Historic Sixteenth Century Manor House with Outbuildings, Set in 1.5 Acres of Land, with Fabulous Panoramic Views over …

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Historic Sixteenth Century Manor House with Outbuildings, Set in 1.5 Acres of Land, with Fabulous Panoramic Views over the Surrounding Countryside. The Manor House (Many Rooms with Magnificent …

Historic Sixteenth Century manor house with outbuildings, set in 1.5 acres of land, with fabulous panoramic views over the surrounding countryside.

The manor house (many rooms with magnificent views over the Dordogne) :
Ground floor: the hall gives access (stone door pediment dated and engraved 1507) to a magnificent, luminous reception room with fireplace (42m2), vast kitchen with inglenook fireplace of 40m2 with access to the terrace and garden, a small boudoir/study of 9m2 and 2 wc.

First floor: accessed via a beautiful stone staircase and the corridor leads to two spacious bedrooms with cushion window (43m2 and 46m2) and a 13m2 bathroom with wc.
One of the fireplaces on the first floor has polychrome decoration, probably original.
Beamed and panelled corridor, 4 bedrooms including a 26m2 bedroom (panelled walls and ceiling), a 16m2 bedroom and a 14m2 bedroom.
Bathroom with wc.

In the basement is a 21m2 cellar with a beautifully preserved fishpond in period stone.
There is a large period sundial on the left facade.

Heating system: Oil-fired central heating and some electric heating.
Sewage system: Maintained septic tank.
Renovated Travassac slate roof.
Single-glazed windows.

The outbuilding: on the ground floor, a large room used as a garage or workshop (35 m2), an 11 m2 bedroom and a room used as a utility room with a shower and space for the oil-fired boiler and its 5000 litre tank.
On the first floor: a vast 68 m2 room under the roof.
Travassac slate roof.

Below and alongside the road, a 40 m2 garage with 3 doors for parking 3 vehicles.
The land is part meadow and part forest, with different levels: game, relaxation, walking.

Estate located 16 km from Mauriac (all amenities), 29km from Egletons (all amenities).
Airports: Aurillac (58km) and Brive (70km)

History of the property :
Situated in Spontour, part of the commune of Soursac, known as the 'Chateau de Spontour', the manor house is part of the life of the gabariers and fishermen of the Dordogne.

The tower's frontispiece, dated 1507, depicts a fish in the Dordogne, symbolising the lords' link with the town's river activities.
From the 16th century onwards, many families of minor nobility or notables The de Monamy family (16th century), the du Solier family (18th century) and the Chanfeuil family (19th-20th centuries) were all involved in the fishing and barging trade on the Dordogne.

It was bought in 1963 by the grandparents of the current owners, a Hungarian immigrant couple who had fled the totalitarian regime in 1949. Having fallen in love with the Dordogne valley and fallen under the spell of the uninterrupted view of the river from the manor's tower, they embarked on a major restoration project to restore the site, which had fallen into disuse, to its former beauty and unique charm.
The grandmother of the current owners wanted to register the manor house as a Historic Monument.