Between Tours and VendĂ´me, a fully renovated former mill, with outbuildings and 1.3-hectare tree-filled grounds - ref 369013
Between Tours and VendĂ´me, a fully renovated former mill, with outbuildings and 1.3-hectare tree-filled grounds.
This property is located in the very northern reaches of the Indre-et-Loire area, between Tours and VendĂ´me, in a village 3 kilometres from a larger town. The surrounding countryside is known as the 'Touraine verte' and Paris is only 45 minutes away by high-speed TGV train. There are plenty of walking trails and cycling tracks for discovering pretty villages situated between meadows and forests. The Loire Valley and its tourist sites are approximately thirty kilometres away. The nearest town, with shops, services, primary and junior high schools is only several minutes away. A school in the village can also be reached on foot.
From the centre of the village, a narrow street leads to the property. There are two entrance gates, one to the front and one to the rear of the buildings. The first opens onto a parking area and a car port where two vehicles can be parked. A drive runs through part of the grounds, through which the River Brenne flows, and leads around the former mill to a patio enclosed by a wooden fence with a gate in front of the building, which is made up of two edifices and was built with rubble stone covered with rendering. The different sized windows have brick frames, which is typical of the region, and the large patio doors on the ground floor let light stream generously into all the rooms. A former lean-to standing against the gable end has been transformed into a summer kitchen and is glazed on three sides. Five bedrooms and a vast office space are spread over the first two floors. The attic level forms a single room and the whole building has recently been fully renovated. Next to the mill, an outbuilding with a bread oven could be converted, as could the brick outbuilding alongside the narrow street. Opposite the mill, a barn is used for storing gardening material and also serves as a workshop. The banks of the mill race have been planted with flower beds and the grounds are very well kept, with a variety of trees, a range of landscaped spaces, lawns and a vegetable garden.
The millThe mill is made up of two adjacent buildings. The main building has three storeys, plus an attic level, while the other has two, and both are built with rendered rubble stone, topped with a gabled roof made of tiles plus rows of slates on the lower parts and dotted with skylights. Between the two buildings, the exposed part of the larger building's gable end is covered in slate tiles. The façades overlooking the grounds are punctuated with doors and windows with brick frames. A slate awning protects the entrance door. On the northern gable end, windows have been added to the walls of a former lean-to, while to the south an outbuilding with a bread oven stands next to the building.
The ground floor
A glazed door opens into the kitchen. On one side, a staircase climbs upstairs. The modern and functional kitchen, with plenty of cupboards, worktops and a large island unit, is bathed in light. It is the central room of the house and leads on one side to the living room and on the other into a corridor leading to the summer kitchen, The living room boasts two patio doors opening onto the patio and is divided into two different spaces: a lounge area and a dining area. The exposed beams have been painted white, increasing the impression of brightness in the room. A stone fireplace stands against one of the walls and the flooring is made up of large tiles. The corridor to the summer kitchen also leads to a shower room with a lavatory and, opposite, a utility room that is equipped with a built-in wine storage unit. Part of the floor is glazed, providing views of the water that formerly powered the mill's wheel, paying witness to the building's past. The entirely glazed summer kitchen has ...
