On the market – four detached houses in Meath

Fox Lodge, Ratoath €775,000 Sherry FitzGerald Sherry (01) 825 9452

According to the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Fox Lodge was built around 1800 (although the list of properties differs).

More recently it has been extended to just under 3,500 square feet, with an adjoining apartment called Trymme Cottage on the west elevation, where there is a kitchen, living room and two bedrooms (one en-suite).

Prior to this addition, the house would have been symmetrical, with a formal reception room either side of the front entrance hall in the traditional style. The kitchen and family room are at the back, and there are three bedrooms upstairs (one en-suite).

It is on approximately one acre in the center of the village of Ratoath, with a detached garage.

Hazelwood House, Kilskyre, Kells
€379k REA T&J Gavigan Kells (046) 924 0045

The village of Kilskyre, sometimes Kilskeer, took its name from St Scíre, who established his church there only to be sacked by the Vikings in the 10th century.

The remains of a medieval church can still be seen in the village, part of an interesting small complex of antiquities which also includes a tower house and a 17th century burial chest.

Hazelwood House, a few hundred yards from the ruins, arrived at the turn of the 20th century and has recently been extensively renovated, including waterproofing and insulation.

It’s 1700 square feet with four bedrooms upstairs. The ground floor has a living room, lounge, dining room and kitchen.

It is on a half acre lawned lot with mature trees, yard and outbuildings.

Aingeal Lodge, Killeary, Lobinstown
€495k REA T&J Gavigan Navan (046) 902 3232

Less than 300 yards from the village of Lobinstown (and its pub, the Lobinstown Inn), Aingeal Lodge sits on 0.82 of a mainly lawned garden, with electric gates to the front.

Built in 2007, it has a 388 square foot attached garage that has rolling doors to the rear garden and replacement windows in the front, should you want to split it up for a home office.

Elsewhere on the ground floor there is a main living room with a stove and a second smaller living room, as well as a kitchen with a breakfast bar and patio doors.

One of the four bedrooms has an en-suite shower with total space in the whole house at 3,197 square feet.

13 Fairyhouse Lodge, Ratoath
€725,000 REA Grimes Ashbourne (01) 835 0392

Built in 1996, No13 Fairyhouse Lodge was last sold almost ten years ago in 2013 for €410,000 according to the property price register.

A few years later, in 2017, the new owners renovated it bringing it in line with modern energy efficiency ideas (it is now B2 rated).
It’s 2,773 square feet with five bedrooms on the first floor, two of which are en-suite.

The main recreation area on the ground floor is a rear kitchen/diner/lounge, with triple glazed sliding doors to the garden.

Pocket doors lead to a front living room, and there is a family room at the other end of the house, as well as an office next to the entrance hall.