6 bedroom house

*Offering significant income potential from four residential dwellings*

Situated in undulating landscape between the Wicklow Mountains and the sea, Ballymurrin Quaker Farmstead forms an attractive, historic courtyard dating from 1668, when Ambrose and Anne Judd settled, leasing the lands in perpetuity from the Earl of Rosse of Birr Castle. Created over fifty years, their fascinating legacy exists in the fabric - thick stone walls, stone inglenook fireplaces, bake ovens, massive beams, even a woven hazel and clay-built beehive forge chimney. The Judds created a home of restrained interiors with beautifully proportioned spaces - including a Meeting Room - adding a Coach House, Forge, Stables, Milking Parlour and a dower wing known today as Box Tree Cottage, alongside gardens, privies and a Burial Ground. This peace-loving Quaker family extended generosity locally, even offering refuge to priests during the Penal Code, and throughout the years their home grew to accommodate their married children and families. Ballymurrin House has enjoyed 350 years of continual occupation, testament to its multiple merits; it offers a tantalising glimpse into the past whilst providing a wonderful and comfortable home today.

Superbly presented throughout having been sympathetically restored and upgraded over the years by its conservation architect owners, Ballymurrin Quaker Farmstead needs to be seen to be fully appreciated. The house enjoys wonderful privacy, accessed via a shared tree-lined laneway, and sweeping into an attractive gravelled courtyard.

The main structure currently incorporates three self-contained homes, having been cleverly and sympathetically separated over the years to create flexible accommodation. Both Box Tree Cottage and The Coach House can be seamlessly reunited with The Farmhouse, by virtue of the fact that original doors are retained in place behind bookcases/cupboards and the like. Running perpendicular to the Farmhouse, the Old Milking Parlour, a fully self-contained unit with garden, forms the south frontage of the courtyard and opposite, the Old Stables create the north frontage, with garden and outhouses.

The Farmhouse
Approx. 177 sq. m / 1,905 sq. ft.

Located in the centre of this ancient farmstead and presently in use as the family home, a front door opens into the charming country kitchen with original hearth Incorporating a fascinating stone corbelled bread oven, with the addition of a more modern Stanley Range. A half door provides access to the south facing patio at the rear, while a staircase ascends to the bedroom accommodation upstairs. To the left of the kitchen is a Parlour with a glass-fronted stove situated in its inglenook.
The main front door opens into an entrance space leading to the kitchen on one side and a bright and attractive drawing room on the other. Here, where Quaker meetings were held in the 1700s, there is now a glass fronted stove and glazed double doors to the rear patio courtyard. Upstairs, there are two double bedrooms and a well-appointed family bathroom. The main bedroom links to a bright room, currently serving as a home office, which could easily become an en-suite bathroom with dressing room.

The Coach House
Approx. 112 sq. m / 1,205 sq. ft.

To the left of The Farmhouse, this unique space has been in use as a holiday rental over recent years. It comprises an open plan living room / kitchen and a clay and wattle inglenook chimney and oven, once used as a forge. Adjacent is a smartly designed double bedroom and fully accessible shower room. The first floor opens to a bright, large space with an open trussed roof and several large Velux roof lights. This wonderful and flexible space with a Juliette balcony to the garden offers significant flexibility as further bedroom accommodation, as a games room or a studio.

Box Tree Cottage
Approx. 77 sq. m / 828 sq. ft