A curious combination

UP for auction and a nightmare, or golden opportunity, depending on your thinking, is this curious combination of properties at Ballymore Eustace in Co Kildare.

Mullaboden Lodge is a derelict, two-storey farmhouse on eight acres just 10 miles from Naas.

Approached by a rather grand entrance in granite and surrounded by mature woodland, the property comes with 3,000 square feet of internal space and is built of granite. Surrounding the house is a range of farm buildings, including a cut-stone water tower that has a certain magnificence about it.

Despite the incongruity of its position, the tower could be the focal point of a very tasteful conversion, especially as there are so many other outbuildings included.

Andrew Nolan of Nolan and Brophy Auctioneers gives a guide price of €850,000 prior to the auction on November 27 and says there has been huge interest in the property.