Character property

A substantial detached 9-bedroom 8-bathroom stone manor house, operating successfully as a B&B (with high ratings) with a large separate bar and games room (91m², licence 2 - wine/beer with food) with WC, log burner and bread oven, that has in the past served 100 guests. The accommodation particularly attracts touring motorcyclists but could easily serve as a large family-home.
Past the walled garden and through iron gates you enter a wide gravelled driveway and parking beside the house. The very attractive gardens have fruit trees, including a cherry tree and a fig tree, a covered terrace, and above-ground pool. There is ample room to install an in-ground pool.
Going into the house, you enter a large and bright entrance hall (18m²) with beams - there's a sense of light and space throughout the entirety of this large house.
From the hall, a large main room (45m²) with log burner - living and dining, opening to the garden and with windows on three sides. Also from the entrance hall, an office (9m²), kitchen (15m², with stainless-steel worktop, and opening to the garden), a spacious bedroom (17m²) with its own ensuite, and a separate WC.
A broad and solid oak staircase leads from the hall up to the first floor, with a spacious landing and five bedrooms (17m², 18m², 15m², 15m², 12m², three of which are plus ensuites), plus a separate bathroom and a separate WC.
The staircase continues to the second floor, and three more bedrooms (19m², 25m², 26m²) all renovated with their own ensuites, and a family room/lounge (31m²).
The whole house runs on well water (free!) but could be connected to mains water if desired. All external walls and the roof are insulated. The top floor is fully double-glazed. The electrics are all in good order. The house is connected to two septic tanks (the more recent installed in 2007).
There is a large garage/workshop (60m², this is a stone barn with a high entrance - ideal for guests’ bikes/vehicles), plus seven stone storage sheds and a boiler room, with an older combi oil / wood boiler.
Limoges airport in only 50 minutes away (Ryanair to/from Bristol, East Midlands, Leeds-Bradford, London Stansted, Manchester, EasyJet to/from London Gatwick).
This magnificent property is situated close to a main route that brings in trade passing east-west and also north-south, but far enough back for peace - on a lane with very little traffic, the house is only 2km from the village of Bussière-Poitevine, with bar, mini-supermarket, bakery, pharmacy, butcher, bank, DIY store, hairdresser, medical centre, post office, and petrol station. The historic larger towns of Le Dorat and Bellac are only 16- and 18-minutes’ drive away. The Val de Vienne motor racing circuit (30km) also attracts guests for bike racing and car club/classic car events.