7 Bed Property for sale in Perigueux, Aquitaine, France

An unusual property with huge potential, main house 360m2, farmhouse 120m2, outbuildings 600m2 all sent in the centre of the 60 hectares of land. The main house was built in the 19th C on the site of an ancient Hunting property and has a wealth of original features such as parquet floors, wood panelling etc.. It is flanked by two superb barns and the three buildings form three sides of the courtyard which is currently laid to grass but would lend itself to a formal french garden and/or pool and terrace. At about 500m from the main group of buildings is the set of stone farm buildings comprising a house and two barns also grouped around a central courtyard. Set apart, across the fields, are at least two ruined farm buildings just waiting to be restored. The property has 60ha - 15HA of fields, and 45 HA of woodland, of which part has been replanted since the storms of 1999 with a mixture of oak and pine. There are two tree-lined alley ways which could be tidied and need some replanting to restore them to their former beauty. The entrance lane meanders up through the woodland and then at the top of the hill the land opens up to lawns and grassland around the house and its barns It could be a superb and impressive property with the right financial input by someone with vision and style Location: 3 mins drive to a village with restaurants, 10 mins drive to a small town with basic shops etc Approx 20 mins drive to Perigueux which is the prefecture town with Cathedral, medieval pedestrianised shopping area, supermarkets, cinemas, restaurants etc 30 mins to Bergerac with the river Dordogne, pedestrianised medieval shopping area, restaurants, supermarkets, and Bergerac. The house seems to have room upon room upon room - with a variety of panelling, glazed doorways and window surrounds, sculptured and marble fireplaces, parquet floors and a superb key to the courtyard entrance The barns are magnificent and could be converted to accommodation (subject to planning consent of course) and with the separate farmhouse and its outbuildings there is scope to have caretakers accommodation and storage for the farm equipment for maintaining the land Not for the fainthearted or those with a limited budget - this needs serious financial input but it is immediately habitable and thus the project can be undertaken whilst in situ. Part of the land used to be planted to vines in previous centuries - it is in the AOC Bergerac area. A private place to enjoy rural French living and yet within easy reach of good road/rail/air connections Plus, there's plenty of space for a helicopter landing pad and storage too DPE E 232