Property Description
Mansion on the banks of the Charente River with eight bedrooms, a large barn and a swimming pool. This house offers many opportunities in a beautiful setting.
Set on three levels with original features from it's 1812 beginnings but with all modern amenities. Double glazed windows, oil filled underfloor and radiator heating together with wood burner for those winter evenings which you can also cook on. All exterior walls are insulated together with the attic making a warm and cosy home in the winter and a cool environment in the summer.
The swimming pool of 8 metres x 4 metres wth adjoining studio with lounge, kitchen and shower room and secret garden. The formal garden is laid to box hedges with a pergola with a working well and leads to the orchard with lawn and fruit trees. There is a chicken house and run. The old gateway leads to the private riverbank and patio where you can sit relax and watch the fish, kingfishers and dragonflies play.
The massive barn which has two levels could be used for a multitude of things with one section having a two post car lift which is excellent for working underneath your vehicles.
There is a railway station where trains to Angouleme and Poitierscan be caught at Luxe about 5 minutes away. The market town of Aigre is just 7 minutes away.
In detail the property includes:
On the ground floor (with underfloor heating):
Entrance hallway (22m²): tiled floor,
Kitchen / Dining room (44m²): tiled floor, fitted kitchen, wood stove, exposed stone and beams,
Lounge (32m²): parquet flooring,
Shower room (8m²): tiled floor, shower, sink, wc.
First floor:
landing (10m²): floor,
Bedroom 1 (26m²): wooden floor, windows, exposed beams, washbasin, wardboards,
Bedroom 2 (22m²): wooden floor, windows, exposed beams, sink, dressing room,
Bedroom 3 (22m²): wooden floor, windows, exposed beams, washbasin,
Bedroom 4 (18m²): wooden floor, windows, exposed beams, washbasin, dressing room.
On the second floor:
Mezzanine (20m²): wooden floor, exposed beams
Bedroom 5 (18m²): laminated flooring, exposed beams,
Bedroom 6 (19m²): laminated flooring, exposed beams, wardboards, washbasin,
Bathroom (8m²): tiled floor, bidet, sink, bath with shower,
Bedroom 7 (14m²): laminated flooring, fitted wardrobe,
Bedroom 8 (13m²): floating floor, exposed beams.
Outside:
Well with pump,riverside terrace,garage for one car (and barn with space for 4 more), jacuzzi,
Swimming pool (8 X 4m), annex with a shower room with WC, kitchen, living room and courtyard
Barn with room for two cars / space for a motorhome - Total length of barn 30 metres by 8 meters wide. It consists of the following sections downstairs measurements are Garden shed 4.70 x 8, Car workshop 8 x 8, Storeroom 3.50 x 8, Woodwork shed 5.80 x 8 and builders shed 5.50 x 5 meters. Downstairs, each partition wall is approx 1/2 meter thick.
Courtyards, formal gardens, vegetable garden and delightful riverside terrace all on a total area of 2440m².