luxury real estate for sale County Kildare, Ireland

St. John’s Grove, nestled by high trees and adjacent to the countryside church that gave it its name, is overlooked by the 7th century Old Kilcullen round tower, reflected in its own round room. An authentically unique property, it was substantially altered by its owners using Bio-Architecture sustainable design fifteen years ago, mimicking nature’s symmetry and harmonics rather than copying a conventional style. Built by a gifted team of Estonian artisans, the design and craftsmanship must be seen to be fully appreciated. The energy flow envisioned by the architect is immediately striking on entering the large flowing open space of the home, with no right angles, just curves and circles, and natural light drawn through undulating windows that rise and fall with the sun from east to west, finally catching the last rays at the western terrace. Extending to 562 sq m (6,049 sq ft), the house sits on an elevated 4.235 hectares (10.46 acres) with a two-furlong gallop, American barn, boxes, lunging ring and walker, originally designed for a champion Irish trainer. Strategically located with easy access to the M9, M8 and M7, Dublin Airport is within 45–60 minutes and the Red Cow 30–40 minutes, traffic dependent. Train stations at Kildare, Newbridge and Sallins provide access to Dublin city centre, while the property sits between Punchestown and the Curragh, close to renowned stud farms including Gilltown Stud and Newabbey Stud, with the Wicklow Mountains and Glendalough nearby. Originally designed in 1998 and significantly extended between 2011–2012, the residence was wrapped in its distinctive design, with large expanses of glazing, carefully considered proportions and seamless connections between the principal reception areas and gardens. Developed with extensive attention to insulation and technology, the home remains cosy, comfortable and temperate year-round through a highly efficient ground heat recovery system. At the heart of the home is an impressive open-plan living space extending from the kitchen to the main lounge, with 4.57 m high vaulted ceilings, skylights and a flowing layout centred around the striking flood-lit “Round Room”. Accommodation is beautifully balanced for family life and entertaining, comprising seven bedrooms and seven bath/shower rooms, including a spacious principal suite, alongside a snug, breakfast area, dining and formal living spaces. Additional accommodation includes a home office, studio, games room, utility room, walk-in pantry and linen cupboard. High-quality finishes include polished limestone tiled flooring with underfloor heating, geothermal exchange, upgraded plumbing, wiring, windows, insulation and air exchange systems. Estonian double-glazed windows enhance comfort and efficiency, while wood-burning stoves add character in winter. The gardens and lands are integral to the property’s appeal, approached through electric gates and mature copper beech hedging, with cherry blossom, beech and oak planting. To the west, the mill stream creates a picturesque outdoor entertaining area with barbecue space, open bar and waterside platform. Exceptionally well suited to equestrian use, the grounds include a two-furlong gallop, American-style barn with 12 loose boxes, feed room, horse walker, lunging ring and four paddocks, complemented by a manager’s office, kitchen and shower facilities. St. John’s Grove represents a rare opportunity to acquire a distinctive luxury country residence offering substantial accommodation, architectural character and exceptional equestrian facilities within one of Ireland’s most established bloodstock regions, all within easy distance of Dublin. For further information on this spectacular property, please get in touch with us to arrange a private viewing or discuss the property in more detail.

Ashleigh House is an exceptional architect designed Georgian-style home privately positioned within 17-acres (6.87 hectares). Designed by the renowned historic house architect John O’Connell in the late Regency Georgian style the house is aesthetically very pleasing and being a contemporary build, circa 2002, incorporates high specification modern building standards and is an extremely comfortable country home with period elegance. Superbly incorporating gracious Georgian architecture and charm Ashleigh House extends to some 5,242 square feet (487 square metres) and includes high ceilings, an elegant, curved staircase, ceiling cornices and expansive tall sash windows that allow expansive views over bucolic countryside. The accommodation is well laid out and bright, the principal rooms benefitting from dual aspects and well orientated for sun and natural light. The courtyard guest house adds useful additional accommodation of 1,302 square feet (121 square metres) and has 2-bedrooms. The position of Ashleigh House within its lands is superb with the house extremely well orientated, such that the approach is to the north aspect and the sunny south facing façade opens onto a superb, enclosed garden. An elegant portico leads from a gravelled forecourt into a spacious reception hall with a feature marble fireplace and decorative curved staircase. The generous family room enjoys a triple aspect and, like the dining room and kitchen, has linking double French doors to the gardens. Two symmetrical marble fireplaces beautifully balance the room. The dining room links to the hall and kitchen and double French doors open to the south-facing patio terrace. The kitchen is in the country house style and again has double French doors linking to the south-facing patio terrace. A linking axial hall accesses a home office, laundry room, cloak room with separate WC and links to the courtyard. A large spacious landing on the first-floor links to the bedrooms and a staircase to the top floor. The master bedroom suite is exceptional with a sunny dual aspect, a walk-in wardrobe and an ensuite bathroom. Bedroom 2 has a connecting door to the family bathroom and there are two further bedrooms on this floor. The upper floor has a screen room with a projector screen, a walk-in linen or luggage room and to two further bedrooms, adding to 6 bedrooms in total. A crawl space basement has large capacity water tanks and a silent pressuring pump, providing constant good water pressure. The courtyard guest house has a living room and kitchen at ground level and two bedrooms on the first floor, each with shower rooms. The courtyard itself provides useful parking next to the house and has a workshop, boiler house, store and a Tesla car charging station. It includes espalier trained pears along the south-facing wall. A separate chalet style outbuilding has a studio/gym and a store for the heating oil tanks. The grounds feature manicured gardens, three stud-fenced fertile paddocks and an electric security gate at the road. Ample exterior lighting provides a magical evening illumination and can be remotely operated. Ashleigh House is extremely well located in a tranquil position within famed stud-farming countryside in a very fashionable part of county Kildare. Yet is easily accessible to bustling urban centres and Dublin city and airport. Celbridge town is a 6-minute drive (2 miles or 3.4 km), Maynooth University town an 8-minute drive (3.3 miles or 5.4 km) and Hazelhatch train station a 10-minute drive. Dublin airport is a 25-minute drive (21 miles or 34 km). Notable schools and universities and a wide array of leisure and sporting amenity are immediately close-by. The K-Club and Carton House boutique spa hotels with Championship golf courses are each respectively 8-minute and 15-minutes’ drive away. Dublin city centre with a wide array of theatres, eateries, restaurants and boutique shopping is just 17 miles or 28 km’s away.