luxury houses with pool for sale International (page 26)

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In Chianti, a wine estate and its 166 hectares cultivated using organic farming methods. A wine estate whose history can be read in the architecture of its restored buildings: main villa, farmhouse and loggias scattered among olive trees and vineyards. The 166 hectares of land are cultivated using certified organic farming methods and produce wines and olive oil that are renowned beyond the region. Contemporary cellars and a traditional mill allow the estate to be run without breaking with the methods inherited from the region. The interiors retain their terracotta floors and exposed stone walls, while the different levels open onto the rolling landscape of Chianti. Part family home, part established wine business, this property offers the ideal conditions for a life rooted in the Tuscan countryside, where farming coexists with a built heritage that is part of the continuity of the place.

A restored farmhouse with an outbuilding, a swimming pool and over 6,000m² of grounds, nestled in France’s beautiful Vienne department. The property comes into view at the end of a tarmacked lane. A gate leads into the grounds, where an outbuilding stands in front of the main dwelling and a guesthouse, which have both been renovated with the same level of comfort for both of them:, including bedrooms with their own bathrooms and generous spaces. A swimming pool forms a link between the two dwellings. Exposed stonework forms the elevations and flat tiles cover the roofs. All the windows are double-glazed.

A country residence, its reconverted garage and swimming pool, on the border of the Yonne and Aube departments, in the Pays d’Othe natural region. At the end of a quiet road, lined by elegant properties, is the 18th-century dwelling, the appearance of which recalls its original agricultural vocation. Composed of a single-storey farmhouse cleverly linked to an immense barn, placed at a right angle, the whole is topped with small tile Burgundy roof and surrounded by its recently enclosed 2,640-m² garden with an aboveground swimming pool and planted with a number of trees.

A lakeside guesthouse in the village of Terena in Portugal’s Alentejo region. This touristic and agricultural property is centred upon a large guesthouse. Its grounds cover around six hectares in the beautiful countryside of Portugal’s Alentejo region. The guesthouse was renovated in 2015. It is a high-quality building with two levels and a traditional white facade with blue edging. The entrance hall is a bar, which connects to a professional kitchen. Beside this room, outside, there is a large terrace that offers a view of Terena Castle, which is listed as a historical monument. There is a spacious restaurant in the guesthouse. It has French windows on both sides. Upstairs, there are seven bedrooms. The estate includes a well-watered plantation that covers around three hectares. It gets its water from a nearby lake, which abounds in fish. This property would be a characterful stopover for a traveller, between the historical towns of Estremoz and Reguengos de Monsaraz.

A splendid eighteenth-century mansion near Nantes, nestled in a beautiful landscaped garden that covers over a hectare and includes a pond and outhouses. The edifice is an emblematic example of the town’s architectural heritage. It bears witness to the rich history – and anecdotes – of this delightful area south of the majestic River Loire. The property can be considered one of the famous bijou mansions that dot the countryside around Nantes. These homes were built for the pleasure of high society during the upper middle classes’ golden age: the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The house is set back from a secondary road. It stands behind a remote-controlled metal gate that is flanked by two tall square pillars of dressed stone. The outdoor entrance area is divided into two distinct sections. An initial closed court reserved for parking includes a broad asphalt driveway, lawns, and lines of evergreen oaks and crape myrtles. A second, gravelled court is fenced off with wrought-iron railings and gates. It leads straight up to the house’s entrance door. This main courtyard faces north. It is bordered with the edifice’s principal section, which dates back to 1789 and offers 500m² of living space. Two wings extend it at right angles. They contain living spaces and areas for relaxation that cover around 600m². On the south side, trees dot a landscaped garden. Some of these trees are over a hundred years old. A path edges the eastern side of the grounds and leads to a group of outhouses. A kennel, a tunnel greenhouse, and a walled, fenced-off pond complete this marvellous 12,600m² property surrounded by walls. An adjoining plot of over six hectares could be added to it.

A medieval castle with luxuriously restored, furnished bed and breakfast accommodation, 35 hectares of woods and a truffle oak grove, on the outskirts of a Lot-et-Garonne village. On the outskirts of a village with a population of around 350, this estate includes two separate buildings fitted out with taste, a small lake and a swimming pool, in 36 hectares of mainly woodland, in which there are notably 1,450 truffle oaks. A lane running due south at the outskirts of the village leads to the 15th-century residence, which is both imposing as well as welcoming in several ways and is chiefly oriented north-south. The entrance can be found past the two towers and bailey and can be reached via a large stoop with two flights of steps, in the centre of the main façade. This four-storey castle boasts immense cellars on the garden level and forms a quadrangular shape. It is made of rendered stone topped by a roof of half-round tiles and is surrounded by partially destroyed walls. It was transformed into a more modern edifice thanks to renovations that left their mark in the 18th and 19th centuries, not forgetting a more recent interior restoration. The current occupier, an interior decorator from America, has provided all the necessary comfort and decoration for a pleasant life within its walls. The approximately 3-metre-high bailey had up to four towers in the past, one of which is separated from its twin sister by a large patio and still possesses its conical tower. The windows of the residence and the watch towers have been altered to take advantage of the surrounding countryside. The farm buildings situated to the north and west of the castle possibly date from the 19th century, as might the small, converted chapel built to the west of the residence. These outbuildings have been transformed into a separate house. A stone well stands in the middle of the paved courtyard, which is surrounded by hundred-year-old trees dotted around the vast meadow. Lastly, nearby there is a recently built swimming pool with stone decking surrounding it.

