Manors with pool for sale L'Absie, France

A beautifully-restored 13th century priory in an idyllic village in the Deux Sevres. Ideally located in the triangle of countryside between Saumur in the Loire valley, the city of Poitiers and the the beaches of the Vendeen coast and La Rochelle. A large and comfortable family home or rental property with 10 bedrooms in total, outbuildings and wine cellar. The property has three separate buildings: the Priory iself, with 6 bedrooms and elegant reception rooms, the tower with 2 bedrooms, drawing room and kitchen and the poolhouse with 2 bedrooms and kitchen/sitting room.. Half an acre of attractively-planted garden surrounds the buildings, with hedges, fruit trees, cypressus, climbing roses, lavender hedging and a swimming pool. Each house has its own separate garden and al-fresco dining area. Set in a quiet, charming village of 200 inhabitants, in a verdant valley with a stream running through it and forest at its edges. All shops and services are available at a town 20 minutes away. The city of Poitiers, 50 minute's drive has an international airport with flights to London, Edinburgh and Barcelona,and the Poitiers TGV station has trains to both central Paris and Bordeaux in less 1.5 hours. 5 minute's away is a small town with has all essential services; well-stocked supermarket, pharmacy, bakery, petrol station along with a traditional weekly farmer's market on Sunday mornings. with fresh local oysters. The property is surrounded by high stone walls and hedges. Set in the beginning of the lush countryside of the gatine where hedges, lanes and pasture and lovely small rivers and forests rich with wildlife delight you. One large wine cellar is situated uner the house.

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TOURAINE, near a tourist town and renowned wine-growing region, a vast state forest and navigable rivers, in the heart of a pretty village with shops, ELEGANT TOURANGELLE RESIDENCE 15th-17th-18th centuries. between courtyard and garden. Large converted outbuildings, additional accommodation. Heated swimming pool. The main house is composed of a central main building from the end of the 18th century, flanked by a 15th-17th century wing, for an overall living area of ​​approximately 440 m², excluding fitted out habitable outbuildings (adjoining accommodation, bedrooms, halls). THE CENTRAL HOUSING: Ground floor: the reception rooms form a row. Central entrance hall of 15 m² with main access staircase to the upper floors. On the right: living room of 40 m² (fireplace, parquet floor), opening onto the garden via a double French window. On the left: dining room of 30 m², small adjoining office. Secondary entrance, W.C. Kitchen of 25 m², fitted, with exit to the garden, and access to the secondary staircase. 1st floor: access by main staircase and secondary staircase. 4 bedrooms of 27m², 11m², 17m², 14m², 20m². 3 bathrooms or shower rooms. 2nd Floor : Bedrooms 5 and 6 tiled with terracotta. Bathroom. W.C. Convertible attic of 40 m², tiled with terracotta. 15th-17th century WING: it communicates perfectly with the main building. Ground floor of the wing: Living room of 30 m², tiled with terracotta, with fireplace, old vegetable garden, stone sink, stained glass, visible beams. Small cellar, cellar, 2 rare outdoor prune ovens. 1st floor of the wing: 65 m² suite composed of an entrance, bedroom 7 of 36 m² (17th century fireplace, small oratory, stained glass windows), two small bedrooms, shower room, W.C. This floor is accessible by the main building, and independently by an outside stone staircase. 2nd floor of the wing: bedroom 8 of 26 m² (shower room - W.C.) Miscellaneous: central heating by HARGASSNER pellet boiler. City water. Well. Collective sanitation by "mains drainage". THE DEPENDENCY: Body of building housing: - Annex 1 accommodation of 80 m² with living room, open kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with W.C. - Annex 2 accommodation of 83 m² with fitted kitchen, counter, large barbecue fireplace, mezzanine bedroom, shower room-W.C. Second body of building housing: -Suite of 47 m², with small living room, bedroom, bathroom, separate W.C. - 35 m² bedroom, shower room, separate W.C. (fireplace with bread oven, exposed stone) - reception room, exhibition room, or music room of 35 m². Other dependencies: -second room of 50 m². -Garage, sheds, bicycle shelters. -Remarkable cellars in the rock, aging and tasting. THE LAND: 4521 m². Main courtyard with French garden and water basin. Pleasure garden and orchard. Heated swimming pool, oval, with pool house. 15th-17th-18th century property of beautiful classical elegance. Complete set with picturesque outbuildings. Arrangement of the buildings allowing numerous possibilities of use. Excellent location in a charming region.

A cosy 18th-century house with an old farm complex and over a hectare of grounds near the River Erdre and Nantes, France. A white Norman-style fence runs alongside a quiet road on both sides of an electric gate: the property’s entrance. Beyond this gate lies a grassy court separated by walls and two pillars covered with Virginia creeper. This court forms a transitional area leading from the road to the buildings. It takes you into the main courtyard, which enclosed by the outbuildings, an old farm complex and the house. Around the sides and rear of the buildings, vast grounds extend, dotted with age-old trees. These extensive grounds cover more than a hectare. A bridle path runs around the edge of them, marking the boundary with the neighbouring property. The buildings and grounds once formed a farm complex belonging to a nearby chateau that towers on the bank of the River Erdre. The chateau’s historical estate was carved up: today’s property was born of this division. The main dwelling is rectangular with a central section extended on both sides with two wings in the same style. The central section is built of rubble stone rendered with a coating of Loire sand. It has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor in the roof space. The wings are single-storey sections. The windows in the facade are set in tuffeau-stone surrounds with segmental arch tops. They are arranged asymmetrically. Their timber frames recall old mullioned windows. The hipped slate roof has a dormer on each side. Two chimney stacks rise up from it. One of the wings houses a reception space and looks out at the lush grounds through broad picture windows. The other wing houses a space dedicated to the swimming pool. A complex of old farm buildings around the courtyard flanks the house on both sides. These structures are made of rubble schist and crowned with slate roofs. They form a comprehensive collection of buildings: a barn, garages, workshops, storerooms and open-sided shelters.