Description
Grand Maison de Maître with outbuildings and large walled garden. Part renovated, the house benefits from a relatively new roof, and brand new guttering.
Ground floor : Stunning entrance hall ( 8m x 3.30m ) with beautiful original staircase and tiled floor original wooden panelling. Kitchen diner with 2 original fireplaces and windows on both sides. Just behind the kitchen is a utility area with sink and plumbing for a washine machine and door to the jardin. This leads to a large garage/boiler room ( 30 m² ) that could be converted to extra living accommodation. On the opposite side of the hall is a sitting room with original fireplace and an office.
First floor : new floorboards throughout, landing, 3 bedrooms. The spacious bathroom ( 16m² ) is in the centre front of the house and consists of traditional cast iron bath, sink, bidet, shower and wc in the old style with cistern high above, which is all brand new.
The brand new water heater is situated next door in what could be the master bedroom ( ( 48 m²) or 2 bedrooms. There is another room that could be an ensuite bathroo m ( 14 m² )
A great many support beams having been replaced. New insulation has been laid throughout. The ceilings on this side have also been partially insulated, and new electric cabling throughout.
Rooms are spacious and light with high ceilings.
Evacuation from the bathroom is plumbed to the outside front and ready to connect to a planned reed bed system ( with electric for pump also in place ), though this has not been realised, that's for the buyer to complete.
Theentrance hall has had a Dpm damp course laid, then insulated, with a concrete floor on top, and finally traditional tomettes ( terracotta floor tiles ).
There is a cellar with access from the rear of the kitchen.
Both sides of the house benefit from air circulation underneath the house, on the one side via the celler, and on the other there is about a metre of space from the ground to the floorboards. A damp proof course and concrete has been laid on this side, thus ensuring the house is protected from humidity.
There is an oil/wood boiler for central heating, but all the radiators had to be removed whilst renovation work had been carried out, such as rebuilding the first floor etc.
The pipework is still in place and the cast iron radiators are stored in the barn ready for re-installation if required.
There are also woodburning stoves in either side of the house, one being a huge Rayburn heating/ cooking stove that can also heat up to 15 radiators if connected.
The other side has a new woodburner on the ground floor.
The house overlooks vineyards and there are fantastic walks to be had on paths that go through them. It's a very peaceful location.
The gardens of both rear and front of the house are large, with many figs trees, a pear tree, a large oak and a lime tree.
Local amenities close by with boulangerie in Lonzac and various shops in Jarnac Champagne, Archiac and Salle d'Angles. Superette's are all near by for quick or late night shopping. Archiac has a Carrefour supermarket. For bigger supermarkets, endless bars, banks and restaurants etc, Cognac is a 15 minute drive away, Pons is the same. Both have all the town/ city amenities you'd expect. The house is situated just south of Cognac.
A sizeable property with many ornate features and carved stonework.
