A rare opportunity to purchase a walled 18th C Charentaise Farmhouse

The remaining part of what was once a large farm and outbuildings built between 1780 and 1785 consist of a large detached house with two side barns and a large barn in the courtyard. There is a working natural spring well in a courtyard which is surounded with walls giving both security and privacy. The property has a large balcony to the rear which afford views of  a large garden with mature trees and the surrounding countryside. A small walled area to the front of the property provides an area for sitting out and taking meals 'al fresco'. The interior of the house has timbered ceilings and the walls have been made 'pierre apparent' (natural stone faced). There are two bedrooms approximately 25 metres squared and a smaller bedroom on a mezzanine floor approximately 12 metres squared. One of the side barns has been converted into a large kitchen to the rear of which is a utility room and bathroom. There is a large hallway with a cloakroom to the rear. above the ground floor is a 'granier' approximately 440 square metres which is ripe for conversion into bedrooms. The lounge and dining room are heated by wood burning stoves and the bedroom with oil fired heating and eletric convectors.   The property is in an ideal location to convert for use as a bed and breakfast facility, holiday letting or use as a superb family home.  It is ten minutes from a lakeside beach at La Geurlie Videx and an adventure playground at Massignac, twenty minutes from beautiful forest and lakeside walks at St Matheiu the historic Chateau towns of La Rochfoucauld and Rochechouart and Montbron Castle.Cognac and Limoges are approximately one and a half hours away and two and a half hours away are the beaches of St George de Didonne and Royan on the GIronde estuary.  (Brochure available on request).