Full details of selected manor for sale :
Pressignac, Charente
Poitou-Charentes
5 bedroom manor in Charente  

OVERVIEW
A period country manor house (circa 1780) sold fully furnished set in wonderful large private gardens, which are totally contained by a high surrounding wall.
The manor commands truly wonderful views to the rolling landscape of the ‘Haute Vienne’ and nestles just inside the boundaries of the Charente region, famed for its magnificent Chateaux and unsurpassed scenery.
The manor has been British owned for some 40 years, originally having been a country home of the noble family Dumas de Pressignac.
All the original features of the manor are retained and a constant programme of restoration and maintenance has continued.
ACCOMMODATION
Manor house accommodation comprises: dining room, 2 drawing rooms, kitchen, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a large attic and smaller secondary attic. There is a cosy caretakerÂ’s/garden flat attached to the manor house.
GENERAL DETAIL
All rooms within the manor are fully centrally heated and the duel oil/log central heating boiler is situated in the basement. The entire house was rewired in 2004 and is still under its 10 year service guarantee. The house is connected directly to the mains water supply and the drainage is into a new 5000L septic tank. All rooms within the manor house are connected to the central SKY satellite TV system.
OUTBUILDINGS
Attached to the manor is truly lovely, completely self contained lettings gite with 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. Private 250M2 garden with barbeque and above ground pool.
In addition there is the ‘bakery house’ that has two double bedrooms, large dining area and separate drawing room and a family shower room (at present under renovation).
A large ‘hangar’ (153 M2)which was built in the late 70’s and serves wonderfully as multi garaging / storage and is divided into two units.
There is the original pigeon house which has been converted to a garden tool and equipment store.
GARDENS
The house is surrounded by truly lovely private mature gardens (approx 5000 sq mt), and when historically, they were open to the public, it attracted a ‘Jardins de France’ award.
The extensive grounds are laid out in terrace form accessed by large stone stairways and contain many fine specimen flowering shrubs and trees, as well as beds of lavender. There are also two large ornate sunken ponds, bamboo grove, and the fruit & rose garden grows peaches, apricots, apples, plums, pears and grapes.
A lovely feature of the grounds is a 200 year old yew arbour, providing welcome shade on hot sunny days.
There is an historic stone well within the rose garden, and also a recent well within the grounds providing some 30ft deep of crystal clear spring water for gardening and other purposes when needed.
SWIMMING POOL
Within the swimming pool garden, one finds a large 7.6m circular swimming pool and equipment store. The swimming pool garden is fully child proof and surrounded by box fencing.