Cognac Country House

Your Cognac accommodation - Chasselas

Upstairs, downstairs, and outside; here are details of your Cognac accommodation. The property is typical of the region; a real 'maison charentaise'. Though, having once been two houses, perhaps more spacious than the average; the living space measures 120m2. You can see more images at the gallery.

BACKGROUND

We have owned the Cognac country house for five  years and up until last year, 2009, have used it as our family's holiday house.  We named the house 'Chasselas' from the grape type that grows across the front of the property and that, in September, provides visitors with a delicious sweet white table grape .

 The property dates from around 1850 when it was built as two houses for vineyard workers and their families; hence the two front doors!

GROUND FLOOR

Downstairs are two large rooms, one is the roomy kitchen/dining room with a shower/utility room & WC off. One end of this room has the kitchen units and worktops whilst the other serves as a dining area looking out onto the garden.

The kitchen is equiped with a fridge-freezer, 4 ring gas cooker, microwave and the usual small appliances such as toaster, coffee maker, iron etc. The shower room contains a newly installed corner shower unit and also houses the washing machine. 

Next to the kitchen is a spacious lounge having a high ceiling with exposed beams,large stone fireplace, with wood burning stove, and original wooden staircase leading up to an upstairs landing.The lounge is simply furnished having two 2-seater sofas, 'Voltaire' armchairs, another dining table, bookcase, and a writing desk.

For entertainment there is a  tv with dvd and vhs player, a hi-fi, and a selection of VHS and DVD films. A Sony Game Boy player and games is also available. There is a large collection of paperback fiction in the house.

FIRST FLOOR

Upstairs off a landing that runs the length of the house, are 3 double bedrooms and a bathroom all having South facing views over the garden. Each bedroom has twin beds and either a built in or free standing wardrobe. The bedrooms have double glazing so that even the occasional tractor that passes the house in the mornings is difficult to hear. The sunny bathroom contains a handbasin unit, shower cubicle and WC.

 OUTSIDE

Our Cognac country house has a small walled garden (162m2). It is partially gravelled to enable visitors cars to be parked off the road, access is through a pair of metal gates. Being completely enclosed the garden is a secure space for both small children and pets.

Facing the house, on the other side of the garden is a stone barn that doubles as a garage, boathouse and, from the Spring until Autumn, residence for a couple of families of swallows. The barn has a mezzanine floor which is used as a storage space.

The garden has a  grassed area, cherry, fig, and apple trees and the Chasselas vine whose fruit is available to visitors to Chasselais; depending, of course, on season.
Also in the garden is a working well that has a lockable cover.

Holiday Rentals

You can also find our Charente country house at the Holiday Rentals website.

See my self-catering holiday home No. 67170 on Holiday-Rentals

and at Owners Direct

<a href="http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk">Holiday Rentals from Owners Direct</a>