For sale - House 10 rooms

Attractive 'maison de maitre' dating from the 18th century, with outbuildings, an independent holiday cottage, and 4 acres of land. The buildings are set in the shape of a U: a large courtyard precedes the house, a former fortified farm, which is surrounded by barns to the right and to the left, the whole in a beautiful environment with dominant views over rolling meadows.
The house offers a 289m2-living space on 2 levels and comprises: Entrance hall with pantry, fitted kitchen, with fireplace and bread oven behind the stove, followed by the dining room. The wooden floor of the dining room hides the access to stone steps leading down to amazing vaulted cellars divided into 3 areas. To the left of the dining room, the library doubles up as a spare bedroom.
To the right, off the entrance hall, the living room with fireplace and stone floor, is followed by a study and the second entrance with stairs to the upper floor. Past the study is a ground floor bedroom, the boiler room for the oil central heating, and utility room with shower room space.
Upstairs, the landing opens onto a large lounge-billiard room, 5 bedrooms and a bathroom. Above, the roof space is divided into 3 attic rooms and a bedroom.
Outbuildings consist of 3 barns used as garage, workshop and storage. To the rear of the largest barn, a cottage has been converted to provide a kitchen with dining area and lounge area, and a small shower room with toilet. A spiral staircase leads to 2 mezzanines. Entrance door facing the access road, and a glazed door overlooking meadows opens out onto a wooden terrace with panoramic views of the beautiful rolling countryside. Behind the house, attached to the corner of the house, rests a tower, reminder of the past when the property was a fortified farm.
The property is in a hamlet 5mn from CHATEAUPONSAC, lovely village with 2 252 inhabitants perched above the river Gartempe, with terraced gardens on the steep slopes down to the river, remains of fortifications, a church, quaint stone houses ...Supermarket and shops for daily needs are in the centre of the village. All amenities and services in BELLAC or LA SOUTERRAINE. The A20 motorway to LIMOGES or PARIS is 5km away. Limoges international airport is 40mn away.