18C Country House Set Beside a Small …

Property Description

A finely built traditional house with a handsome slate roof and a separate mill building as a splendid party room. Formerly a successful chambes d’hotes, with minor changes the property could become a superb family home.

The main house has a pleasing symmetry with a creeper covered façade and enjoys long views across unspoilt countryside to the Pyrenees. The property belongs to a pleasant hamlet, which at 1 km, is an easy walk or cycle and unusually, offers a swimming pool and tennis court for its residents.

The accommodation has many attractive period features, with exposed beams, terracotta tiled and timber floors. An atmospheric dining room of 40smq, with double height ceiling and opening to the terrace, would convert readily to a family kitchen and dining area. There are two ground floor bedroom suites and a galleried landing serves four further suites on first floor. Heating is a combination of oil-fired radiators and electric panel heaters in bedrooms. The attic, with 7 dormer windows, is a massive 170sqm below a cathedral roof and suitable as a play space. A buyer may wish to budget for a new kitchen and updating one or two bathrooms.

The separate mill building is a terrific single space of 65 m2, with a split-level floor, high roof and kitchenette for parties and entertaining. A further asset is an integral garage/workshop of 72sqm, with sliding glazed bay. A broad swathe of grass extends to the river bank which has a pebbled beach as a play area for children. Attracting wildlife and birds, the grounds are flanked by mature trees including three lofty parasol pines. Approximately 1 hectare in all. Classe energie D.