A long established and highly respected stud superbly situated on the Curragh of Kildare and complete with handsome period residence, ample stabling, grooms accommodation, good training facilities with gallop, a large bungalow and excellent paddock grazing.

In brief the stud comprises: a compact period mansion house; bungalow lodge / manager’s house; traditional stone stable yard (14 boxes) with grooms cottage and stud office; foaling yard (4 boxes with services); outer stable yard (32 boxes); teaser box; lunging ring; all weather ménage; schooling ring; electric horse walker; gallop (4 furlongs); 5 turnout paddocks; 2 large fields; various machinery sheds and stores and; 3 entrances (2 directly onto The Curragh)

The main house comprises approximately 560 square metres / 6028 square feet and is laid out over 2 stories above a basement. Accommodation includes: an entrance porch; reception hall; drawing room; dining room; library; family room; kitchen; pantry; scullery; laundry; boot room; 4 bedrooms and; 3 bathrooms. The bungalow lodge / manager’s house is sitiutated immediately inside the rear entrance gates and comprises approximately 100 square metres / 1076 square feet, which includes a: hall; living room; kitchen; 4 bedrooms and a bathroom. While the stud office comprises approximatley 93 sq.m. / 1,000 sq.ft.

Dating to the late 18th century the principal reception rooms all enjoy good natural light and are of pleasing proportions with long windows, fitted shuttering, good period chimneypieces, high ceilings and decorative plaster work. The bedroom accommodation comprises two principle bedroom suites along with two further bedrooms and a family bathroom, all on the first floor. The main staircase also leads down into the basement, which is well lit and benefits from good natural light, the windows being mostly above ground level. It can be accessed either internally from the main staircase or externally from a courtyard at the rear of the house and although in need of repair it is bright and airy with high ceilings. This basement could possibly be modified to provide further bedrooms or an independent apartment.

Beautiful mature grounds surround the house and include a massive yew tree, some great specimens of copper beech, walnut, sweet chestnut, oaks, various apple trees and a lovely espalier pear walk. These combined with various shrubs and flowers give great colour throughout the year. The house benefits from a delightful private access onto The Curragh plains.

FOR SALE AS A WHOLE OR IN 2 LOTS - entire on cicra 26.4 acres €2,150,000 or house on approximately 12 acres €1,400,000 and lodge on approximately 14 acres €750,000

Entrance porch: with tiled floor, central roof light, glazed double doors into reception hall. Separate Wc with whb.
Reception hall: with central rose, ceiling cornice, fitted cupboard. Leads into an i nner hall with central rose, ceiling cornice. Leading to principal reception rooms and stair hall
Drawing Room: with carved marble chimney piece, central rose, cornice, and glazed double doors into sunroom
Sun Room: with glazing to 3 sides and roof, tiled floor, French door to garden
Library: with marble chimneypiece, cornice central rose, interconnecting doors into drawing and dining rooms
Dining room: with central rose, cornice, delicately carved ornate timber chimney piece, polished timber floor, alcove with fitted display cupboard.
Stair hall: with timber staircase to first floor and basement. Leading to kitchen and family room.
Family room: with cornice, central rose, alcove with fitted bookcase, brick fireplace with fitted solid fuel stove. Kitchen: in the country house style with requisite oil fired Aga, range of fitted timber cupboards, tiled splash backs, twin stainless steel sink with drainer and spot lighting.
First floor

Master bedroom suite / Bedroom 1: with coved ceiling into eaves. En-suite dressing room: with range of fitted wardrobes and linen shelving. En-suite bathroom: with central fitted bath, cast iron fireplace, twin pedestal whb’s, Wc.
Bedroom 2: with coved ceiling and fitted wardrobe. En-suite bedroom: with fitted bath, whb and Wc.
Bedroom 3: with coved ceiling, fireplace with tiled surround, pedestal whb, fitted wardrobes and interconnecting door into:
Bedroom 4: with coved ceiling, fireplace with tiled surround, pedestal whb.
Shower room: with cabinet multi-jet shower, part timber panelled walls tiled floor, pedestal whb and Wc. Separate hot press with linen shelving.
Basement

Cloak room: with clay tiled floor and range of fitted timber cupboards with garment rails.
Boot room: with boot rack, clay tiled floor and door into:
Bathroom: with fitted bath, pedestal whc and Wc.
Tack room: fomerely a pantry but now with bridle/harness hooks.
Office / archive store: with fitted shelving and door into Wine cellar.
Laundry Room: plumbed for 2 washing machines and with twin Belfast sink and clay-tiled floor.
Store / bedroom 5

• Racing / Training facilities
• Immediately beyond the house lies a traditional stable yard, built around the same time as the main house and with a range of single storey and lofted stone buildings comprising 14 stable boxes and a service suite of rooms with a washroom, tack room and grooms canteen. Also situated to the rear of this yard is a groom’s cottage (3 rooms) and a substantial upper lofted area could possibly be converted into added accommodation if desirable. Lying immediately adjacent to this yard and with direct access to The Curragh lies a second more substantial yard with 3 stable blocks offering 24 additional stables boxes and 8 large open pen / yearling boxes, a stud office, lunging ring and electric indoor horse walker. Within this complex there is also an all-weather ménage (60 x 40 metres with sand / pvc mix) and 3 hay barns, one with a lean-to giving a lorry garage.
• A purpose built foaling yard (c.1940) comprises 4 large boxes and is serviced by a tea room, 2 groom’s living / sleeping rooms and a veterinary inspection room with fitted stocks, all linked to the stables by an indoor passageway. An adjacent building has a tack room and separate Wc.
• Enjoying a great position on the Curragh of Kildare access to both the Curragh racecourse and any of the areas equine associated facilities are within easy reach, as are most locations within Ireland from the nearby M7. Within a half mile hack of the yard is the recently renovated Maddenstown grass gallop, while also nearby is a woodchip gallop. In all there are 7 miles of all-weather gallops and 19 miles of grass gallops within easy reach of the yard, giving varying gradients and a variety of surfaces to train over. Training jump fences are about a 20 minute hack away.
• Aside from the notable equine successes enjoyed by Brownstown House and Stud it also enjoys a rich tapestry of owners from a Captain Candrell, who is recorded as breeding and training at Brownstown in 1802, to the well known and successful Knox, Greer, Myerscough and McGrath racing families. The most recent owners uniting two of Ireland’s great equestrian families through marriage, the highly acclaimed McGrath family in the racing tradition and the Conolly Carew family equally acknowledged for their eventing prowess. ‘Yellow Earl’, bred locally, was trained at Brownstown and represented Ireland at two Olympic Games, while her brother who also trained at Brownstown qualified for the Atlanta games. Indeed, many International competitions have been attended by Brownstown bred and trained horses including the European and World Equestrian Games and Badminton Horse Trials.
• Newbridge 6.4 km
• Naas 17km
• Kildare 6.1 km
• Athy 26 km
• Dublin 51km
• The Curragh racecourse 5 km
• Punchardstown racecourse 16 km
• Lepordstown racecourse 55 km
• Gowran Park racecourse 69 km
• Fairyhouse racecourse 61km

The fitted carpets are included in the sale. Curtains, light fittings, garden statues, garden ornaments, machinery and furniture together with the chattels within the house are excluded from the freehold sale.