Before you reach the dwelling, several sweeping views come into view: you can admire undulating countryside stretching to the horizon. A gate flanked with two stone pillars leads into a vast court where cars can be parked. A path dotted with plants runs along the house’s facade. There are two stone wells beside the dwelling and old outdoor stairs climb up on one side of the building. Extensive tree-dotted grounds lie behind the house. Open-air meals can be enjoyed on a broad terrace. This terrace is tiled and it adjoins the house’s rear face. Old stone benches stand here and there and troughs that have been turned into planters embellish the garden. Trees of several species offer welcome shade in the summer. An above-ground swimming pool adorned with old stones blends into the scenery. A pavilion stands opposite the house. Flowerbeds embellish this rural backdrop and fill it with their fragrance.

The house

The house has two floors. Its lime-coated facade is punctuated with many windows, which have shutters of solid wood. White stone forms and highlights the lintels, windowsills and quoins. One of the ground-floor windows stands in an alcove. A vine grows up the facade and over the entrance door like a canopy. Wall dormers that are typical of the local region stand along the first floor, covered with Burgundy tiles. Other windows on this level stand out for their finely crafted guardrails. The house’s gable roof is dotted with a few skylights. Iron works adorn the walls too. And an outdoor stone staircase leads up one side of the house to the first floor. A plain metal balustrade edges this flight of steps. A decorative sphere marks the start of its handrail.

The ground floor
The dual-aspect entrance hallway is filled with natural light from French windows that lead out into the garden. This light brings out the old tomette tiles that cover the hallway’s floor and its exposed beams at a ceiling height of 3.60 metres. Next to the entrance door, a flight of wooden stairs takes you upstairs. This hallway offers in-built cupboards, one of which has a door with mouldings and an old metal bolt. A door leads to a first bedroom in which a stone fireplace stands with an insert fitted in it. From this bedroom, you can look out at both the court in front of the house and the garden behind it. The hallway also takes you to a large room divided into several spaces: an open-plan kitchen with cupboards, a dining area and a lounge with an open fireplace that heats the room up. This fireplace has a hearth and piers of angular stone. The vast space is flooded with natural light from several French windows that look out at the natural environment surrounding the home. The walls are painted in tones that bring out the authentic features of this space. Cast-iron radiators, exposed beams, tomette floor tiles and old cupboard doors preserve this room’s soul. Next to the fireplace there is a fully tiled utility room.

The first floor
A spacious landing connects to two bedrooms. One of these bedrooms looks out at the garden and the other one looks out at the court in front of the house. Both bedrooms have wood flooring of broad strips, brass door handles and windows with finely crafted guardrails in front of them. A broad corridor connects to a bathroom with an original structure. A partition wall of tall glazing and black metal framing brings in natural light that highlights the bathroom’s floral-patterned floor tiling, its porcelain washbasin on a stone unit, its cast-iron bathtub with lion feet and its walk-in shower. A separate lavatory adjoins the bathroom. This level’s ceiling height reaches around four metres. Nearby, a glazed oak double door with large panes leads into a fourth bedroom. This elegant bedroom with charming authenticity features exposed beams and a modern animal-themed wall painting produced by hand on a pastel background. A fifth bedroom lies at the end of the corridor. Here too, old and modern features stand side by side: oak strip flooring, exposed beams and French windows with glazing and metal like the bathroom’s partition wall that lead out onto a stone terrace with a beautiful view of the surrounding countryside. You can reach this terrace via the outdoor stone staircase, which takes you straight down to the garden. A cast-iron stove stands in the middle of this bedroom. It can be swivelled towards the bedroom or towards a bathroom. This bathroom includes a cast-iron bathtub on a fully tiled floor.