Tucked away in the peaceful countryside, Leugh House in Threecastles, County Kilkenny stands as a property that is a superb example of 18th Century Irish architecture — a gracious three storey residence set within 176½ acres of productive farmland.
Approached by a tree lined avenue from a quiet secondary road, the house commands fine views over the surrounding landscape and exudes the calm dignity of a classic Georgian home.
The main house, completed around 1752, retains many original period features, including its balanced façade, tall sash windows, and fine plasterwork.
The accommodation extends across three floors, offering generous reception rooms filled with natural light and high ceilings, creating ideal spaces for family life and entertaining.
Beyond the main residence lies a traditional courtyard, enclosed by handsome stone outbuildings that speak to the property’s long agricultural heritage.
These include former stables, coach houses, and stores — many with potential for conversion, subject to planning, for guest accommodation, workshop, or equestrian use.
A second courtyard area includes a former dairy and further stone outbuildings, with and a slatted shed, silage pit and haybarn adjacent.
The lands, extending to approximately 176½ acres, are a wonderful blend of fertile tillage and grassland, bounded by sheltering hedgerows and punctuated with mature trees and field boundaries.
The setting offers both beauty and practicality — well suited to farming, equine interests, or simply as a private country retreat within easy reach of Kilkenny City.
Leugh House is understood to have been constructed circa 1752, during a period when many of Ireland’s prosperous landowners built classic Georgian residences that reflected balance, proportion, and confidence.
The residence became a landmark of the Leugh townland, associated with good-quality agricultural ground and estate management typical of mid-18th Century Kilkenny.
In 1926, the estate came under the ownership of the Grace family, who occupied and farmed the lands for nearly a century, maintaining and upgrading the house in keeping with the original style, installing polished wooden floors throughout the ground floor level, repairing sash windows etc.
The Graces — an old Kilkenny family — contributed to local life and retained much of the estate’s traditional charm and integrity.
FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION on Wednesday June 10, 2026 at 3pm in The Club House Hotel, Kilkenny.
This holding will be offered for sale in the following lots : Lot 1 : The Entire – Residence & c.176½ Acres / Lot 2 : Residence & c.126 Acres / Lot 3 : c.50½ Acres with independent access.
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