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A 17th-century dwelling with its convertible outbuildings and grounds of 1.7 hectares, on the outskirts of a village near Angers and the banks of the Loire. A country road provides access to the property’s entrance gate, which opens onto a lane that traverses a portion of the grounds, passes in front of the dwelling’s façade, before ending in the outbuildings’ courtyard, facing west. As for the grounds, they extend behind the dwelling towards the east, while the current edifice, built over older foundations, dates mainly from the 17th and 19th centuries. Facing east-west, it is made up of a central three-storey pavilion, including one level under the eaves, and two single-storey side pavilions. With mostly dual-aspect rooms, its slate hipped roofs are punctuated by dormer windows, whereas its wooden front doors, each decorated with a carved saltire, date from the 17th century and are topped with a curvilinear cornice and highlighted by rusticated stonework that reaches all the way to the roofline. In addition, on the first floor, pilasters support a triangular pediment adorned with a count’s coat of arms, more understated rusticated stonework was used to draw attention to the back door and all of the dwelling’s exterior architectural details – rusticated stonework, cornices, quoins, dormers and window/door surrounds – were constructed out of tuffeau stone. Last, but not least, the property features two outbuildings, built later during the 19th century, the larger one of which could be easily converted, while the grounds also include a swimming pool as well as a small pavilion, nestled within the grounds and partially enclosed by a wall, which has been transformed into a guest cottage.

An 18th-century house with outbuildings, a swimming pool, a pond and 3.8 hectares of grounds, nestled halfway between the city of Nantes and the Atlantic coast. The property is nestled in a hamlet. You reach it via a country lane, two kilometres from the village centre. The property is set back, behind tall stone walls. The entrance gate and the pedestrian gate beside it lead into a white gravel court. Different buildings stand around this court. Straight ahead, there is the main house, which was built in the late 18th century. It has a central section with a ground floor and a first floor. The house is crowned with a hipped slate roof. The whole dwelling is plain in style and bears witness to the local region’s rural architecture at its time of construction. Its architecture was doubtless designed with winegrowing in mind. The elevations are coated with Loire sand rendering. The east elevation faces the court and the west elevation faces the lush grounds. The court-facing elevation is adorned with a Virginia creeper and a trumpet vine. The garden-facing elevation is adorned with wisteria that climbs up to the first floor. Tuffeau ashlar forms its quoins and door and window surrounds. The house is extended lengthways with a former farmhouse – a single-storey building. In terms of breadth, this old farmhouse is one room wide. It is crowned with a roof of barrel tiles. The whole structure – the main dwelling and former farmhouse – offers 270m² of liveable floor area. It is extended at a right angle with a wing of convertible outbuildings that offer a 150m² floor area in total. A former stable and other outhouses close the front court. Behind the main dwelling, landscaped grounds extend westwards and southwards. A vast carpet of lawn lies in front of a wooded area of age-old trees of different varieties that cast shade across a pond. A swimming pool with absolute privacy offers refreshing coolness on hot summer days. It lies beside a former cart shelter that has been turned into a summer kitchen. An orchard and an arboretum can also be found on these enclosed grounds, which cover 3.8 hectares and are not at all overlooked.

A country manor with six hectares of grounds, transformed into tourist accommodation with gîtes, beside the beautiful Morvan regional nature park in Burgundy. The property used to be one of the four fiefs that were part of the Coutarnoux seigneury. It is now the last remaining representative of this former seigneury. Today’s buildings were probably built upon a medieval site. They are the last reflection of what a local nobleman built in 1775. The estate looks down over a wooded valley, around which lush hills, pasture and forests stretch as far as the eye can see. The bucolic atmosphere that reigns here is completely calm, recalling the name of the river that edges the property: the River Serein, ‘serein’ meaning ‘serene’ in French. You reach the property via a lane that climbs up a hill. There are several driveways. Two of them lead into the grand courtyard from the north and south sides. The main house and the gîtes stand around this court. The third driveway, marked with signposts, takes the clients straight to the car park.

