Country House for sale in Cantabria, Spain

This beautiful ancestral home is part of the artistic heritage of Castañeda One of the rooms on the ground floor is called El Cuarto del Peregrino, the pilgrim’s quarters, because it was used to give shelter to pilgrims and the poverty-striken who passed through Castañeda. The property is mentioned in the Guide to the Natural and Artistic Heritage of Castañeda It is a typical large Baroque-style country house on two floors with a loft, built of ashlar stone with coats of arms under the eaves, displaying the lineage they had in times gone by. Built of ashlar stone, the front of the house and one of the sides have a semicircular arch which leads to an arcade with rooms round the edge. Under the eaves we there is some delicate carpentry work. The house belonged to Don Antonio Guemes de la Mora, Minister for the Colonies and his son Don Felix Antonio de Guemes y Ceballos, Minister for the Royal Chamber.