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Unique ancient Water Mill self-catering property. With it's original 18th century workings, offering high class Holiday rentals with helpful, discreet French/English owners on site. Comfortably sleeps six with it's wooden solar heated above ground pool, set in acres of landscaped gardens, in a little village. The house is minutes from the bustling medieval market town of Melle, famous for it's silver mines and all it's amenities. And within easy reach of golden beaches, Cognac, La Rochelle, Futuroscope, Zoo's, Green Venice, Monkey Valley and so much more.This beautiful water-mill rental has been renovated and furnished to a very high standard maintaining its illuminated mill workings & fitted kitchen in the original millrace where the water-wheel is .The lounge/dining room has leather arm chairs /settee’s ,dining table and chairs,a large flat screen Sky TV,Amazon fire-stick ,DVD player ,downstairs toilet ,separate staircase to balcony/bedroom , large double patio doors that look out across the landscaped gardens /mill race . A fully fitted kitchen has been installed in the original mill race, where fish can be seen and our resident trout Bob ! Large work surfaces with double sink, microwave/grill, oven, dishwasher, washing machine, kettle, toaster and large fridge/freezer. The 'machine room' has a stone flagged floor, oak beams and the original 18th century illuminated mill workings, armchairs/settee, Sound system, books and games. A wide hardwood staircase leads to the first floor where there are 3 bedrooms. The 'Oak room' with the old mill stones embedded in the floor has a double bed, wardrobe, Smart TV & en suite shower room, WC, hand basin. Annexed 'Millers room' with 2x single beds which can also be accessed by its own private balcony/mezzanine (Table &chairs, small snooker table)A third double bedroom called the "Granary" has a TV/DVD with en suite Jacuzzi bath, separate WC and host's a four poster bed.All bedrooms are equipped with electric fans to keep you cool in the hot summer months.
The "Green Venice" (Marais Poitevin) is only a pleasant 40 minutes drive. An hour to the south is Cognac with its many distilleries offering guided tours, including the famous Hennessy, Martell and Remy Martin. Wildlife parks, historical buildings, chateaux, museums, aquariums, golf courses and theme parks make this area the perfect choice for that very special holiday that bring returning guests year after year.
Facilities include, Free Fibre optic Wi-Fi ,French & English TV, Badminton, Table Tennis, Boules, 6" snooker table, mountain bikes (to reserve in advance) 7m x 4m x 1.3m Solar Heated Plunge Pool and pool house, Gas & charcoal Barbecues, River side Bread oven covered Barbecue eating area, Mill pond covered eating area, garden furniture. Sun loungers.
We try to be as flexible as possible with out of season bookings but July and August bookings are Saturday to Saturday with priority on 2 week bookings .
Our sincere apologies we have had to replace our 20 + year website with our Facebook page because our web host went bust ! Please don't hesitate getting in touch if you have any enquiries, require more info or pics etc !
18 Reviews
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By Mr & Mrs Windress , Mr & Mrs Reader on 20-Sep-2025Thank you , Love pool,Garden beautiful, Love the quirky cottage/mill , Pussy cats delightful and your warm welcome ! From the four of us . Mr and Mrs S.Windrass and Mr and Mrs K Reader
Absolutely Amazing !
By Steve Tasker on 21-Jul-2025All we can say is “Absolutely Amazing “ The property, the location, our Jason and all his family and including all the animals . We have had an amazing time and thank Jason for all help with a couple of problems we had ie: our car ! Thank you so much and we wish you all the best . Chris and Steve
Thank you for for having us !
By Nicki,Jose,Emma,Alex,June & Eli on 26-Jul-2025Dear Jason and Marie-Laure Thank you so much for having us stay in your beautiful home and gardens . What a wonderful sanctuary. Love Emma, June, Alex,Nicki,Jose, Élie and wilf !
Many thanks for your warm welcome and attentiveness!
By Chris and Steve on 19-Jul-2025To Jason and family Many thanks for your warm welcome and attentiveness. For all the “goodies” you have given us throughout the week and most of all your help with our car. We have had a wonderful time in your amazing property . It has been a pleasure meeting you and all your family …… including all your animals ! We will not hesitate in recommending you and wish you all the best for the future. With kind Regards Chris and Steve
A lovely relaxing holiday
By Lydia,Neil,Nicole & Eloise on 21-Jul-2024A lovely relaxing holiday had at the mill by our family of 4.Highlights were feeding the goats and ducks, table tennis and of course the fantastic pool area ! Our recommendations for things to do nearby are the « Vallée Des Singes (Monkey Valley)-What an amazing day we had with free range monkeys ! Green Venice boat trip was also brilliant. We opted for a manned boat ride so we didn’t have to row and our young guide, Pierre spoke fantastic English and told us all about the canals and wildlife as well as a fire demonstration from the methane gas in the canal ! La Rochelle was also well worth a visit , a lovely place to wander and the German bunker in the town was incredible and well worth a visit , you would never know it was there ! We were delighted to have seen « Bob » the resident trout swimming through the kitchen one morning ! Amazing ! Many Thanks to Jason & Marie -Laure Lydia,Neil
Fabulous Week at the Mill
By Peter & Carla on 20-Jul-2024July 2024 We have had a fabulous weak at the moulin . Made extra special by the amazing warm welcome from Jason and Marie-Laure . We were invited to watch the England v Spain Euro final with Jason, Marie-Laure and Choe . Watching the match in their home with beer was really special ! Thank you so much guys , shame about the result :-( The welcome pack was really a very nice touch , the best we have ever had , with wine. lovely fresh eggs, vegetables and fruit . The property and surroundings are stunning and hugely undersold online. From the moment we drove into the property we were delighted with our choice and certainly the place has delivered above our expectations. We are honestly amazed at the attention to detail not only in the property but also the wonderful gardens . The outside BBQ bread oven area was used several nights , the bird song and water accompanied some great local produce cooked over coals. Feeding the very friendly goats and chickens was great fun. I fished the mill stream at the bottom of the garden and was rewarded with a fabulous Chubb. I was thrilled when 4 kingfisher’s decided to frolic around the stream for a few minutes . We visited Coulon and had a boat trip along the canals , well worth a trip .Mainly we stayed around the Moulin , reading,dipping in and out of the pool, very relaxing. Melle has some really nice cool walks along the Arboretum with lots of rare trees many of them displaying dates of planting back to 1750´s. Thé Friday market was nice but a definite for us was having dinner at the « Secret Garden « excellent food and great value . So a really relaxing week made so very special by the warm welcome we received. Jason we are amazed at the effort you and Marie-Laure have put into this very special place. Thank you for showing us the pictures and sharing your fabulous journey, very inspiring ! We wish you all the best for the future , Dood (dog) was also very happy here ! We have visited a lot of properties in France and the Moulin tops the lot ! Your story is fabulous and is shown in every corner of the moulin. A river in the kitchen with a trout swimming up and down ! That’s a first ! Thanks once again Peter, Carla and Dood xx