UNDER OFFER
Ref: AHIN-L-12587BS
Price WAS: 595,000 Euros + Notaire's Fees
Price NOW: 524,700 Euros + Notaire's Fees

Nr Bayeux - Detached 'Art Nouveau' 4 bedroomed property + 2 gites on 28348m2
An elegant detached country home with Art Nouveau features, 4 bedrooms, mature gardens, land and 2 thriving gites • This former 12th century Priory has been carefully maintained and updated over the years to a high standard. The two small gites provide a healthy income and the main property has been used for B&B. The large, level fields are ideal for horses • The Priory is a magnificent property built from honey-coloured Bayeux stone, only 20 minutes from historic Bayeux itself and the beaches of Arromanches.

The approach is via imposing iron gates and gravelled drive, past the particularly well maintained gardens & lawns. There’s ample parking areas and it sits in almost 3 hectares of private ground. The secluded gardens include lawns, many varieties of flowering shrubs & trees, a productive vegetable garden, a small orchard, an ornamental pond and a charming octagonal, stone dovecote. If it had belonged to a British MP it would have been an ornamental duckhouse! ••• The main house has an impressive façade with traditional, original features and an intriguing roof design topped by decorative zinc metalwork.
The interior of the main house is spacious with high-ceilinged rooms and features doors and windows in the Art Nouveau style, which is continued in the wood panelling. All rooms have oil-fired radiators, ground floor rooms have original, traditional tiled floors or parquet flooring.

On the ground floor, the entrance hall has glazed double doors from the front terrace with an elegant wooden staircase leading to 1st and 2nd floors. The main sitting room is parquet floored with decorative plaster ceiling-work and a white marble fireplace. Two windows provide abundant light and a pair of period glass panelled connecting doors lead through to the library. This large library with its sweeping bay window is also parquet floored and is currently used as music room, easily accommodating a grand piano and two harpsichords. The built-in oak bookcase/display cabinet echoes the period style and there is a black marble fireplace....French doors lead to the rear garden.

The large dining room has a Normandy stone fireplace and decorative plaster ceiling. Two sets of glazed double doors lead to the gardens and terraces, both front and rear. This is a wonderful space for entertaining and can easily accommodate a large party for drinks or dinner, spilling out onto the lawns on sunny evenings.
The kitchen/breakfast room also has a decorative plaster ceiling, a glazed door leads to the front terrace and a large window looks out onto the rear garden. It has been recently fitted with oak-fronted kitchen units, the surfaces are locally made traditional ceramic tiles. It currently features a double-oven Godin ‘Chatelaine’ electric/gas range cooker.

A door leads to the scullery area with sink, dishwasher, storage and the 50Kw oil-fired boiler. Downstairs bathroom with bath, basin and WC in white. Separate laundry room with plumbing for washing machine and tumble drier. Further back-kitchen area with sink, storage and staircase leading to attic space.
On the first floor, the landing/corridor has windows overlooking the rear garden. There are 4 bedrooms, 2 of which are en-suite, all bedrooms look out onto the front garden. One has en-suite showerand WC and a small balcony - perfect for breakfast or evening drinks. Another is part of a suite comprising bedroom / bathroom&WC / sitting room. This sitting room has a marble fireplace, TV point and telephone.

The separate bathroom on this floor has shower, basin and WC and looks out onto the rear garden • The staircase continues to the 2nd floor where there is a converted attic space currently used as a study, with original beams, velux windows giving panoramic views, telephone point and further storage rooms. A second, similar attic room offers more storage space ••• The two gîtes are separate from the main property and each has sitting/dining room, kitchen, bathroom, double bedroom, sitting and BBQ areas. They are currently let via leading UK agency, revenue figures available on request.••• The outbuildings comprise 54m2 (580 ft2) concert/function room with WC (converted from barn), adjoining double and single garages and workshop. The surrounding land is level and is currently used for hay, but would be perfect for horses or other livestock. Access is either by gate from the road or via the rear garden and outbuilding area.

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