Description
This beautiful spacious two storey Charentaise stone Farmhouse and outbuildings date from about 1840. Located within easy access of Cognac and Angouleme. Sympathetically restored the house offers 4 double bedrooms, one has a mezzanine with double bed and sofa bed below and so can sleep 10, two reception rooms and a large fitted open kitchen. Outside around the enclosed courtyard are a games barn, heated swimming pool with large sunbed area, a walled garden and a small wood running down to a stream. The house is equipped for babies and small children, if required.
The house is situated in a small hamlet with four other houses and the road ends 50 metres past the house. The local countryside is ideal for walking and cycling, the roads are quiet and the gentle rolling hills and valleys of this part of the Charente are very welcoming. It is just a ten minute walk through the vines to the village of 700 people, where you can enjoy a coffee or drink. The village has a chateau, baker, butcher, doctor, pharmacy and general store/bar.
The city of Angouleme, the capital of the Charente, is stunning with two large daily markets and is only 40 minutes away. There is a rock festival every year, as well as vintage car races around the ramparts and hot air balloons spectacular. In the opposite direction, the house is within easy reach of huge beaches at Royan and the Ile de Re and the grand city of Bordeaux. Also close by is Cognac, the centre of the brandy industry. There are brandy making tours well worth a visit and river trips and kayaks available here and at Jarnac. For more entertainment there are roof top bars at Cognac and at the Hotel spa 20 minutes away.
If you just want to relax and soak up the sun , you can stay by the pool and the fruit trees.
KITCHEN AND DINING: Fully fitted kitchen with 5 gas burners/electric double oven range. American fridge with ice dispenser. Dishwasher, microwave and Nespresso coffee maker. Oak farmhouse table seating 12. Wood burning stove. Sonos play 3. Full crockery and kitchen utensils. All the rooms look out onto the courtyard. The utility room houses the washing machine and tumble drier.
LIVING ROOMS: Huge main salon with two 4 person leather sofas and an armchair and cherry wood coffee table. Open fireplace large enough to burn metre long logs. Long pan for roasting marshmallows and chestnuts. There is a large LCD TV, UK FreeSat and French HD channels, blu ray player and X Box.
BEDROOMS: Four large sunny double bedrooms. Bedroom 1 is en suite. Bedrooms 2 and 3 have wash basins . Bedroom 4 has large mezzanine level for the double bed, a large sofa bed and plenty of room for an inflatable mattress if required.
HEATING: Oil fired central heating throughout. Large woodburner in the kitchen and a fireplace in the salon. The thick stone walls keep you cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
ENTERTAINMENT: Heated swimming pool. Games barn with table tennis, darts and bicycles. There is a TV in the salon and a second TV and dvd player in the mezzanine. Selection of board games, dvd, and x box games. Public tennis courts in the village and golf at Cognac.
GARDEN AND OUTSIDE: Above the house and open to the vines is the 10x5 swimming pool with surrounding fruit trees and olive tree. Large stone tiled sun bathing area with sun loungers and vast umbrella (It gets very hot) The pool is alarmed to comply with French safety regulations. Plenty of pool toys and inflatables. Separate covered outside area with tiled floor and table seating 12. By the walled garden (where we play badminton) are the bread oven and well which provide a covered BBQ cooking area.
PARKING AND GARAGE: Easy parking on the property for at least 5 cars.
VISITOR SUITABILITY: There are steps from the courtyard to the swimming pool and the bedrooms are on the first floor so wheelchair access is not ideal. The countryside and position is ideal for family and friends with lots to do and places to visit. Facilities include a high chair and cot.
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