3 Bed Townhouse for sale
Villa Santa Maria, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy
Full Description
Stone townhouse to renovate - only 2 minutes walk into the center of Villa Santa Maria
The ground floor - 2 Rooms used as the cantina/ cellar. There are 2 large arched double doorways.
First floor - 2 rooms; A kitchen with fireplace and a lounge. There are arched features throughout the property. There are 2 balconies on this floor. There are internal stairs to each floor and also a separate side entrance.
Top floor - There are 3 rooms on the top floor, 2 of which have balconies.
The property was built in 1868 and was lived in by the current owners great grandfather. The property is all stone with red brick features.
The property requires renovating & modernising along with re-wiring, plumbing and the utilities connecting. Next door have water, electric, gas and mains sewage so the utility connection point is only a few meters away
The property can be accessed via quad bike from the road, which is 30 meters away.
The property was damaged slightly in an earthquake in 1933. The roof was repaired but there are still some 85 year old cracks in the plaster that were left. The property was lived in until 1952. All the photographs have been taken recently.
There is a rock climbing club in the town.
Villa Santa Maria is famous throughout the world for its School of Chefs and ‘The Home-Town of Cooks’ dating back to 1560. Villa Santa Maria rises against the southern slope of the Monte Vecchio, on the left of the Sangro river. The territory is 16 sq Km wide, in a mountainous area among woods, pastures and fields. The town has ancient traditions and origins that are rooted in the Roman and Italian world. There are some archaeological evidences. Villa Santa Maria is therefore also a place to explore to discover its artistic and architectural beauties. It can be reached by means of a convenient highway, with exit to the village, which connects the A14 Adriatic motorway with Castel di Sangro. The Palace, built in the sixteenth century and recently restored, was the first nucleus of the city.
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