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Property Description

A finely built mid-19C small manor house restored to exacting standards and beautifully presented, with a pleasingly symmetrical facade and an ideal compact layout. The mellow stone is complemented by cream-coloured shutters and framed by a walled garden with parterres of roses and lavender. The present owners have virtually rebuilt the accommodation from a shell and all installations are new. A guest apartment can run independently or incorporated within the main body of the house. An attractive swimming pool area is privately situated to the rear with access from the kitchen terrace and overlooking pasture beyond. Currently a permanent home, but with a low maintenance garden equally suitable on a holiday basis. 7kms from a riverside market town. 45kms NW of Auch. Toulouse and Bordeaux airports 100 minutes.
Ground Floor
Original doors below transom window and between carved stone surround. Entrance Hall, 5.2x2.3m, with ceiling rose & cornice, black & white tiled floor. Sitting Room, 5.6x5.1m, two exposed beams, broad Gascon fireplace, diagonally laid tiled floor, SE window. Dining Room, 5.5x5m, with ceiling rose & mouldings, decorative black marble fireplace with decorative over mantle, newly laid oak floor, SE window. Study, 3.3x2.8m, SE window. A partly glazed door leads beneath the stairs. Kitchen/Breakfast, 10.7x3m, with generous suite of painted cupboards with Smeg oven, Lacanche 5-burner stove, extractor hood, double Villeroy & Boch sink, Bosch dishwasher, red composite worktops, three windows & french doors to terrace. Snug, 3x2m, with display niche & bookshelves. Passage with door to exterior. Laundry room, with cupboard units and stainless sink, oil-fired boiler for hot water and guest apartment heating. Separate WC & hand basin. Store Room with heat pump supplying under floor heating. Guest apartment. Bedroom IV, 5.6x4.8m, with exposed stone walls, french windows SE, terra cotta style tiled floor. Shower room IV, with raised walk-in shower, basin set in marble top unit & WC. Stair rises to Sitting Room, 12x4.6m, with exposed beams rising to roofline, exposed stone walls, windows N & S. Fully equipped Kitchen with breakfast bar. Glazed door to balcony terrace, with raised section in low stone walling, 11x2.3m approx. Steps down to garden level.

First Floor
A pretty turning stair in poplar and oak with turned spindles rises to landing with SE window. Bedroom I, 5x5m, with marble fireplace between a pair of period built-in cupboards, pale carpeted floor. En Suite bathroom I, fully tiled in white with recessed lighting, luxury power shower, basin unit & wall-mounted WC, NE window. Bedroom II, 5.4x5.3m, with ceiling rose & mouldings, marble fireplace, original poplar floor, SE window. En Suite Shower Room II, with walk-in shower, pedestal basin and WC, partial tiling. Lobby rear of stair off half landing. Bedroom III, 4.1x3.1m, with cornice, new timber flooring, NE window. Family Bathroom III, 2.9x2.7m, fully tiled, bath with shower screen, elegant basin & WC. The main stair continues to floored attic for storage with several low openings. All main rooms in the main house have under-floor heating powered by geothermal system, with low running costs and producing air conditioning in the summer to the bedrooms and kitchen.

Outside
Rear Terrace, 14x4m, laid in crazy paving running onto mixed borders including roses and lavender. Covered Dining Terrace, 6x3.7m, with stone arch and smooth slab floor. Swimming Pool, 11x6m plus Roman steps, with patterned liner. Broad sun terrace in slabs. Pool Store, 6x4.6m, with filtration plant. Lean-to, 5x3.3m. Former winery, 7x6m approx. with double doors, concrete floor and enormous wine vats. Garden store. Unrestored Cottage, 12x7m, approx. a former farm manager's dwelling on two levels, built in 1929.

Land
1.97 hectares. The property sits alongside a quiet lane from which it is screened by a row of plane trees. In and out drives framed by planes, limes and flowering yuccas with gravelled parking area. A lawn to the front of the property runs down to a large pond surrounded by mature trees, including poplar and willow. Two Wistaria 'trees' stand beside the walled garden and flower three times a year. Lawns continue to the rear and two centenarian oaks mark the limit between the garden and a field which is managed by a neighbouring farmer. Further screening is provided by bamboo, pampas and a variety of trees. Two further oaks frame an old wall and a bench for quiet contemplation. The pool area extends from the kitchen terrace and is bordered by mixed hedges and plantings include olive, poplar, fruit trees and bamboo.

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