This very pretty and well restored mill house is in an attractive village near the market town of Ruffec. House The front door opens into a large room (38 sq m - currently used as the dining room) with stone floor, exposed beam ceiling nd exposed stone wall. This room also retains the main axle and geared cog wheels of the original mill (the mill race is on the far side of the wall) which make a great feature. To the left a door opens into the kitchen (27 sq m) with terracotta tiled floor, exposed beam ceiling, stone fireplace and fitted units. Off the kitchen is a good size pantry (7 sq m) with terracotta tiled floor. A door from the kitchen opens back onto the front garden. A wooden staircase rises from the dining room to a large room (36 sq m - currently used as an informal living room / library) with wooden floor and exposed beam ceiling. This room originally houses the two grinding stations with their millstones and these stations remain and have been encased in wooden frames. To the left a doorway opens to the spacious sitting room (42 sq m) with wooden floor, exposed beam ceiling and a monumental limestone fireplace with herringbone brickwork. To the right of the library a door opens to a landing off which is the bathroom (bath, wash basin and WC). The landing continues to a second landing (with small office area) and to the master bedroom (23 sq m). A staircase descends from this landing to the second entrance hall with an attractive cobbled stone floor and a stone sink (evier). To the left of this hall is a bedroom (16 sq m) with tiled floor, exposed stone wall and a door opening onto a rear terrace that overlooks the mill pond and the mill race. To the rear of the hall a door opens to a ground floor shower room (shower, washbasin and WC). To the right of the hall a door opens into a second ground floor bedroom (18 sq m) with tiled floor. Grounds The property sits on a plot of 2554 sq m and includes two islands. To the front of the house is an attractive and mature garden with lawn, trees, shrubs and flower borders as well as ample parking space. To one corner of the front garden is a small outbuilding that houses the oil tank for the oil-fired central heating boiler. To the rear of the house is the terrace overlooking the mill pond and race - to one side of this is an attached outbuilding with a room (possibility of making this into a fourth bedroom - renovation work is completed). A door from this area leads through to an island garden. A bridge from the rear terrace crosses the mill pond to a larger island (320 sq m) with trees grass and from here another bridge leads across to the part of the garden on the far side of the mill stream. This is a very attractive property in a great location - the house is in a small village and is set at the end of a cul-de-sac (no passing traffic) sitting next to a grade 1 trout river. The market town of Ruffec (which has all main facilities including TGV links to Paris) is only 10 km and the nearest airport (Angouleme) 30 minutes' drive. Additional airports serving the region are at Poitiers, Limoges, La Rochelle and Bordeaux.