Tuscany, Siena, Sarteano, Italy

Country House within History and Nature, Sarteano, Siena - Tuscany

Charming stone 1800s former farmhouse with pool, guest house, cellar, olive grove and land for sale in Sarteano, Siena. Situated in a charming area dominated by the 15th-century castle of Sarteano and the green of Mount Cetona, here history and nature come together to provide stunning panoramic views. On a 10-acres private plot with driveway, the property includes a characteristic former farm complex dating back to the 1800s with a manor house and two outbuildings converted into an elegant rustic-style dwelling, surrounded by a garden with olive trees, cypress trees, aromatic plants, a panoramic infinity pool and a natural stone fountain featuring a lion's mouth jet made of terracotta. The farmhouse is on three floors boasting natural stone facades over a courtyard with a pergola and a wood-burning oven, the third floor, in exposed cotto bricks, forms a turret, the external stairs take to a loggia on the first floor with open and panoramic views. The old storerooms on the ground floor have been recovered and transformed into an open-plan living area framed by two large brick arches and a central full-wall fireplace, opposite the built-in kitchen made by local craftsmen with a central island. Very dramatic, and full of natural light, is the study in the turret with library and an open gallery on the lower level. A living room with fireplace and four bedrooms, all with ensuite bathrooms, complete the second floor, while the fifth bedroom is on the ground floor with access to the garden. Each room retains the elements of the old farmhouses with high ceilings large exposed wooden beams and terracotta floors. All bathrooms are decorated with unique elements, fitted with double sinks, full-wall showers, masonry bathtubs, and natural stone tiling. In front of the manor house, the former barn has been converted into a cottage with a guest house on the garden level and a wine cellar in the basement, featuring a rustic-style terracotta vaulted ceilings. In front of the pool a barn used as open living and deposit, and on the basement, a technical room. An elegant home perfect as a residence in contact with nature and country lifestyle, for private use, to live with family and friends, or to accommodate tourists for their vacations, close to major historical and cultural routes and art cities in an unspoiled corner of Tuscany.
PROPERTY Ref: SAR2182
Location: Sarteano, Province: Siena, Region: Tuscany
Type: 10-acres 1800s former farmstead including a 735 sq m / 7911 sq ft three-story country house with a turret, a cottage with guest house and basement cellar, a detached barn, basement technical room, infinity-edge pool, Mediterranean style garden with fountain