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French property in Poitou Charentes - Charente - A Rare Gem ... Old Country Domaine with rolling meadows, pretty stream, close to Angouleme

French property, houses and homes for sale in HIERSAC, Charente, Poitou_Charentes

Price	€482,300 £387,962*	Ref	11393WJ16
Town	HIERSAC	Dept	Charente
Floor	200 M²	Plot Size	26000 M²
Bath	2	Bed	3

John West Independent Agent, says :

A Rare Gem ... Old Country Domaine with rolling meadows, pretty stream, close to Angouleme

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Set on the edge of a peaceful village behind its high stone walls only 15 minutes from Angouleme, this country Domaine has a large beautifully natural tree-filled courtyard with a further five acres of rolling meadow lands with loose horse boxes beyond this accessed by a gateway across your own pretty stream. This Domaine has been in the same family since its establishment in the late seventeen hundreds and whilst the Main House was last refurbished in the nineteen seventies, and would certainly benefit from updating, it is immediately habitable as it stands.

It is hard to describe the peace that awaits you behind those high wooden gates. You enter from the quiet village lane down a slopping private driveway with gates to your own walled orchard to the right and a lovely scented garden to the left with mature palm trees and shrubs. At the bottom of the drive you discover the most delightful courtyard I have seen recently. Mature trees, lovely old stone buildings, an old well with a hand pumped water supply for the garden plants, all with the feel of timeless French countryside tranquillity.

In my opinion the quality of this natural environment is truly priceless. Properties like this do not come on the market very often, and although the house itself needs care and attention to regain its true potential the rewards will be paid back many times over to the eventual new owner.

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Location in France

The Charente department is home to over 340,000 inhabitants and is located in the south-east of Poitou-Charentes. The countryside offers a unique and varied environment for walkers and mountain bikers from rolling hills in the east to a flatter landscape in the west. The northern area is wild with deep forests and peaks reaching to over 1000ft. The Charente has long relied on agriculture to fuel its economy. In the 18th Century, however, the department started mass producing its infamous Cognac drink, which proved extremely popular with people from all over the world.
The department is very well situated for expatriates looking to purchase French property here, with great roads down to the Charente and the Channel ports just a short days drive away. The department has access to Poitiers, La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Bergerac and Limoges airports, all within 2 hours. Furthermore, in the centre of the department you will be able to fly from either Gatwick or Stanstead direct to the Angouleme Champniers-Brie airport .
Angouleme is a small yet cosmopolitan city, with a fairly dynamic feel about the place when compared to the neighbouring Dordogne or Haute Vienne. It hosts a lot of events such its vintage car racing (the Circuit des Remparts) which takes place in September , the cartoon festival in January and a great music scene which just seems to get better every year . Both Cognac and Confolens have annual festivals which attract tourists to the area.
The Charente has an immensely varied countryside bordering 5 departments, famous for both its Cognac vineyards in the west, and its Limousin beef production in the east, which in terms of scenery are worlds apart. The valley of the Charente River meanders down from Ruffec in the north through Angouleme onto Jarnac and Cognac. Confolens in the East of the department is situated on the banks of the majestic River Vienne, this area being known as the Charente Limousine, and is extremely popular with expatriates because it looks and feels like the UK. The south of the county which borders the Charente Maritime has a much better climate but less undulating scenery.