Detached country house with land and heated pool
A delightful detached equestrian property which has benefited from extensive investment to provide all modern comforts for humans and horses, while retaining the wonderful character of its heritage of over 200 years.
The property is a traditional French stone farmhouse – warm in winter, cool in summer and has been sympathetically decorated to suit its age. Reputedly once a training facility for the French Resistance the house later enjoyed life as a chambre d’hote before returning to use as a family home. It has since been sympathetically decorated to suit its age and has been beautifully maintained and recently re-painted.
Energy-efficient throughout, double-glazed windows, with a new condensing gas boiler, LED lighting, air conditioning to master bedroom and the pool is heated with an economical pompe a chaleur. There is a fully-compliant fosse septique and both 4G and fibre internet are available to the house. Security lighting and webcam fitted to the barn purely for convenience.
For spacious accommodation there is a large kitchen diner, a carpeted lounge and a convenient downstairs bathroom. Upstairs there are 3 large bedrooms, all en-suite, with stunning exposed beams (all well above head-height!) and double aspects to the barn and amazing views over the 11 acres of pasture land and valley.
Attached to the house are several stone buildings, including a woodstore, which contains the original 19th century bread oven. There are more smaller buildings attached to the barn, including a garage and a chicken house with automatic door.
The house is situated at the end of a private road, with one quiet neighbour (at 75m), and lies less than 10 minutes from the popular tourist town of L'Isle Jourdain and 50 minutes from Limoges airport. L’Isle Jourdain (86150) has doctors, pharmacist, garage, garden centre, cinema, restaurants, bars, outdoor swimming pool etc. Daily bus service to Poitiers.
ACCOMMODATION
Entrance Hall 4.2m x 3m Ancient stone basin with feature shelving, painted staircase. Understairs storage. Tiled floor. CH radiator.
Bathroom 3m x 2.3m Bath with shower mixer, WC and storage cupboard. Tiled floor. CH radiator.
Dining Kitchen double aspect, 6m x 6m with French doors to terrace. Fitted units with washing machine, dishwasher, freezer and american fridge. 5 ring gas hob and integrated English double oven with eye-level grill. Traditional suspended laundry rack. Feature tiled fireplace with antique Godin stove. New high-efficiency gas condensing boiler. 2 x central heating radiators. Tiled floor.
Lounge double aspect 6m x 6m with French doors to terrace. Feature tiled fireplace with 20kw woodburner. Inset bookcase. 2 x central heating radiators. Carpeted.
Balustrade landing with exposed beams and painted wooden floor. Central heating radiator to
Master Bedroom double aspect 6m x 5m with Italian ensuite shower, sink and separate WC. IR thermostatic air-conditioning heat pump unit. Central heating radiator. Carpeted.
Bedroom 2 single aspect 4.8m x 4.3m with corner shower, body jets/rainfall head and WC.
Bedroom 3 double aspect 6m x 4.3m with ensuite shower and WC.
Heating is by gas, with radiators in all rooms, a 21kw log burner in the lounge for supplemental heating and the airconditioning unit in the master bedroom can also be used for heating in the winter months.
EXTERIOR
Rear double terrace leading to railed decking surrounding the heated swimming pool (9m x 5m) with concealed glass-bead filter, pump and pompe a chaleur, 3 external power points. Stunning panoramic views across the valley and across the property’s fields. Garden area with large mature trees, and also patio area with firepit. Perfect spaces for entertaining.
Enormous stone barn (35m x 15m) with 3 large doors, enclosing 2 workshop areas, tack area, hay storage, tractor garage and 3 purpose-built horse boxes, leading to field shelter and paddock, with training arena.
Extensive stone buildings for vehicles, storage, and poultry, or could be used to extend the accommodation for holiday gites.
The land is divided into 5 main areas:
House and garden area with potager, patio, mature plants and 2 large mature trees – 1 acre
Paddock and field shelter with sand arena– 1 acre
Chicken field – 3 acres
House field – 3 acres
Woods – 3 acres
The property also enjoys numerous fruit trees, including apple, cherry, pear, plum and fig.
EQUESTRIAN
Modern galvanised gates and excellent fencing facilitates the easy movement of horses between fields and stables. All fields enjoy a water supply, excellent drainage and have shelter for horses.
The house sits next to its own chemin for access to its fields, and which also connects to an extensive network of 70km of chemins to enable easy hacking out straight from the property.
The paddock and house field have field shelters and the chicken field has natural shelter of its own. Established track systems are in place with electric fencing and the fields have been well-maintained, without chemicals, to provide standing meadow hay. All fields have excellent drainage and natural slopes. No flooding has been experienced in 10 years.
The owners have also installed a 32m x 22m sand arena, with direct access from the paddock.
The barn contains ample room for tack and feed supplies. The horses have direct access to the stable area where there are 3 modern boxes (2 single, 1 double) for use when necessary. LED lighting, power and water available. Ample space exists to add a further 3 to 4 boxes.
Outdoor lighting on both sides of the rear terrace, security camera and lighting to entrance drive and barn.
Some farm and paddock equipment available by negotiation.
The current owners have spent a happy 10 years here with their horses and other animals, and spent considerable sums improving the property. It is only ill-health which forces this reluctant sale.
***FOR SALE PRIVATELY – NO AGENCY FEES***
