Large Stone Farmhouse Set in 5 Acres

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Les Hirondelles

The large salon

The kitchen

One of the bedrooms

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Location

Hemevez, near Valognes, France

Accommodation

Ground floor:

(tiled floors throughout)

• Huge sitting room (52sq.m) full of light (windows on three sides), with wood burning fireplace, French doors leading to
• Kitchen/breakfast room and glazed door opening to
• Small east facing terrace and lawn
• Dining room with beamed ceiling and stone fireplace (22 sq.m)
• Independent WC
• Entrance hall with curving wood and iron staircase to first and second floors
• Morning room with woodburner (24 sq.m) and door opening onto garden terrace
• Cloakroom/utility room with W.C., basin, cupboards and washing machine
• Large country style kitchen (25.9sq.m) with stone fireplace and French doors leading to west facing barbeque terrace, fully fitted with ample cupboard space, dishwasher, microwave and new stainless steel cooker
• Sunny living room/study (36.7sq.m) with fireplace; stairway to library and access to the barbecue terrace.
• Second  kitchen with cupboards, cooker, double sink, dishwasher and microwave and utility room with washing machine, sink, large pantry cupboard and room for refrigerator and freezer.

First Floor:

(carpeted throughout)

• Mezzanine library (26.5sq.m) with fitted bookshelves, four double windows facing  south and west and fully tiled bathroom leading off.
• Bedroom 1 with beamed ceiling and shower (18.8 sq.m.).
• Dressing room or extra bedroom  (20.2 sq.m.)with separate shower room.
• Bedroom 2 (12.9 sq.m.) with fireplace and en suite bathroom (6.9 sq.m).
• Bedroom 3 (26.2 sq.m.) with marble fireplace and double windows overlooking gardens.
• Bedroom 4 (23.4 sq.m.) with double windows overlooking gardens and large en suite bathroom (12.0 sq.m).
• Bathroom (8.4 sq.m.)

Second floor:

(carpeted)

• Large timber lined room (34.76sq.m) with pot bellied stove, currently Bedroom 5, but would also be ideal as playroom, studio or games room.
• Two large attics  with plenty of light from dormer and velux windows and good flooring, accessed by solid timber staircase, easily transformed into three or four extra bedrooms with en suites.

Total habitable space (not including attics) over 420 sq.m.

Outbuildings set around the walled and gravelled courtyard (parking space for 6 cars):

• Large stone and cob barn in two parts
• Garage/Woodshed
• There is also a former cow barn, currently used for donkey stabling, in need of some restoration,and an ancient lime kiln at the entrance to the field.

Land:

Front: gravelled courtyard with small lawn and terrace with specimen trees including lilacs, prunus, and a judas tree, surrounded by stone walls with generous base plantings of roses, clematis, perennials and seasonal bulbs.

Back: large lawned garden of about an acre with well stocked herbaceous borders surrounded by mature  14’ hedging and specimen  trees including cherries, magnolias, liquidamber, willows, chestnut, crabapples, a tulip tree, maples, beech and robinias. Stone paved  terrace with built in barbecue and a well which can be used for garden watering. There is also a large landscaped ornamental pond

4 acre field suitable for grazing, with electric fencing.

Small orchard of apples, pears, damsons, plums, nuts and quince.

Henhouse, henrun and vegetable garden.

Soft fruit garden.

Some furniture and most curtains are available by negotiation. Three adorable donkeys provide excellent manure and field cropping and would be available to caring owners.

The price below does not include notaire's fees.

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