The Grounds
The estate borders the country road from Corofin to Kilnaboy, and the house is reached by a kilometer-long avenue which provides splendid views over Lake Inchiquin.
Coming up to the house you pass through a double-gate under two old copper beech trees that change from crimson red to rustic orange with the seasons.
When built around 1800, the house was purposely located in a slight hollow to protect it from the prevailing westerly wind while, at the same time, providing an attractive view of Clifden Hill.
The house is on a working farm,
and cattle occasionally graze in the fields adjoining the avenue, being
sometimes herded into the extensive woodland at the back.
Surrounding the house there is ‘The Granary’, a simple antiquated storage building on a raised platform with outside stairs leading to the first floor. Behind this are a series of farm outbuildings, which are no longer in use. There is also a small storage building in the garden that has been converted into a children’s playhouse.
In the woodland behind the House, the Burren’s karst limestone reveals itself, formed by millennia of erosion. A large stone ring-fort over 1000 years old can also be visited on foot, through the moss-covered forest landscape.