There are four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two sitting rooms and a kitchen diner. Two bedrooms have low beamed ceilings. The kitchen is the 15th Century heart of the building and features a massive fireplace and a typical Charentaise cobbled stone floor worn into shape by over 400 years of use.
The house is at the end of a lane that is only used by two houses and the occasional farm tractor. Because the house was originally a chateau it has the remains of a tower behind and a commanding view of the valley below. Unlike a farmhouse Le Coussot was built to be lived in on two floors by a rich family. It now has has three floors. There is an attached open sided barn (hangar), a disused dairy and a large detached barn.
The house is still available for some weeks this year at a bargain £250 a week.
Find put more and see more pictures at www.charentehome.com