Villa for sale in Queaux, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Interior The front door leads into the kitchen/dining room (approx: 24m2) which has a tiled floor and in the middle of a beautifully exposed stone wall stands the original large Poitevine fireplace with a wood-burning stove to provide warmth and atmosphere in the winter. This room is really the heart of the home. In the corner is the kitchen with electric oven and hob, sink and built-in cupboards and worktop. There is a useful utility room and downstairs cloakroom (approx: 4m2) with a sink and loo and plumbing for a washing machine just off the kitchen.

Then you step down to a cosy sitting room (approx: 23m2) with original tomette tiled floor, expertly restored, another log-burner, and leading down through a beautiful arch to another room (approx 11m2) which gets the full benefit of the morning sun which could be a study or a further sitting room. Upstairs are three bedrooms, (approx: 13m2,11m2 and 10m2) all doubles, two of which have windows over that remarkable view, and one has a beautiful en-suite shower room (approx: 4.5m2) and a lovely bright separate bathroom (approx: 7.5m2) with bath, separate shower, basin and loo.

Exterior This renovated cottage is attached to a large barn (approx:106m2), which includes two loose boxes for horses. There is a further stone shed at the end of the barn used for storage and a handy workshop.

There is a gorgeous sun-soaked terrace in front of the house with two barbecues and a pizza oven The garden and land sweep away from the house and barn on the sunny side of the valley. Walk down through your land, ideal grazing for horses, and at the end you come to the little stream, Le Crochet, beside which is a wonderful riverside eating area and fire pit for idling away those warm summer nights - it is heaven. There is lots of space for a big kitchen garden if you want to be a bit self sufficient.

Location Queaux is a beautiful village with a bistro and an art gallery/café as well as a garage. There is a lot to do in the area, apart from the opportunities offered by the river Vienne which include canoeing, fishing and lovely riverside walks; there are many local markets, restaurants, châteaux and gardens to visit in the vicinity. Just 10 minutes by car will bring you to the market town of l'Isle Jourdain which besides its breathtaking viaduct over the river Vienne also has schools, water sports, swimming pool and tennis courts and all the shopping facilities you will need on a daily basis. If you are feeling daring you can do a bungee jump off the viaduct, or if not, you could just watch! The medieval market town of Chauvigny is about 20 minutes drive away, where you can explore the castle, ride on the velo-rail and watch the famous ‘Geants du Ciel’, the huge birds of prey who perform for you. Futuroscope is about 40 minutes by car and monkey valley at Romagne, and the crocodile house at Civaux are all within an easy drive. 40 minutes from Poitiers airport, tgv railway station (90 minutes to Paris) and Futuroscope; 45 minutes from Limoges airport.