Jonathan Haynes, Independent Agent, says: | | Difficult to find superlatives enough to describe this extraordinary mini-chateau. Character interior features include sweeping staircase, marble fireplaces, dumb waiter, parquet, old servants quarters, original interior wainscotting and foldaway shutters. Outside, the formal gardens include a stunning intact glasshouse and rosewalk overlooking the River Charente. The property includes some 200m of river frontage, a historic ruined mill, and two mid-river islands. | Exclusive to our agency, this uniquely positioned chateau is a really special property. To have this much river frontage on the River Charente is itself really unusual, but to own two islands and a fascinating historic millhouse too..! And if you love period style then you'll find it here in spades. The chateau exhibits its 150 year history with pride, the outside half-slate mansarded roof, the charente cut-stone, the large arched windows and the sweeping double entrance stairs all look down over the formal yew and box-hedged gardens to the majestic river beyond.
There is too much here to describe in detail but perhaps I can whet your appetite with a quick tour. Through the tall iron gates and driveway access is gained to the formal garden. Here you see the two-tiered Victorian-type original glasshouse (or 'serre') in rarely found superb condition. The long rosewalk (picture the evening dinners here) borders the riverfront and ancient steps go down to the gated private boat landing under the old high wall. At the end of the garden there is the old access to the ruined mill and the old passageways above and below ground to get to the millfloor, mill races and old eel trapways, and through to the boat house and the rest of the land which was the huge veg garden used when this property was a Chambres D'Hotes - which it could easily be once again.
The house itself is on 4 floors - the ground floor is the old servants level with numerous rooms and their old kitchens with dumb waiter, stone fireplaces and bread oven. The old kitchens are now used as garaging and garden stores. Servants' back stairs go up to the formal first floor where the high entrance hall has double doors off both sides to the dining room and to the sitting room both with original woodwork, windows, internal folding shutters, marble fireplaces and other features. Adjoining the sitting room is the modern fitted and equipped kitchen - new just 3 years ago. Hidden away by the servants back stairs are a bathroom and laundry room before these stairs continue all the way up through the 1st and 2nd floors and then into the loft. Centre stage on the ground floor is the superb curved stair hall with stairway curling around the chandelier on its way to the formal bedrooms. The master double suite has its own period features and a period bathroom, plus adjoining room which can be used as a nursery bedroom or a large dressing room or closed off to make a single bedroom. The second suite is another period character double room with a modern bathroom with shower. This floor also has a family bathroom with bath, plus utility rooms. The 2nd floor which was the Chambres D'Hotes floor has 5 more bedrooms, all with washing facilities, plus a general bathroom, newly equipped with modern bath, shower cubicle, basin and WC. This floor has been decorated and made ready and then mothballed as the owners decided not to use it.
With little to do save perhaps a bit of touch-up decorating on the servants stairs, this is a dreamy house, with still much potential to unlock as either a big exclusive private house or as a Chambres D'Hotes. Call me and Ill fill in the details for you.
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