French property in Midi Pyrenees - Gers - Beautiful 15th Century Chateau with 6ha land, separate gite and outbuildings

Approached by a tree-lined avenue, this lovely south-facing chateau looks over parkland towards the Pyrenees. There is a wide entrance hall which leads to the huge farmhouse kitchen (approx. 40m2) with feature original stone sink, gas cooker and numerous cupboards. A quaint small door leads to the larder. Another leads out to a greenhouse at the rear of the house. To the right of the front door is a library/office with open fire and attractive patterned floor tiles. Double French doors open to the front of the house. To the right of the hallway, the other three rooms, all approx. 39m2, are all inter-connected by double doors. The first sitting room has two pairs of French doors opening to the front of the house and a large open fire. The second room, currently the dining room, also has an open fire and French doors opening onto the formal garden to the side of the house. The second living/family room also has a large fireplace and opens into the kitchen. The ground floor has underfloor heating, provided by a geothermal system.

From the hall, sweeping oak stairs lead to the first and second floors. There are five bedrooms and a large family bathroom on the first floor. At the end of the hallway a door opens to the balcony with south-facing views to the Pyrenees. The master bedroom to the front is a light and airy room. It has a dressing room and a room off which could become an en-suite shower room – plumbing is already in place for this. The second bedroom also to the front is also light and airy and has a small marble fireplace in one corner. The other bedrooms are interconnecting. The landing on the second floor has 3 doors leading off, which all lead into one large attic of over 200m2. This could be converted into several bedrooms, and all the windows here are double-glazed. The roof was recently renewed, with new timbers, slate tiles and insulation.

The chateau has retained many attractive period features such as the doors and windows, there are exposed beams and stonework and the rooms are all approx. 4m high.

Outside, to the left of the house is an attractively laid-out formal garden which leads to a covered seating area - an ideal place to while away those lazy summer evenings with a bottle of chilled white wine. The rest of the land is fairly level parkland. Not far from the house is a cosy 2-bedroom gîte. Each room is 16m2 and the rooms have views over the rolling Gers countryside. There is a shady arbour for sitting out in the summer. The gîte is completely private and can scarcely been seen from the main house.

Adjacent to the gîte is a huge outbuilding, approx. 700m2, consisting of two large rooms, an open barn at the end and several smaller rooms. This building could be a fantastic venue for art studios, exhibitions, a cookery school, as well as potentially offering additional living space.

This lovely chateau is situated on the edge of a popular village with shops, bars, hotel and restaurant, pharmacy and schools. It is about 40 minutes to Tarbes/Lourdes airport (Ryanair), 1hr 30 to Toulouse and Pau airports and 2 hours to the Atlantic coast and the Pyrenees. This lovely chateau offers lots of potential as a spacious family home with income potential from the gîte and further income if the other outbuildings are developed. It must be seen to be appreciated.

Type

• Chateau

Location

• Village

Features

• Mountain view
• Electricity on site
• Water on site
• Detached
• ADSL
• Outbuildings
• Private parking
• Other Drainage

Conditions

• Partially restored