land.
Strand House is 4.5km from the centre of Mullingar. A new dual carriageway which will be completed by March 2006 will bypass both Enfield and Kinnegad, making the commute between Dublin and Mullingar shorter.
