Stunning mansion with pool for sale, in historic Thouars, Deux-Sèvres

Super example of a grand ‘Hôtel Particulier’ or town mansion, the property was lovingly restored from ruin in the late 1980s.

Gracious and spacious, with plenty of original features – stone staircase, decorative wall and ceiling mouldings, towers, caves and perhaps hidden passages!

Ideal boutique-hotel project or family home.

Benefitting from updating at the end of the 1980s, the property is connected to the mains drains. A new boiler (town gas) was installed in 2019 and the radiators are equipped with thermostats. A modern lift services the ground floor, first floor and vast attic, which has two tower-bedrooms, WC and shower-room and space for many more.

Situated in the centre of the medieval heart of Thouars, the property is a secret oasis of calm, hidden in nearly an acre of mature garden - one of the biggest private plots in the town - within a few minutes’ stroll of bars and restaurants, the main chateau and museum, and the famous weekly market just 10 minutes’ walk away.

Thouars has a railway station (1.6km) which connects to Saumur (TGV), Bressuire and the summertime beach-trains to Sables d’Olonnes and the Vendée coast.
Nearest airports: Poitiers 65km, Tours 110km, Nantes 130km, La Rochelle 162km.
Surrounded by high walls, with solid wood coach gate and pedestrian gate, the total plot is 3446m2 or 0.8 of an acre.

Ground Floor :
Main Entrance hall [29m2]
Library [44m2]
Passage leading to Lift and WC
Kitchen [27m2] with large utility and boiler room area
Rear entrance hall, opening into large Conservatory with access into swimming-pool complex
Dining-room [29m2] with china cupboards and allegorical mouldings, double doors to
Drawing room [26m2].
Two towers rooms connected by a service passage provided a consulting-room/office [10m2] with Waiting-Room, WC and a small Sitting room. Service stairs to First Floor.

Stone staircase to First Floor:
Master Bedroom suite comprising: Bedroom [30m2] with Boudoir/Ladies’ sitting-room [9m2] (tower room), large bathroom with bath, twin sinks, shower [16m2], large walk-through Dressing room [14m2], WC and kitchenette, 2nd tower room providing a small Library or Office [9m2] and access to service stairs.
Two bedroom suites [24m2 and 34m2] with shower-rooms, one bedroom [23m2] with a bathroom. WC.

Stone staircase to Second Floor:
Vast open room with WC and Shower-room providing facilities for Bedrooms 5 & 6 [8.5m2] in the towers.

Access to roof terrace.
Dry wine cellars under the house.

Conservatory.
Swimming-pool complex: double-glazed, built early 1990s, housing large pool 10m x 5m (will need to be checked before putting back into service) which was heated via the main boiler.
Changing room, shower and WC.

Outbuildings in very good condition with electricity and water: garage [45m2], workshop area [21m2] with storage floor over, large barn space [78m2] offering great potential for conversion.
Outside WC, former kennels.