Spacious Barn Conversion; Vast Open Plan Living Room; 4+Lge Beds; Lge Mezzanine; ¾ Ac

Property Description

In Brief: Recent Barn Conversion: ‘Baronial’ Dining Room; Huge Open Plan Kitchen/Living Room; Sitting Room; Utility/Shower Room; Integral Garage; Vast Mezzanine Gallery; 1 Master Suite; 3 further Large Beds; Jack & Jill Bathroom; Open Barn; Stable; ¾ Acre; lovely Views;2 more Acres of pasture are available if required.

Situation: East Charente 16450: This former stone barn sits on a tiny country lane at the very edge of a small rural hamlet and has open views across the fields for miles and miles; it is surrounded by lovely countryside but is only c6km from a village with good amenities; c8mins from the market town of Chasseneuil sur Bonnieure; c25mins from the Lakes of the Haute Charente and approx. 40 mins from both the city of Angoulême (TGV) and Limoges Airport.

Description: This barn conversion was completed in 2017 and is exposed to the East and the West, so airy & full of light but lovely & cool in the summer; it would make a fabulous family home or would be very suitable for a B&B; it benefits from a huge 290m² (approx.) habitable floor space with stone walls and oak timbers throughout and is laid out as follows:

Ground Floor: Tiled throughout: The old barn door opening has been transformed into a huge bay window encompassing the front door that leads straight into the impressive Dining Hall (34.7m²~) with cathedral ceiling right up to the exposed oak A frames & bespoke staircase leading to the mezzanine gallery. The dining room leads onto the Sitting Room/Bed 5 (25.6m²~ with wood-burner) and also has glazed double doors through to the Open-Plan Kitchen/Living Room (a whopping 57m²~) with fitted cupboards, work surface, double sink, extract, wood- burner & patio doors to the Terrace (approx. 40m²~); behind the kitchen is a hugely practical utility/shower room (19m²~) which in turn leads to the large integral Garage of approx.32m².
1st floor: floorboards throughout: massive central Mezzanine Gallery (39.5m²~) with views over garden to the valley beyond (would make more bedrooms or a fabulous artist studio); Master Bedroom (24m²~) with Juliet Balcony, Ensuite Wetroom (4.4m²~shower, basin + vanity unit, WC), Dressing Room (3.2m²~); Bed 2 (25m²~) with Jack & Jill Family Bathroom (8.7m²~bath, double basin & vanity unit, Large walk-in shower & WC); Bed 3 (18m²~); Bed 4 (14m²~)with Dressing Room (2.8m²~would make ensuite); some small Attic Spaces over bedrooms.
UPVC wood-look Double Glazing; Heating via the 2 wood burners with fitted elec radiators in 2 bedrooms; 2X200L elec water heaters; Compliant Septic Tank; Consumption Report Pending.

Outbuildings: Lean-to Open Barn (approx. 44m²); Stable with 2 horse boxes (approx. 24m²~).

Land: approx. 3074m² (¾ Acre): Front Garden/Terrace; Plenty of Off-Road Parking in front of the garage and the double gates that lead to the enclosed and partly walled garden with a paddock around the stable and the rest laid to lawn with a few mature trees. There are a further 2 Acres of pasture available, 2mins walk up the lane.