Stunning Tudor Lodge on the market for €365,000
ANYONE interested in owning their own thatched home with it’s own grand hall will never have a better opportunity since the eye-catching Tudor Lodge at Ballinastraw, Glenbrien, has been put on the market.
The Tudor-style, thatched is being offered for sale by Sherry Fitzgerald Haythornthwaite and carries an asking price of €365,000. While by no means pocket change, the property is said to be catching the eye of Dubliners who would be used to seeing prices like that on a three or four bed semi in a housing estate in the capital.
The property is quite large at 3,218 square foot and has some real old time character and some interesting features, not least of all the three storey high grand dining hall which is almost medieval in style.
Whether the property’s Tudor credentials are legitimate or not is not clear, however, the iconic house is believed to be at least 250 years old. The Tudor touches may have been added during the revival period of the late 19th Century, or it could legitimately date from that period. Regardless, the previous owners have put in a lot of hard work bringing the property into the modern age in the last few decades and it certainly catches the eye.
The front porch opens into a tiled hallway with the sitting room to one side and a bedroom to the other. The sitting room has a large hearth with solid fuel stove and traditional low ceilings with timber beams. Beside this, on the way to the kitchen, is a guest WC with a shower and hotpress. The kitchen is said to be the one room that new owners might want to renovate with the units looking a little dated. The ‘great hall’ is the pride of the house with its exposed brickwork, feature fireplace and a double-height vaulted ceiling. It still looks the perfect venue for an old fashioned banquet.
The lodge has two bedrooms on the ground floor and three upstairs, of which the master bedroom has built-in wardrobes and an en suite. The property also includes a courtyard with five stables, which could be converted to make extra accommodation.
While the unique property mainly seems to be attracting the eye of people from outside the county, perhaps it might just peak the interest of a local on the lookout for something a little different.
‘It’s very different and different is what sells,’ said agent Adrian Haythornthwaite. ‘It’s a substantial size, a fabulous setting and it’s just fun. We’ve had substantial interest in it and all the people we’ve met so far have been from Dublin, but then again that’s the pond we’re fishing in at the moment.’