Built around 1900 this period country house located in the south east corner of the Gers is elegant and well-proportioned. Rather like a Maison-de-Maitre the house has high ceilings, fireplaces and large windows overlooking its considerable grounds.

Restored in recent years, this is a comfortable family property which is also perfect for entertaining. Accommodation is spread over three floors and offers various a salon, a dining room and a breakfast kitchen on the ground floor, and five bedrooms upstairs including the impressive master bedroom with parquet flooring, and potential space for conversion in the attic rooms.

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Outside to the south lies the large tiled terrace with steps down to the pool area and over fourteen acres of parkland with a variety of trees, well established beds and shrubberies, woodland and four paddocks with post-and-rail fencing, and a small lake. Outbuildings include stables, a garage and an open barn.

The guide price is €875,000. For further information please contact Gascony Properties on 0033 (0)5 6262 5406 or visit www.gasconyproperties.com.

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