Bedroom 1: King-size French sleigh bed, large en suite bathroom with free-standing roll-top bath and separate shower enclosure.
	Bedroom 2: 1 double bed (4'6"), 1 single bed (3") large ensuite bathroom with bath and shower enclosure
Bedroom 3: 2 single (4")  beds and large ensuite bathroom with separate bath & shower		Bedroom 4: Double bed (4'6") and large ensuite bathroom with separate bath and shower.

The Coach House

Ground Floor: Open-plan living-dining-kitchen area, hallway,WC

First Floor: 3 bedrooms with separate bath and 2 showers

The house is spectacularly set in 12 acres of mature beech woodland and landscaped gardens. It has been carefully restored, yet retains it's original character and charm. All four guestrooms have large bathrooms an d beautiful views over the surrounding countryside. In addition to the antique furnishings throughout the house you will also find a grand piano in the drawing room and a full size billiard table in the billiard room Golf ( six 18 hole courses within 20 miles), angling and riding stables are all within easy reach. Smoking is not allowed in the bed rooms.

The house is cleaned on Tuesdays at 10.00 AM. Any extra services are charged at £12.00 an hour. Laundry is £7.00 a load. Electricity, heat and telephone are charged on metered usage. A Euro 1, 300.00 security deposit is required on arrival against breakages - Eu 300.00 in cash cash + Eu 1,000.00 signed credit card slip.  The security deposit for the coach house is Eu 200.00

The History

The earliest official record of the house is from a 1792 book of maps detailing the lands of Farransheshiry, the estate of Samuel Penrose Esq. The map clearly shows the main house and the coach house. As regards the age of the present house, all one can say is that it was built some time before 1792. The Penrose family carried out extensive improvements and extentions to the house in 1866 giving it the shape you can recognise today. In 1868 a Cork merchant, William Clarke, who had made his fortune during the American civil war obtaining ship loads of tobacco by daringly defying the Northern blockades, bought the recently improved the house complete with the surrounding estate of 5664 acres.

William Clarke passed the house on to his son Thomas Clarke who in turn passed it on to his son Thomas Arthur Clarke. The last of the Clarkes lived here until she died aged 101 in 1970. She left the now deteriorating house and the remaining 130 acres to her daughter who immediately sold it. The contents auction was a major event and lasted three days.

In the 70s the house changed hands a couple of times. Since 1993 the present owners, who bought it with the 12 acres of woods and gardens, have undertaken a root and branch restoration and finally completed it immaculately and excellently in 1997.

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