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A lovely country house

A lovely country house with nearly 15 hectares in exceptional setting with views down a valley and the surrounding hillsides. The recently renovated main house has 4 Bedrooms, Bathroom, Shower room, Cloakroom, large Sitting room, Study, Kitchen, Utility room and excellent Cellars. There is a separate Quercy Pigeonnier (Sitting room, Bedroom and shower room) and 2 attached guest cottages with 3 Bedrooms and 2 Bedrooms. A large barn has Stabling for 7 horses and a splendid Workshop and a room used as a further Bedroom. Swimming Pool (approx 12 x 6m – not standard) and excellent covered area for poolside eating with summer Kitchen. The land surrounds the property, which is situated on a hillside with sloping fields, flat in parts, as well as woods. This property is in a special peaceful location with lovely good views.

The property is some 16 kms north of Agen (TGV railway) and about 1 hour’s drive from Toulouse International Airport. It is 3 kms from a small market town with cafι, restaurant, shops, doctor etc and is reached along small country roads amidst lovely farmland, woods, hills and valleys. Its private drive winds uphill between its fields to a parking area beside and behind the house.

The House

From the parking area beside the large barn (also used for covered parking) is a path leading down to a pretty garden. The front door is under a large covered terrace (auvent 25’ x 13’). One door leads into a Hallway off which is a WC, stairs and an entrance into the Sitting room.

Another door leads into the newly refitted Kitchen (19’ x 13’). At the far end is a useful larder/store room (10’ x 13’). A door from the kitchen leads into the Sitting room (overall 40’ x 19’ reducing to 13’) – at one end is the Sitting area – in the centre is the Dining area – and there is a small second Sitting area with an open fireplace. This is a light room with windows facing east and south. A door leads through to the Study (17’ x 16’) with windows to the south and west. There is a wall cupboard with nice old wood doors.

Off the Sitting room is the Hall with WC and stairs up to a good Landing off which are the 4 Bedrooms, Shower room and Bathroom. Two Bedrooms (11’ x 10’ and 12’ x 11’) both with good fitted cupboards are on each side of the bathroom (7’ x 7’) with bath, shower attachment, basin and WC. There is a large Bedroom (….) with sloping ceiling (into the roof) to the left of the Landing, the 4th Bedroom (….) is above the Study and there is a Shower room with basin & WC.

The roof has been fully renewed. There is gas Central Heating throughout the house. There are excellent Cellars below the whole house, which have good ceiling heights and could also provide additional accommodation. There are three rooms (one has a separate entrance) – the first two total 39’ x 15’ and the third 14’ x 13’.

The Pigeonnier

A few yards from the main house across the garden is a lovely Pigeonnier. This has three floors (each of 13’ x 11’). The lower part is a storage room with hot water equipment, in the middle (reached from an upper level of ground from the parking area) is a Sitting/Eating/Cooking area and above up circular wood stairs is a Bedroom with a Shower room with WC. Above that is a pigeon loft.

The Gites

Stone steps lead down from the Auvent and the main house to a separate parking area (with access to the main drive) and to two well modernised Gites. The building is itself relatively modern though it was built as additional stabling for horses. The first has two Bedrooms (10’ x 10’ & 13’ x 10’), a Bathroom with bath, shower attachment, basin and WC, a Sitting area and a Kitchen/Dining area (up two steps). The second is almost the same but with the addition of a third single Bedroom (10’ x 7’). Both have sliding glass doors out to terraces overlooking fields and countryside and both have underfloor heating.

The Barn

Beside the main parking area is the Barn with at the front a large overhanging roof or auvent (41’ x 17’). The main part of the barn has well constructed stables on both sides with a wide gangway (in which cars can be parked). To the left there are three loose boxes and a storage area (44’ x 11’), the centre totals 44’ x 10’ and to the right there are four boxes (44’ x 11’) – the individual boxes average some 11’ x 11’. To the side of the barn is a large Storage or Workshop (44’ x 11’). Above the left boxes – reached by a door in the upper level side of the barn – is an office/bedoom (18’ x 13’) with a plate glass front overlooking the stables below.

Outside

Away from the main house, Pigeonnier and Gites and set well away behind the barn is the games area and the Swimming Pool. There is good space for Boules and a Children’s play area leading to a small building beside the pool. This building has been converted into an excellent fully equipped Summer Kitchen (12’ x 11’) and a changing room with a Shower and WC. A roof has been extended to give a superb sun shaded area (22’ x 15’) overlooking the pool – and under which the present owners have several tables and chairs.

In addition there is a further room to one side housing the pool equipment and there is a shower by the pool. The Swimming Pool has integral steps into the shallow end, has a maximum depth of 1m 90cm and is surrounded by a tiled ‘plage’. The pool is about 12m x 6m and can be heated.

There is a Spring, which appears to flow throughout the year and which has in the past been used for supplying water to horses in the lower fields.

The land surrounds the house sloping away to a small stream and down to a small country road to the south. Further fields slope up the hill behind the house to woods at the top. In addition there is a circular training ring.

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Price: €795 000 Euros
including agents commission

Ref 586 Lot et Garonne (47)

 

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