Secondigny - Impressive Maison de..

reduced price - Impressive Maison de Maitre with original features in a parkland garden of 3.5 hectares with a lake, woodland and far reaching country views. The house is set well back from a minor road, behind wrought iron railings with a front garden planted with mature trees. The house has a pleasing symmetry and invites you to explore further.

Central entrance hall has beautiful Victorian tiled floor, lovely plaster ceiling rose and cornicing, the four doors that lead to the reception rooms are original and have superb mouldings to the frames. To the right is the dining room with original tiled floor, French doors to the front, window to the side, open fire with marble surround. Arch through to the salon with herringbone parquet floor in oak, window to the side, marble fireplace, plaster ceiling rose and cornice and door back to the hall. On the other side of the hall is the fully fitted breakfast kitchen with original tiled floor, French doors to the front, window to the side, marble fireplace with insert wood burning stove and ceiling rose. Further along the hall on the left is the sitting room with French doors to the conservatory overlooking the garden and its great views, arch through to the office with built in bespoke library, parquet flooring in herringbone pattern, window to the rear and granite fireplace, door leads to the rear hall. The rear hall has a door to the rear garden and to the useful laundry room with window to the rear, tiled floor and plenty of space for appliances.

The original staircase winds its way up to the 1st floor and continues up to the unconverted 2nd floor. On the first floor is a pleasant landing with window to the front, pine floor and ceiling rose. The master bedroom has windows to the front and side, ceiling rose, limed pine floor, arch through to the en-suite bathroom/dressing room - window to the side, built in storage on two sides, bath, shower, double vanity sinks, parquet floor and door back to the landing. Bedroom 2 has window to the front and side and carpet. Door from landing to small vestibule area with separate wc and shower room with built in storage on two walls, shower, double vanity sinks and window to the side. Bedroom 3 has window to the rear, decorative marble fireplace, parquet floor and en-suite shower room. Bedroom 4 has a window to the rear and parquet flooring.

The attic has 4 windows and is convertible with the correct permissions.

There is a cellar accessed from the rear of the house, which is divided into three sections, one containing the condensing boiler which was new in 2012 and another part is used as a cave.

The gardens completely surround the house and the current owner has planted an extensive wood with trees chosen for their colour during the summer and autumn. They fall gently away from the house down to a lake which is stocked. There is a detached barn which was used as stables for livestock and attached to this is another barn with vehicle access.

The house has been lovingly restored by the present owners over the last 30 years, retaining original features whilst making a very comfortable family home. The slate roof was replaced 10 years ago and the oil fired central heating boiler was updated to a condensing one in 2012.

Just 4km from the town of Secondigny with all necessities. 20 minutes to the A10 autoroute, 30 minutes to the city of Niort and 1 hour from the seaside town of la Rochelle.

Kim Cowles, (Agent Commercial) - RSAC N° 50195547000015. (dont 16 900€ TTC honoraires a la charge de l'acquereur)Tel : 06 73 89 73 09 E-mail : kim@allez-francais.com