Eighteenth-Century House to Renovate 20 km from Issoire

Property Description

Located in a dominant position in the heart of the Livradois-Forez Regional Natural Park, this vast residence was built in 1752 on the site of a fortified house.

Facing east-west, it has approximately 433 m² of living space.

On the ground floor:

– The entrance door, with its semicircular stone arch, is framed by two sculpted pilasters and surmounted by a medallion representing a rose;

– a 13 m² entrance hall overlooking the stairwell;

– a 39 m² kitchen with two ribbed vaults. Monumental seventeenth-century fireplace;

– a 6 m² scullery. Barrel-vaulted ceiling;

– a 7 m² bathroom: sink, bathtub and toilet.

– a small living room of 26 m². Black marble fireplace and its trumeau. Closets;

– a large living room of 43 m². Beige marble fireplace. Ladder parquet flooring. A French window provides access to the garden;

– a dining room of 37 m². Hexagonal slabs in Volvic. Two niches are decorated with scallops. One to house a stove and the other with a mascaron used as a fountain feeding a Volvic basin supported by a column;

– a small living room of 29 m². Grey marble fireplace and its trumeau. Parquet in Hungarian point;

– a 7 m² pantry. Ribbed vault and cupboards. Tomettes;

– old latrines of 7 m².

Access to the upper floors is via a wide Volvic staircase. On the mezzanine floor, a charming clock is housed in a wall.

On the first floor:

– a 35 m² landing. Moulded woodwork. French ceiling. Parquet in the point of Hungary;

– 6 bedrooms and an office;

The second floor is an attic of 260 m² illuminated by 14 windows.

The entire interior is to be renovated and fitted. Fortunately, many elements of the eighteenth-century decoration remain.

No central heating: Dpe not concerned.

Double glazing for 10 recent windows, the others to be changed.

Individual sanitation is to be created.

The roof was completely redone in 2021.

An adjoining ruin of 66 m² to the north, a vestige of the old fortified house. Monumental stone fireplace and large bread oven. Two vaulted cellars.

An outbuilding to the south, perpendicular, includes a woodshed, a barn and upstairs an attic of 84 m²;

An adjoining outbuilding to the north comprises an old forge, two workshops, a garage, a covered passageway, a garage and a courtyard of 86 m². Upstairs an attic of 113 m².

Bacacier roof from 1991 but a gable to be redone.

To the east, opposite the house, an elegant Volvic fountain: a mascaron represents the head of Bacchus feeding a stone basin. This fountain then fed the dining room fountain and then another basin on the west side.

Numerous hundred-year-old trees, some dating from the eighteenth century: lime trees, chestnut trees, redwood and purple beeches.

Panoramic views of the surrounding countryside, the Puy-de-Dôme and the Chaîne des Puys.

The entire property extends over 1 ha 89 to 88 ca.

The hamlet, very quiet, is located 8 km from Sauxillanges, with all the local shops, and about 20 km from Issoire and the A75.

It will be up to the next owner to restore this Enlightenment residence to its former glory.