A villa designed by André Stern in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille, opposite Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, with a panoramic view of the city and its bay . Situated on a rocky headland, the villa that its designer and first occupant christened 'The Eagle's Nest' certainly lives up to its name, taken from the name of the vegetable garden which it was built on. After climbing the steps of a typical Marseille street, once you have gone through the front door, a flight of brick steps framed by exotic vegetation such as a Japanese pagoda tree, cycas and ice plants runs along the rear facade and leads to the house entrance, which looks almost suspended above a limestone fault. The tone is set before you enter the vast premises: a huge patio door gives you a view of the character and architectural style of the curved building. More than 400 m² of living space has been designed to fit in with the landscape and environment, with a vast terrace and terraced garden that look out over the Mediterranean Sea. The architect, town planner and scenographer André Stern, a disciple of Le Corbusier, had this unusual house built for his family between 1984 and 1987, based on a 16th century Indian mandala design. The building’s architecture is unique, both in terms of its appearance and the materials used. It has an inverted half-shell roof with glulam beams, large round windows, a concrete and aerated concrete structure, geometric features repeated in rhythm, and even reflected in the shape of the swimming pool.

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The advertiser did not provide an english description for this listing.

The advertiser did not provide an english description for this listing.

A 16th-century manor, its outbuildings and 10-hectare grounds, nestled within the countryside of the Guérande peninsula. Along a secondary road bordered by trees, a gate marks the entrance to the property. From a car park, a drive leads to the main courtyard, around which the buildings are grouped, whereas the estate itself was originally built for a lord from the Guérande peninsula and was modified and adapted over the centuries in several different stages: the dwelling’s central building was extended in the 17th century, a floor was added atop the right-angle wing in the 18th century, before being renovated and modernised in the early 2000s. To the east, the 16th-century main dwelling features two storeys as well as an attic level, while the central building and its right-angle wing create an L-shaped ensemble, connected by a staircase tower tucked into its interior angle. Topped with gable roofs, each building features a visible gable end, whereas the dwelling’s extension to the south is topped with a hipped roof. As for the two parallel 17th-century outbuildings to the north, they are accessible from a second entrance in the back. In addition, a path between the manor and the outbuildings leads to a private garden, whereas the grounds are enclosed by walls, thick hedges as well as tall trees, which help shelter the property from view. Lastly, the property’s woods extend over approximately eight hectares on the other side of the country road.

An 18th-century farmhouse, fully renovated, with its outbuildings, swimming pool and grounds of 2,000 m² in a village between the Seine and Epte river valleys, 80 kilometres from Paris. Located in the middle of a village and surrounded by affluent one or two-storey Norman houses, built out of either white limestone or rubble stone, the property is accessible via a tall entrance gate that opens on to the property landscaped with a variety of trees as well as a swimming pool. With a carport providing parking for two vehicles, the two-storey main dwelling, topped with a tile gable roof, is located to the right, while, on the left, at the back of the garden, an immense outbuilding and a cart-shed both abut an adjacent wall. Last, but not least, directly opposite these buildings, a second entrance provides direct access to a village square.

A renovated farmhouse from the 16th century with a swimming pool, an orchard and outbuildings, not far from the city of Angers, in France’s Maine-et-Loire department. A wooden entrance gate, framed between two ashlar pilasters, leads into the property, a former farm complex. The property used to belong to a manor, which stands on the other side of the road. The complex was built in the 16th century. It was the home of Hercules de Moreau, a valet to the king, and later, in the 18th century, it was the home of the Guéniveau family, who passed it on to Joseph-Eugène Bonnemère. The latter was a famous author and playwright. The main edifice is built of tuffeau stone, with rubble stone for the elevations and ashlar for the window and door surrounds. A gable slate roof crowns the building. Many steel-and-glass windows punctuate the north and south sides. A porch leads to the cellars. This porch’s roof has a hipped end and is supported with four pillars with mouldings. Opposite, there is another building. It is partly converted and it houses a bread oven. Between the two buildings, there is a granary with a ground floor and first floor. A three-slope roof crowns it. Its western elevation is made of ashlar and is punctuated with three bull’s-eye windows. At the bottom of the garden lies a former stable. A walled orchard can be reached from outside. A swimming pool lies there.

A modern Provençal house with over two hectares of terraced grounds in a calm, shady spot near the quaint village of Flayosc in south-east France. A country lane snakes around vineyards and oak woods and leads up to the property’s gate. The house stands on a hillside on one level of its terraced grounds. It enjoys a commanding position and offers a spectacular vista of a wooded valley to the south and a terraced olive grove to the west. A gable roof of monk-and-nun tiling, typical of the local region, crowns this contemporary dwelling nestled in the beautiful Dracénois area of France’s Var department. The house faces south. French windows lead out of its south elevation. Windows dot its east and west sides too. A few steps lead down to a swimming pool and garden from a terrace that extends at the foot of the dwelling’s south-facing facade. The property’s two hectares guarantee absolute calm and privacy. A barrier of vegetation keeps this haven free of any unwanted noise. A video of the property is available on request.

