This fabulous renovated detached 15th Century stone house in rolling countryside, just outside the village of Lizant in the Vienne department of France, sits back from a quiet lane behind a stone wall and the original gateway, with a gravelled courtyard and Magnolia. The gardens go around the house to an inground pool, to fruit trees and elevated countryside views.
The house and holiday gite have exposed stone walls, revealing the beautiful lightcoloured stone of this particular area the same local stone was transported for the building of the 12th Century church in Civray.
The entrance hallway has an original limestone flagstone floor, while the stairs and many of the floors upstairs are made of 15th Century elm, beautiful and now so rare, or chestnut.
The wide entrance hallway with WC leads through the house to the back garden. On your right, a huge doubleaspect, doubleheight living room (83m2) with logburner. On the lefthand side of the entrance hallway, a kitchendiner (37m2) with stone fireplace and logburner the kitchen opens onto a terrace near the pool.
Stunning elm stairs lead up from the entrance hallway to four large bedrooms (24m2 with ensuite of 11m2; 21m2, 17m2, and 13m2), a bathroom (10m2 with WC), a separate WC, and a mezzanine (above the living room).
Attached, a guest gite (45m2), garage / workshop (38m2), and a storage space (50m2) with its own entrance and windows, suitable for conversion into a second gite.
The house has central heating and castiron radiators. The pool is 10mx5m.
This is property is in lovely condition. The pleasant small towns of Civray and Ruffec with restaurants and supermarkets etc are each about 10 minutes drive.
€445,000 Selection Habitat
For more details contact Andy Portsmouth on [email protected]