ASHFORD: €2.475M:A STREAM meanders through the grounds of a pretty Gothic-style house on four acres just outside Ashford, Co Wicklow, not far from the M11.

Killiskey Lodge, a 372sq m (4,000sq ft) five-bedroom house, is for sale through Lennox Estates for €2.475 million.

The house, originally a 19th century lodge on the Dunran Castle estate, is an unusual mix of period and modern: a three-storey stone tower with Gothic-style doors and windows is flanked by two two-storey wings.

A large conservatory wraps around two sides of the house so owners can enjoy views of the gardens.

That’s as it should be, because the gardens, laid out formally and informally and containing many specimen plants, are really appealing.

Killiskey Lodge is set behind stone walls flanked by Japanese flowering cherry trees; electronic gates open into the front courtyard.

At the front of the house a rose-strewn wooden bridge crosses the stream, which fills two ponds; a rose arch leads into a vegetable garden.

There’s plenty of wildlife in a wild meadow, and a gate at the end of the garden leads to a tree-lined walk and on into Dunran woods.

There is year-round grazing in a field behind the house.

Accommodation in the house includes a large eat-in country kitchen and a drawingroom on the ground floor, and a double height main bedroom on the first floor.

There’s a diningroom with vivid red walls, a hall with a wine cellar and a boot room in the original ground floor of the tower.

The main en suite bedroom has a separate dressing area with fitted wardrobes. In all there are five bedrooms, one an eyrie at the top of the tower.

The conservatory has terracotta-tiled floors and double doors opening onto an Indian sandstone patio with outdoor lighting.

To get to Killiskey Lodge you take the exit after Newtownmountkennedy on the N11 signposted Newcastle.

Killiskey Lodge, Ashford, Co Wicklow

Gothic-style five-bedroom lodge on four acres of garden for €2.475m

Agent: Lennox Estates