The house is a traditional south-facing French Farmhouse known as a 'maison de maitre'. It has large, sun-filled rooms. Impeccably restored in 1995, it retains many original features:

Click to enlarge   The second reception room has a magnificent beamed ceiling and french windows out onto the terrace and swimming pool

• beautiful beige original 'terre cuite' floortiles downstairs
• original stripped and polished wood floors upstairs
• original windows with fully restored shutters and wide-proportioned doors throughout
• huge entrance hall with magnificent original staircase
• vast, stone-arched working fireplace in first reception room
• stunning original wood ceiling in second reception with French doors opening onto terrace
• massive beams throughout
• separate dining room with period rose-coloured floor tiles
• 'Farrow and Ball' and traditional French paint colours

Click to enlarge   The hallway is wide with a magnificent original staircase and 'terre cuite' floortiles

Click to enlarge   The attic is currently used as a children's den

 

In tradional style, the kitchen is the heart of the house. The kitchen is custom-made in oak with a magnificient 'Godin' double oven cuisiniere.

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The house also boasts:

• four large double bedrooms
• two bathrooms (one en-suite and one family bathroom)
• downstairs cloakroom
• two fully-converted attic rooms (currently used as a children's den) with further walk-in attic storage
• separate utility and laundry room and large walk-in larder
• central heating throughout
• full oil-fired central heating throughout with a top quality Viessmann boiler, fully serviced
• high speed ADSL internet access

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The outbuildings are extensive, with a barn (currently housing the table tennis table) and stables. The outbuildings also have the potential for future renovation - as an extension to the house or as another completely separate house or studio.

A full structural survey has been carried out and is available on request.