Monts-sur-Guesnes, Charente 86420

The oldest part of the house dates from before 1535 and the south-east wing is 18th century. In a courtyard setting, all has been fully renovated to a very high standard, with great attention to detail and in keeping with its origins. The house has one 16th century fireplace and five dating from the reign of Louis Xiv. Many of the rooms have the original tomette flooring and the main stone staircase has been worn smooth by centuries of use. There is 255m² of living space and nearly 3.5ha of land, including nearly 2ha of fields and beautiful woods of 5700m². The gardens and kitchen garden are superb. All the land has been organic for over 20 years. The woods can supply a self-sufficient amount of firewood. There are 3 spacious bedrooms, all with chestnut parquet flooring. The master suite has a bedroom of 25m², an en-suite shower/bathroom with underfloor heating of 9m² and a dressing room of 6m². There are 3 main outbuildings, 60m², 80m² and 100m², all of which are in excellent condition and one of which has a working bread oven. Two one bedroom apartments, one attached to the house, could be created with appropriate planning consent (outline plans and photos available). Located in pleasant countryside, 10mins from the town of Loudun with all amenities and 14mins from the historic town of Richelieu, close to the Loire valley. General Information General condition: excellent, including all roofs Heating: wood pellets + wood (Dpe E) Re-wired 2005/2006 Drainage: the main septic tank conforms and a second would need a replacement soakaway to conform. Gas tank Broadband In village (1 km): bread distributor Mont-sur-Guesnes (8km): post office, doctor, dentist pharmacy Loudun (10kms): all amenities such as supermarket, doctor, dentist, hospital, schools (up to 18 years old, with school bus 1km away), weekly market 24mins to Chinon, 37mins to Chatellerault and 56mins to Poitiers. OUTSIDE Front garden - seating areas, herbaceous beds, beautiful variety of roses Side garden - laid to lawn with a variety of mature trees for shade plus seating and dining areas and orchard with apple, plum, cherry, almond walnut and fig trees Rear garden laid to lawn with a covered terrace dining area and a shaded seating area next to the vestiges of the private chapel. An ideal place for a pool. Kitchen garden - with greenhouse and raised beds 2 wells always water in one of them Woods 5,700m² with vestiges of ancient look-out tower at the rear entrance to the property EQUESTRIAN Self-filling troughs in 2 fields 4 paddocks/fields all with post and sheep wire or post and electric 80m² horse barn Riding schools nearby Veterinary surgeon and farrier nearby Many off-road tracks Dimensions House (virtually all the rooms have high ceilings) Ground floor Hall 2.3 x 1.8m (4.1m²) Salon 6.7 x 6.1m (40.9m²) Office 4.2 x 2.4m (10.1m²) Living or Dining Room 5.9 x 3.9m (23.0m²) Kitchen 7.0 x 6.0m (42.0 m²) Utility Room 3.4 x 2.1m (7.1m²) Storage / Cloakroom - 2.5 x 1.6m (4.0m²) Boiler Room 3.4 x 2.7m (9.2m²) First floor Landing 1.6 x 1.2m (1.9m²) Corridor 4.3 x 1.9m (8.2m²) Bedroom 1 4.1 x 3.9m (16.0m²) Lobby 2.1 x 2.0m (4.2m²) Bedroom 2 5.2 x 4.4m (22.9m²) Bathroom / Wc 3.0 x 1.6m (4.8m²) Bedroom 3 6.3 x 3.9m (24.6m²) beam height: 2.4m En Suite Bath / Shower Room / Wc 4.4 x 2.1m (9.2m²) Dressing Room 2.7 x 2.3m (6.2 m²) Outbuildings Outbuilding 1 (60m²) Garage 6.0 x 2.9m (17.4m²) 2 Old Stables / Logstore 8.0 x 5.2m (41.6m²) Outbuilding 2 (100m²) Main Area 12.4 x 6.5m (80.6m²) previously used as stabling with slip rails Attached Area water softener 6.8 x 2.7m (18.4m²) Outbuilding 3 (100m²) 15.9 x 6.4m Open Garage 6.9 x 6.1m (42.1m²) Cellar Carport 4.6 x 2.7m (12.4m²) Garden Shed 2.8 x 2.6m (7.3m²)