House with garden and terraceMénerbes (84)

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$1,545,500

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Surface220 m²bedrooms3 land488 m²

MENERBES
Historic residence
Located at the top of the village, this residence enjoys a panoramic view of the Luberon, the Monts de Vaucluse and Mont Ventoux, the Hotel de Tingry and the Maison Dora Maar.
The oldest part dates from the 13th century and the extension from the 1940s.
It has a beautiful medieval room with a 50-centimeter-deep floor of pinkish ochre-colored paving. The blocked twin windows date from the 13th century and are the only ones from this period remaining in Ménerbes. A twin bay divided into two parts by a column that bears a hat decorated with stylized flower buds, a rudimentary motif reminiscent of the Cistercian decorative register. A large door at ground level leads to the old patrol path with a vestige of a medieval section. Then former Hôtel Dieu in the 16th century, in the 18th century hospice of Astier de Montfaucon managed by the Sisters of the Conception who also took care of teaching.
Its useful surface area is approximately 220 sqm including:
On the ground floor: an entrance hall, a living room with access to the garden, a vaulted dining room with its fireplace, a fitted kitchen, toilets, a superb vaulted stone room with a surface area of 54 sqm with a high ceiling which was probably part of the old hospice of Ménerbes which could make a beautiful reception room, a second vaulted room currently used as a cellar
On the 1st floor: two beautiful bedrooms each with their own bathroom wc, then a large room to be converted which was an old silkworm farm where silkworms were raised.
Outside, a magnificent garden of 488 sqm with its trellis and rose garden, an old washhouse and various beautiful old features
This house has a lot of character, charm and authenticity. The beautiful old features have been preserved. It is perfectly exposed and bathed in light. It has been recently restored and benefits from great comfort with heating by heat pump and reversible air conditioning.It is rare to find houses for sale in the upper part of the village and in a quiet area. It is a privilege.