JACKSON Stops & McCabe is seeking offers of about £500,000 for Killala Lodge, near Ballina in Co Mayo.

The seven bedroom Georgian house on 5.5 acres is owned by Bridget Lady Rathcavan, widow of the well known Northern Ireland politician, Sir Phelim O'Neill.

The house stands two storey over basement, with gardens sweeping down to Killala Bay. Inside, it has been extensively renovated in the last eight years.

A pretty Georgian gate house adjacent to the main house has also been renovated. It has a large sitting room, kitchen with Aga cooker and two bedrooms upstairs.

There is also a lofted stable block with a two bedroom apartment overhead.

The main house has up to seven reception rooms including an elegant bow end drawing room, sitting room, dining room library and large gallery room with a vaulted timber ceiling.

There are two more reception rooms at basement level, a garden room with French doors opening on to a terraced garden, and a playroom.

The main reception rooms at hall level all have fine period fireplaces. Decorative woodwork around the windows has been stripped back to the original pine and polished.

The large kitchen/ breakfast room in the basement has a flagged floor and a four door Aga oven. There is a service lift to the dining room above.

A long, galley style pantry off the kitchen is fitted with an extensive range of fitted units.

Upstairs, three of the six bedrooms have en suite bathrooms. The seventh bedroom is in the basement.

Killala Lodge is on the edge of Killala, an ancient fishing village founded in the fifth century. Knock Airport is a 40 minute drive away.