A country residence, its reconverted garage and swimming pool, on the border of the Yonne and Aube departments, in the Pays d'Othe natural region - re
A country residence, its reconverted garage and swimming pool, on the border of the Yonne and Aube departments, in the Pays d'Othe natural region.
The property is located in a charming village, equidistant from Troyes and Sens, where the 16th-century church seems to keep watch over a sandstone block bridge, built during the same era and spanning the Vanne River, a tributary of the Yonne, while all around, the rolling and changing countryside, made up of vast swaths of undulating land and the Othe forest, ideal for long walks, creates a bucolic backdrop. As for the town of Villeneuve-l'Archevêque, three kilometres away, it includes essential shops for daily life and will dazzle visitors thanks to the splendour of its 12th-century church and its impressive Renaissance bell tower. In addition, Aix-en-Othe, with its "Baltard-type" market building and green market, is 12 kilometres away, while the slip road to the nearby A5 motorway provides easy access to Paris in 1.5 hours.
At the end of a quiet road, lined by elegant properties, is the 18th-century dwelling, the appearance of which recalls its original agricultural vocation. Composed of a single-storey farmhouse cleverly linked to an immense barn, placed at a right angle, the whole is topped with small tile Burgundy roof and surrounded by its recently enclosed 2,640-m² garden with an aboveground swimming pool and planted with a number of trees.
The Main DwellingWide-scale renovations carried out by the current owners have transformed this small village farmhouse and its barn into a large and modern country residence. With a plaster-coated main façade cadenced by windows surrounded by bricks and safeguarded by wooden shutters, the house is topped by two shed dormer windows, as well as recently added skylights, bathing the upstairs level under the eaves with plenty of light. As for the barn, at a right angle and completely restored, it features a lime-coated façade and large aluminium-framed windows and doors, which provide abundant natural light. Without any doors separating the adjacent living areas, they are accessible via enlarged openings that create an overall sense of depth, while the heating for the house is supplied by a fuel-oil furnace and radiators in the farmhouse and an underfloor heating system in the barn.
The ground floor
Past the farm door, the foyer reveals a small painted wooden staircase. To the left, is a bedroom, while, to the right, is an initial living room with two windows, followed by a bathroom and a second living room, currently used as a snooker room with three windows. From here, a large opening connects the farmhouse to the former barn with its exposed wooden rafters, where a vast room includes an open kitchen, a dining area and, in the back, a sitting room with a stone fireplace. With large grey slate tile floors throughout, the ceilings, with exposed beams, are painted white.
The upstairs
At the top of the small wooden staircase, the landing, illuminated by a window looking out over the garden, provides access, via a small hallway, to a bathroom with a shower and a lavatory, followed by, at the far end, a bedroom with a cupboard. To the right of the landing, a long hallway provides access to three more bedrooms under the eaves, bathed in light by skylights, while light-colour oak hardwood floors can be found throughout this level, in excellent overall condition.The OutbuildingsThey include the farmhouse's former kitchen, which is today used as a laundry room and houses the furnace as well as several refrigerators, as well as two large spaces that have been converted in the former barn: one used for the swimming pool's purification system, while the other, a woodshed, could be used to store bicycles and other garden furniture ...
