Old Bearnaise House to Restore(4680)

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pau
Pau .
France

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Price(s): 152000 €
square meters: 90 m²

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Close the market town of Lembeye, in the heart of the Madiran wine growing hills, this old Bearnaise House dates from 1870, and needs complete restoration. It offers 90m² habitable surface, plus masses of loft space (120m²), a flint barn (90m²), a wine store (50m²) – in total almost 350m² of potential – in grounds with mature trees of 7,800m².

You cannot help but fall in love with this old building, which is reached via an avenue of fir trees. The property is in its original form, there has been no previous attempt to renovate and mar the original beauty – a blank canvas….

You ascend a few steps to the front door and the ground floor, which is principally made up of three rooms: the kitchen (10m²), with original fireplace, then, separated by a huge entrance hall, two rooms each of 30m² with fireplaces, one which served as a bedroom, the other as a living room. The hallway leads on to the former wine store, complete with press (50m²) which extends the length of the northern side of the house. A staircase takes you to the loft space (120m²) which you could convert to living accommodation at your leisure. From this floor you have a wonderful view across the countryside to the backdrop of the Pyrenean mountain chain beyond.

There is renovation to be carried out, but with such lovely original materials – lots of exposed wood, unknapped flint walls, local marble window surrounds, and no-one has messed about with it before…

The attached unknapped flint barn offers a further 90m² of potential space, and has a source (spring), and there are others in the gardens. The gardens (7,800m²) need clearing and are mainly to the front of the house. They are largely treed, except for one meadow area which was used for horses.

The roof is tiled, and does need some renovation, the walls are flint. Heating and sanitation will need to be installed. There is a total of 350m² of potential habitation to restore or convert as you wish.

The property is situated close to all shops, banks, schools, doctors etc, in Lembeye. It faces South from its mature grounds of 7,800m².

Just 10 minutes from Lembeye, and from Madiran, 15 minutes from Maubourguet, 30mins from Morlaas, 45 mins from Pau (Ryanair, Transavia, Air France), and from Tarbes, 1hr 20mins from the lower ski slopes, and from Spain, 2hrs 20mins from Toulouse (Easyjet, Flybe, Aer Lingus, other International flights), and 3hrs 45mins from the Mediterranean.