An equestrian yard with a lovely house, all on 19ac, is for sale near Cortown, Co Meath. The property is called Betaghstown Lodge and is being sold by Raymond Potterton Auctioneers by private treaty, with a guide price of €950,000.

Cortown is 6km south of Kells and 14km northwest of Navan where there is access to the M3 motorway. It’s 40km from Mullingar and the M4/M6 motorways.

The property is accessed through electric gates and a pebbled driveway. The land is good-quality pasture, laid out in five fields. There is good stock fencing and mature and well-maintained hedges. All fields have water supply.

The yard has a purpose-built barn incorporating six stables, a mare and foal box and a tack room. There is a lunging area with an all-weather surface of sand and fibre mix, alongside a purpose-built pen and crush, dung stead, standing area and a purpose-built machinery/storage shed.

The two-storey lodge house was tastefully extended in 2014 and now has a floor area of 200m2 (2,140 ft2). The original part of the house has a stone finish. Around the house are a paved patio, lawns and mature trees and shrubs.

The house has a large open-plan kitchen/living room. Also on the ground floor are a lounge with a vaulted ceiling, a feature window and French doors, plus a utility room.

On the first floor, the master bedroom has a large wall-to-floor window overlooking the entire property, plus a walk-in dressing room and ensuite. There are two further bedrooms and a bathroom.

The house has triple-glazed sliding doors, triple-glazed windows in the extension and underfloor heating.