Impressive town house, gîte, outbuildings and over an acre of gardens

Property summary

An impressive stone house that is in the heart of the vibrant and historic town of Charroux. Offering spacious accommodation with possibility of income from the guest house and B & B rooms. Traditional features with marble fireplaces, beautiful staircases and original floors. Plenty of outbuildings and a parkland garden extending to over an acre with far reaching views over the town to its ancient tower, abbey ruins and church.

Central hallway with original stone floor, plaster mouldings and impressive staircase which winds its way to the upper floors. Double aspect salon with marble fireplace, beautiful parquet floor with central compass feature, build in cupboards and 2 store rooms off, one with door to rear courtyard. Office with marble fireplace, wood floor, wood panelling and store room to rear. Steps down from hall to kitchen/living/dining room with windows and door to side courtyard and rear garden, original stone floor and wooden flooring in living/dining area, fully fitted kitchen with island unit, wood burning stove and exposed stone wall. Laundry room and shower room.

The first level has a cinema room, artist studio flooded with light, music room and studio with mezzanine bedroom above.

The second level has three large bedrooms, all with fireplaces and one with an en-suite shower room. Family bathroom.

The third level has 2 en-suite bedrooms, one with a dressing room and these were successfully used in the past as B & B rooms.

There is a large attic (120m2) which could be used as further accommodation.

The one bedroom guest cottage is situated in a private courtyard and could be used for family or as a rental unit.

There are vehicle gates from the street which lead to a courtyard to the side of the house and around this are many of the stone outbuildings including a garage, barn (97m2) with attic spaces above (63m2), workshop (33m2), stables and gives access to the vaulted cellar under the house.

The courtyard to the rear of the house has a well, some small stone sheds and leads to the gardens.

The woodland gardens extend to the rear of the property and have far reaching views over the town and the ancient tower, mature trees and woodland plants make the garden private and it slopes down to a stone built folly.

The town of Charroux has a school, college, restaurant, mini-supermarket, bank, post office and bars. 10Km to Civray. 50Km to Poitiers with airport and Tgv station.