Centre, Indre-et-Loire, Loches, France

Wonderful opportunity to acquire an authentic historical Manor House with guest house, former water mill and outbuildings, all nestling in over 5 hectares of glorious land, located near all amenities in Montresor.

Situated in an idyllic private setting on the edge of a valley with river frontage. The local village has basic amenities including a restaurant, and a short 20 minutes drive leads to the heart of Loches with a choice of schools, shops, boutiques, weekly markets, train station, restaurants and cafes as well as the medieval city itself.

The manor house covers circa 380m2 in total over 3 floors with a basement area below. The ground floor has a raised stepped entrance hall of 27m2 with oak staircase and distributes on either side to the 4 living and dining rooms (16m2, 18m2, 20m2 and 18m2) with tiled or parquet flooring, marble fireplaces and high ceilings.

A kitchen, utility room and WC complete this floor.

The 1st floor has 6 bedrooms, including 2 masters with en-suite shower rooms and a family bathroom and wc.

The 2nd floor offers currently 2 bedrooms, a bathroom and a large 55m2 "attic room", ideal for transforming into further bedrooms or maybe a studio apartment.

This property also includes numerous outbuildings. Either side of the second entrance drive are various stone built barns, one used as a garage with a sizeable wine cellar beneath, others opposite used as milking sheds and stables in their day.

A guest lodge of circa, 183m2 comprises on the ground floor of a kitchen, an office and a living room. Upstairs are 6 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

The guardian's lodge is set within the gated courtyard with living space over two floors. Covering approximately 80m2 with a living room, shower room, wc and two bedrooms.

Opposite is a converted barn with ground floor bedroom, living room and large (135m2) games space above.

In a beautiful setting hidden behind and below the main house is a former water mill in need of restoring (the mill reach no longer passes alongside the mill) and its stables within an L-shaped barn with storage on the return side (total area circa 175m2).

There are over 5 hectares (12.5 acres) of private land including an enclosed courtyard immediately in front of the main house with balconied terrace overlooking the river valley below, an entrance alley between the outbuildings, a formal gated tree lined alley, paddocks, fields (used for hay production) and some woodland with double river frontage.

An ideal property for nature lovers with fishing on site, equestrian possibilities with guest accommodation, etc.

REFERENCE: 253941