What you first see in this property, with its classical architecture dating back to the 17th and 19th centuries, is its long street-facing facade. At the back, two wings protrude from it at a right angle, forming a U shape around a paved courtyard. At the end of the court, there is an upper garden that you reach via a stone staircase. This garden’s retaining wall closes the court’s fourth side. The street-facing ashlar facade was recently restored. Its main entrance door is made of varnished wood with a glazed portion at the top. There are two windows on either side of it. The glazed section is protected with a cast-iron grate. The fanlight has elegant wrought-iron decoration. On one side of the facade, a carriage door, also made of varnished wood, leads into a large carriage entrance area that takes you through to the inner court. Beyond the carriage entrance area, one last ground-floor window lets light into an office in one of the wings. Upstairs, the windows are aligned with the ones along the ground floor. The upstairs windows are fitted with louvred shutters, while the ground-floor windows are fitted with solid shutters. The street-facing elevation is rendered. Its doors and windows are set in ashlar surrounds. A luxuriant Virginia creeper grows along the three court-facing elevations. The roof is entirely covered with traditional local tiles. It was recently restored. The upper garden is dotted with trees and enjoys absolute privacy. A lower garden with fruit trees and a stone garage lie on the other side of the street.

The house

The ground floor
The floor of the entrance hall is covered with stone tiles patterned with green marble square inserts. Wallpaper with a foliage motif adorns the walls and ceilings. A wooden staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade leads up to the first floor. At the end, a low door leads straight out into the courtyard. On one side of the hallway, there is a dual-aspect lounge filled with natural light from two large south-facing windows. A window looks northwards out at the courtyard. Wood strip flooring extends across the room. There is a white marble fireplace in working order. Exposed beams that are painted in a light grey tone run across the ceiling. The dado panelling is also painted in this same grey tone, which brings out the imperial green of the painted walls. On the other side of the hallway, a large door opposite the lounge door leads into a dining room filled with natural light from two windows that look southwards at the street. A plain grey marble fireplace stands between two large cupboards. Like in the lounge, varnished wood-strip flooring extends across the room. The dado panelling and exposed beams are painted white and the walls are painted amber. From the dining room, a door leads to a kitchen in one of the wings. This kitchen looks out at the courtyard. The kitchen was recently renovated entirely. Its floor is covered with cement tiles. The kitchen units and appliances are made of stainless steel. A step leads up to an eating area with a decorative stone fireplace. At the end of the room, a passageway leads to a scullery and a boiler room, which also looks out at the courtyard. Opposite, in the other wing, which can only be reached from the courtyard, there is a reading room with a terrazzo floor and bespoke bookshelves. The room connects straight to an office with a window that looks out at the street. A washbasin has been fitted here in a cupboard. At the end of this wing, a former stable now serves as a storeroom and leads out into the courtyard through a door beneath an old fanlight.

The first floor
A landing with the same green wallpaper as in the entrance hall is extended with a corridor that leads to the bedrooms. One of them has walls with floral wallpaper. The adjoining lavatory could easily be turned into an en-suite bathroom. At the end of the west wing, a recently renovated bedroom adjoins a new bathroom. A door leads straight out into the upper garden. In the east wing, there is a guest room with a shower room. It also leads straight out to the upper garden. Another shower room, which was recently renovated, is shared by the other bedrooms, which each have a washbasin in a cupboard. A bedroom, which lies between two others, could easily be turned into two en-suite bathrooms. From this floor, you can admire a view of the surrounding countryside.

The second floor
You reach the second floor via a small wooden staircase that leads up to a landing, then to a room with sloping attic ceilings that is filled with natural light from a dormer and a bull’s-eye window. This space could be converted into a bedroom or an office. Above the street-facing section, there is a loft space with five windows, a floor of terracotta tiles and an exposed roof frame. A simple low-height loft lies at the top of the wings.