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Former vineyard estate with maison de maitre for sale

Reference: P4-9956PO

French Maison De Maître For Sale - Nouvelle-Aquitaine - Charente-Maritime (17) - France

Old 17th C vineyard estate for sale with a spacious maison de maitre. Numerous outbuildings include a majestic dovecote with a stone staircase and its 1200 dove-holes, summer kitchen, two barns, large reception room (100 m2) and a Gite. Set In the heart of Haute Saintonge in the middle of 'Petite Champagne' vineyards

Reception Rooms: 0
Bedrooms: 7
Bathrooms: 1
Land: 1.37 ha
Ref: P4-9956PO
Price € 1,060,000
Price £ 894,746
Price $ 1,092,012

In the heart of Haute Saintonge, set in the middle of 'Petite Champagne' vineyards
Midway between Cognac and Jonzac, just 35 minutes from Saintes and Angouleme, 45 minutes from the nearest beaches, benefiting from all amenities and services (schools, health professionals), the location is perfect for a new life project.

Set in nearly 2.4 hectares of grounds, the property consists of a maison de maitre of 455m2 as living space on two storeys and many outbuildings for a total space of 900m2.

As soon as you walk in the house, the majestic staircase suggests the spacious and airy rooms of the house. Each side from this entrance hall, you get a living room / library with wooden panels and a study with access to the garden, and opposite, a living room and a dining room. Opening on the garden, a professional kitchen with dining space, fireplace and service spiral staircase with back kitchen. On the east end of the building, a parental ensuite bedroom with access to the terrace overlooking the park offers the possibility to live on the ground floor.

On first floor, all along a corridor, four spacious bedrooms each with a private shower room, a bedroom with ensuite and a charming studio. The house also offers a cellar and a convertible attic of nearly 250 m2 of living surface.

Original features were preserved as the windows, the marble fireplaces, wooden panels, wooden and terracotta floors, mouldings, rosettes.
The property was modernised with a new central heating provided by a heat pump system, mains drains, and roof insulation.
Part of furniture can be purchased with the house.

Outbuildings include a majestic dovecote with a stone staircase and its 1200 dove-holes, and other buildings consisting of a summer kitchen, two barns, and a former and rare stone wine press, witness of the past of the vineyard property.

On the West wing of the property, the former bakery with its bread oven converted in dining room, a large reception room of nearly 100 m2 as living space, a fully converted Gite, laundry, workshop, wood shed and a space enclosed with walls of nearly 400 m2, open skies arrangement for outdoor dining.
At the opposite side, a restored outbuilding of nearly 350 m2. with adjoining open barn that could be converted in an accommodation or commercial space. The ensemble is surrounded by meadows and trees.

Grounds of nearly 2.4 hectares

All information above is deemed to be reliable but may be subject to errors and omissions.

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