5 Bed Stone ‘Charentaise' Village House, Barn, Large Garden

Property Description

5 Beds (1 Ground Floor); Kitchen; Dining room; Entrance Hall; Shower Room/laundry; WC; Large attached Barn; Workshop; Garden Stores; Double Car Port; Lovely Enclosed Mature Garden.
East Charente 16270: This lovely old ‘Charentaise Longère’ is situated at the heart of a pretty little rural village, with a popular bar-restaurant & a chateau with an award winning fine-dining restaurant; less than 10mins from 2 market towns; c35mins from both Angoulême (TGV) & Limoges Airport.
This spacious stone house dates back to c1885 & retains lots of original character, it benefits from the typically high ceilings of the ‘Charentaise’ style and was obviously built for someone of some importance. The property is perfectly habitable, requiring only some decoration/refurbishment and rewiring; it would make a great B&B, holiday home or permanent residence.
Approx. 165m²habitable surface area with the ability to extend into the barn if required, exposed timbers throughout and laid out as follows:
Ground floor: Entrance Hall (14.2m²~) with quarry tiles, original oak staircase (sweeping all the way up to the attic); Kitchen (17.8m²~), tiled with enamel sink, wood burning range & extract; adjacent Dining Room (the partition could be removed, 19.4m²~), tiled, double patio doors to garden; Living Room (18.1m²~), wonderful original oak flooring, ‘Charentaise’ stone fireplace with wood-burner, original stone oven, access to Cellar (approx. 15m²~); Bed 1 (11.9m²~); Shower Room (7.7m²~shower, bidet, connection for washing m/c); WC (1.8m²~).
1st Floor: Lovely oak flooring throughout: Landing (7.9m²~) 4 Beds (10.7, 14.5, 20, 21.4m²~).
2nd Floor: Attic (50m²~) partially convertible.
Heating: Wood-burning range, wood burner, night storage heater(2008), elec rads; 200L electric water heater(2010); mainly UPVC double glazed) with electric shutters (& wooden shutters for cosmetic purposes); mains drains;
Energy: E; GHGE: B; attic insulated with 20cm glass wool
Outbuildings: Large attached Barn in good order (approx.120m²) with original mangers, stable and wine cellar; adorable Stone Outbuilding with workshop (c8m²), 2 garden stores and an attic; Double Car Port (c70m²) with 2 Store rooms.
Land: Plot Size approx. 1876m² (just under half an acre): Large, enclosed (partly walled) Mature Garden (inc. fruit trees & a magnificent old walnut); Well.