Beautiful 4 Bedroom Manor House for Sale with Countryside View in Vancais. This Historic Home with its Unique Architect…

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Beautiful 4 Bedroom Manor House for Sale with Countryside View in Vancais. This Historic Home with its Unique Architectural Features Offers the Opportunity to Enjoy a Slice of French History. It has …

Beautiful 4 bedroom Manor House for sale with countryside view in Vancais.

This historic home with its unique architectural features offers the opportunity to enjoy a slice of French history. It has been restored with passion employing the original building techniques, approved by the Architecte des Batiments de France and was awarded the label Fondation du Patrimoine in 2003. It has been open to visitors during the ''Journees du Patrimoine''.

Respecting ecological concerns, wooden double glazed windows have been fitted as well as a brand new, fully automatic Okofen pellet boiler serving cast iron radiators. Its thick walls keep the property beautifully cool during summer heatwaves.

Set in a pleasant hamlet of traditional limestone houses and walls, within the Natura 2000 wildlife protection reserve with no wind turbines nor high power lines within sight nor streams/rivers likely to flood nearby, this detached property is only 45 minutes from Poitiers airport and TGV station, 1h 27 minutes from La Rochelle/Ile de Re, 1h35 minutess from Limoges airport.

A fragant, colourful garden with its mature magnolia and albizzia trees, roses, honeysuckle, and herbs, has been selected and included in the national garden scheme : https://www. parcsetjardins. fr There is ample room to install a pool.

Entry is across the remains of the moat, into the medieval courtyard with its medallion path leading to a 75m2 barn rebuilt during the 19th C which recently revealed its hidden treasure: An astonishing floor made up of hand carved wedge shaped stones (sol en pise) laid in a pattern of 4 x 2m fleur de lys, (unique in France), two rosaces and a central section of diamonds around an unidentified motif. Each emblem is outlined in red tile, another feature unique in France. The head of the Poitou-Charentes archeological department has dated it to the XIVth C. This probably was the great hall of the original XIVth C chateau pulled down after the Revolution then rebuilt as a barn on its foundation. Despite such features, the property is not listed.

Back in the courtyard, a carved door and a majestic large mullioned window over the smaller defensive window form the West facade of the 16th C Logis.

Entering the kitchen/dining room/mezzanine (46m2), an unexpected feeling of light and space is provided by the cathedral ceiling lit by four south facing windows. Over the original 14th C kitchen fireplace stands the remains of its first floor monumental carved counterpart. The mezzanine provides space for an office or studio.

The adjacent living room (32m2) features a carved stone fireplace, an original arched sink and benefits from sunlight in the morning and the evening. The floor is further insulated by the beautiful massive chesnut parquet (batons rompus). An original stone doorway leads to a washroom/toilet and a large sunny room (29m2) with east and south facing windows and a glazed door leading to the garden.

The superb 1.40m wide stone staircase leads, from the living room to a double en suite bedroom (29m2), on the right with its 16th c mullioned window and double stone seats looking out over the garden.

To the left, a superb carved doorway leads into another large double bedroom (32m2) which according to the historic records was the marquise de Castellane's bedroom. It is lit by two large mullioned windows and features a walk in dressingroom lit by a stained glass window. The toilet and generous bathroom with bath & shower are next door.

Another staircase leads down to a further double bedroom (14m2) with a big arched stone door leading to the garden.

Back in the courtyard a 49m2 barn encloses the west side of the courtyard.

After much passionate work, the sad looking chateau remains have been turned into a light, comfortable home. If you love history, you will have plenty of enigmas to solve and perhaps more discoveries to make : Did the Marquis de Castellane whose wedding contract was signed by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette flee to London, with or without his complete fortune.