Charming c18th former presbytery

• One of the prettiest villages in Gascony
• Very attractive garden

• Bedrooms: 5
• Village
• Terrace
• Outbuildings

• Condition - Restored / Habitable
• Water - Mains
• Heating - Central heating
• Electricity - Mains

Accommodation: 220m² over 3 floors. Outbuildings: 45m², to include modern timber building and 2 small stone buildings.

In a friendly little hamlet, 5 minutes' drive from La Romieu, arguably one of the prettiest villages in Gascony, and less than 15 minutes from Condom, is this beautifully presented former presbytery, set in a walled garden of approximately 400m². The accommodation is light, spacious and comfortable, with pretty views over the open Gascon countryside.
The property is set back from the local lane and entered via double wooden gates into a gravelled parking area. The garden is attractively designed with herbaceous plants, shrubs, specimen trees and terracing.
Condom has very good facilities including a marina on the River Baise. The TGV stops at Agen, which is a30-minute drive. Toulouse and Bordeaux can both be easily reached in 2 hours, as can the Atlantic coast, the Spanish border and the ski slopes.


House

Ground Floor
• From the centre of the classically-proportioned façade, double doors open into an attractive sitting room, 6.5m x 5m, with 2 windows, exposed beams, a fanlight over the entrance doors, stone floor and a large, open fireplace.
• Dining room, 5m x 4.5m, an elegant room with stone floor tiles, exposed beams, window, original wall cupboard, large fireplace and remains of bread oven.
• Staircase hall, 10m², with French windows to the terrace, exposed beams, old stone floor slabs and a particularly fine, carved staircase.
• Vestibule leading to the kitchen and the utility/cloakroom.
• Utility/cloakroom with wc, basin, oil-fired central heating boiler, shelving and points for machines.
• The oil-fired central heating system provides underfloor heating in the main reception rooms on the ground floor and radiators in the rest of the house.
• Kitchen, 5.5m x 4m, a lovely light room with exposed beams, terra-cotta floor tiles, 3 windows and an excellent range of craftsman-made elm kitchen units, fitted with a pretty porcelain sink, dishwasher, refrigerator/freezer and large Ariston cooker with electric oven and 5 gas burners.

First Floor
• The staircase turns past a display niche to the first floor landing which has the original wide planking and a window.
• Master bedroom, 5m x 4.5m, with 2 windows, exposed beams and a built-in cupboard.
• Bedroom (2) currently used as a dressing/linen room, 4m x 3m, with a carpet and a window.
• Salon - could be bedroom (3) - 6.5m x 5m, a charming room with a fireplace (currently closed), 3 windows and lime-washed beams.
• Bathroom (1), 5m x 2.5m, with a bath basin, bidet, shower, wc and window.

Second Floor
• The carved staircase continues to the second floor.
• The final flight of stairs and the entire top floor are carpeted.
• The two second floor bedrooms are very pretty.
• Bedroom (4), 6m x 4m, with exposed timbers, hanging closet and a window.
• Bedroom (5), 5m x 4.5m, with three windows and exposed timbers.
• Bathroom (2), with bath, basin, wc and window.
• Small storage area which also houses the water heater.

Outside
• A timber building at the side of the house makes useful storage for garden furniture and for the gas cylinders (kitchen cooker). It also conceals the oil tanks.
• At the end of the garden is a single storey stone building, 4m x 2.5m.
• Attached to this is a two storey stone building, 3m x 5m. The roof appears to be good and there is enough height to create an upper floor.
• Very attractive gardens, gravelled driveway and terracing.

This is a charmingly presented house in an attractive part of the Gascon countryside.

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