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Traditional country property which has been lovingly restored, sits on a hectare plot and is surrounded with beautiful landscaped gardens overlooking a pretty valley. This character country house is situated in Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo near Tavira, in a very peaceful location offering great views of the countryside and complete privacy. Separate annexe.
This charming and well restored country house is in a quiet and peaceful location close to Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo, offering great views of the countryside beyond. The versatile property could provide a wonderful 4 bedroom family home with numerous original features, or a 2 bedroom main house with a one bedroom annexe. The property sits on a plot of a hectare and has beautiful landscaped gardens surrounding the house on the upper level, with the lower part flowing down into a pretty valley.
Accommodation is one level and there is a veranda running the entire length of the front of the house, this leads to the entrance to the main house. The spacious living room has a gorgeous Italian wood burning stove and newly installed wooden ceilings. A step leads into a pretty country kitchen and utility room with steps up to a dining room, both with lovely wooden ceilings and open plan fitted kitchen.
To the other side of the living room is a hallway which leads to 2 double bedrooms and a large bathroom with the 3rd bedroom of the main house near the entrance to the living room (currently used as a study).
Further along the lovely veranda is a large room currently used for storage, a separate annexe with a door which opens into a large open plan second kitchen/diner with an old bread oven, feature fire place and natural stone walls. A door leads into the large en-suite bedroom with a new wooden roof, air conditioning and French doors leading to a second terrace overlooking the side gardens There is also a second dining room to the side of the second kitchen which leads out to one end of the covered terrace.
Outside, to one side of the house is a bathroom and shower and a store room. The landscaped gardens surround the house and feature a converted water tank as a pretty plunge pool, a vegetable garden, numerous seating areas, numerous fruit trees a gravel drive which leads to a car port and storage area. This upper section of the garden is fenced by natural shrubs and trees and looks out onto the pretty valley below where there is a working well and two other ancient wells.
Benefits include car port, private and peaceful location, lovely country views, versatile accommodation, separate spacious 1 bedroom apartment, well, shutters, double glazed, mosquito screens, plenty of parking, full length covered terrace, solar hot water, plunge pool, landscaped gardens, original features
Faro airport is a 40 minute drive, the beach is 40 minutes away and shopping 20 minutes away.
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2
Build size: 218 square metres
Plot size: 11,145 square metres
Built: Refurbished 2014
JV10293
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