An old, renovated house with a gîte and landscaped garden, nestled just outside a village near France’s Sologne province and River Cher valley. The home enjoys absolute calm, but it is not isolated. The garden is enclosed with old walls and hedges. It is not at all overlooked. From the road, you can hardly see it and cannot imagine its true scale. The landscaped garden is dotted with trees and includes a variety of plants. It covers around 3,600m². There are two buildings: the main house, which dates back to the 18th century, and a converted gîte with a floor area of around 80m². The two constructions have been restored masterfully, both in the architectural choices made and the use of high-quality materials, giving the whole place real charm. You enter the property via an electric gate that leads onto a private driveway. This drive also takes you to the neighbouring home. The main house offers a floor area of around 300m². It has a ground floor and a first floor. It is made of stone and its roof is covered with old tiles. The gîte faces the back, so guests enjoy privacy. Both dwellings are in excellent condition and many historical decorative features have been preserved. Powerful heat pumps warm up the main house and the swimming pool. Electric convection heaters warm up the gîte.

A traditional Provencal farmhouse and its garden of more than 8,000 m², thirty minutes from Vaison-la-Romaine in the Vaucluse department. The property is accessible via an electric gate, which opens onto an entirely enclosed and meticulously maintained garden. Once past the entrance, one’s gaze is immediately drawn to the way in which the buildings have been elegantly arranged around the property, while the stately main dwelling, abutting an immense storage shed, is characterised by its thick lime-plastered walls, which help absorb the dazzling sunlight, and its typically Provencal genoise corbels. Organised in a U shape around several outdoor spaces designed for relaxation, the farmhouse naturally hugs the property’s topography and seems to melt into the landscape in typical Provencal fashion, whereas, in true southern tradition, its north-south orientation ensures optimal sunlight and natural protection from the Mistral winds. In addition, a breath-taking Mediterranean mosaic extends around the property’s garden: rows of vineyards and olive trees create a verdant setting, while, not far from the dwelling, a rectangular swimming pool, Jacuzzi and sauna, carefully shielded from view thanks to dense hedges, provides a pleasant oasis. Lastly, a second dwelling, set back and hidden behind the main dwelling, was converted into a holiday cottage.

A 19th-century farmhouse of white stone with a swimming pool, outbuildings and vast grounds, 15 minutes from the town of Lauzerte in France’s beautiful Quercy province. A lane snakes through the hamlet to a private, tarmacked court where you can move around smoothly and park vehicles, in the shade of a leafy horse-chestnut tree. This court, edged with shrubs and potted plants, links the different buildings together. On one side, there is a house of white Quercy stone with a ground floor and first floor. It is crowned with a gable roof of barrel tiles with a dormer on the south side and it is edged with a terrace, beyond which there is a garden with a swimming pool and meadows that extend across the hillside. Opposite the house, there is an outbuilding of white stone with a three-slope roof of barrel tiles. There is also an agricultural storage building with a three-slope roof, mostly of barrel tiles. The property lies at the edge of the hamlet and offers a magnificent view of the lush, wooded hills of the River Barguelonne valley. The house’s north elevation is coated with rendering and punctuated with eight openings, including two doors and five upstairs windows. They are fitted with shutters that are painted white. The western gable wall is made of exposed stonework and has three rectangular windows. On the first floor, these windows are set in white ashlar and fitted with similar shutters. The elevation on the opposite side has no openings. On the south side, plant containers and fragrant shrubs embellish a 30m² terrace of pale slabs that edges part of the south elevation, which is made of exposed stonework and brickwork. On the ground floor, there is a protruding section, which a second entrance door leads into. Three broad, rectangular windows look out from it. Upon this protruding section, there is a 40m² terrace edged with white-painted guardrails with a motif of circles. On the first floor, two windows fitted with shutters frame a door that leads out onto the terrace. These three openings, which are slightly arched, have surrounds of pale red brickwork.

A hamlet of three houses including a water mill with its wheel, a swimming pool, river, islands and meadows, all set in almost 5 hectares of land 30 minutes from Angoulême . Accessible from the main road, a path crosses the meadows dotted with a few horse stalls and leads to the hamlet, which is bordered to the north by the millstream. The house, to the north, overlooks a first island linked by a footbridge to a second bordering the millstream, followed by the weir separating it from the third island with its meadow, linked by a footbridge over 30 metres long. The three dwellings form an open U-shape to the east, organised around a courtyard with a fountain in the centre. Below on the right, behind an olive tree topiary, there is a rectangular swimming pool measuring 5 m x 15 m, with railing around it and a summer kitchen with a roof over it. The meadows bordered by the river to the north, the mill run and the three islands are mainly lined with large trees such as poplars, willows and alders.

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