€525,000

Our local agent Andy PORTSMOUTH offers you, just outside the popular riverside village of Ansac sur Vienne with café and shop, and 4km from the historic town of Confolens, this wonderful property dating back to the 15th century. With a 7-bedroom house, two gîtes - ideal holiday rentals in this area, a 150m2 barn with workshop, a cottage to renovate, a fabulous 15th century pigeonry and almost 3 hectares (7.5 acres) - please watch the video tour :-) The house and gardens are enclosed by a high stone wall - passing through an archway you approach the house. Three beautiful windows and also the front door are medieval stone-framed. A wide entrance hallway with oak staircase leads to the huge double-height main room with a logburner, exposed beams and three large glass doorways opening to the terrace and garden. Also on the ground floor, a study, a WC, and a laundry room. Upstairs, a mezzanine overlooks the main room, a hallway with storage cupboards and a wide seating area, 7 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. Attached to the house, an open covered courtyard or arcade - directly accessible from the main room, with beautiful curved-stone arches facing the garden. Step down from here to a large stone cellar that runs beneath the courtyard and main room. There is also a working stone bread oven. The house has oil central heating and is single-glazed, fibre internet is available, the septic tank conforms to regulations. The property uses water from a spring on its own land, with no supply issues. One gite has a kitchen/dining room, a bedroom, shower room and WC, the other gite has a large kitchen/dining room, two bedrooms and a shower room, both are renovated and nicely separate from the house.