Stately home on 155 hectares

Many of us would not be averse to picking up an old stately pile, like this one at Grene Park, Dundrum, should we have won last week’s Lotto. Good land in a good location is always a sound investment — even if fine houses in the country lost some of their allure some time around 2008.

Pitched at around €2.9m, according to Alison deVere Hunt, of Cashel Livestock and Property Sales, the 155.6-hectare farm includes a 19th century residence built in the Williamite style, and is available in three lots.

Comprising 265 acres of pasture, 105 acres of forestry, and an outlying 14-acre holding, the land is in one block with superb road frontage, and two access roadways.