The main reception rooms are at first floor level with high ceilings and generous windows. With walls up to a metre thick, the rooms are cool in summer and retain heat in winter with open fires and oil fired central heating.
Due to the passage of time a new owner should budget for updating the kitchen and main bathrooms as well as the septic tank drainage system.
° Entrance hall, 37sqm, running the full depth of the building.
° Sitting room, 30sqm, with open fireplace and notable painted frieze. Larder below main stair.
° Kitchen-dining room, 50sqm, opening into tower, with broad rustic fireplace, doors to terrace.
° Utility room, with oil-fired central heating and connections for laundry appliances.
° Downstairs bathroom with old style fittings.
° Cellar, pebble floored, ideal for wine.
° Mezzanine storage area above.
The ground floor has been re-laid in mellow period terra cotta tiles throughout.
° A dramatic staircase, lit by large mullioned windows, leads to a spacious landing.
° Grand salon, 67sqm, an impressive reception area with monumental stone fireplace.
° Library, 50sqm, with grand fireplace and extensive oak bookshelves.
° Basin & WC in tower.
° Master bedroom, 36sqm, with fine plaster-work and carved timber fireplace, ensuite bathroom.
° Tower room, as small private study, with two stained glass windows over garden.
° Guest bedroom, 26sqm, with black marble fireplace, ensuite bathroom.
The first floor has superb broad-boarded timber floors in most areas.
° The same grand staircase continues to the top floor.
° Central attic play area, 67sqm, with bookshelves and rising ceiling.
° Bedroom 3, 30sqm, with ensuite bathroom.
° Bedroom 4, 18sqm, with ensuite shower room.
° South tower room with domed brick ceiling.
° Bedroom 5, 85sqm, a massive dormitory with 7 beds and ensuite shower room.
°Door to two levels of the north tower overlooking the main roof.
°Bedroom 6, 8sqm, a small single room.
IAN PURSLOW
Purslow's Gascony
St Maur
32300 Mirande
Gers, France
+33 (0)5 62 67 61 50
info@purslows-gascony.com
JACK HARRIS
Knight Frank
55 Baker Street
London, W1U 8AN
+44 (0)20 7861 1139
jack.harris@knightfrank.com