759Historic villa, swimming pool in panoramic location in Barga, Lucca.

Property description

Villa Sofia / Barga, Lucca

Historic villa, swimming pool in panoramic location in Barga, Lucca.

Within walking distance from the historic centre of Barga, famous for being the ‘most Scottish town in Italy’, is the Villa Sofia, a period villa with stunning views in every direction and immersed in a semi rural context.

Villa Sofia with its approximately 600m2 of living space, includes 3 independent guest apartments in addition to the main house.

The Villa, has a gated driveway that leads to the entrance porch with double stone staircase typical of this type of palazzo.

The arched doorway leads into a bright double height entrance hall with wrought iron balustrade that accompanies the stone stair to an internal balcony that looks down onto the entrance hall.

Ground floor; From the hallway we access interconnected living rooms, the larger of which has a wood burning fireplace. Adjacent to this room is an open plan kitchen and dining room, with access to a balcony that has stairs leading down to the rear garden. On the same floor there are 2 bathrooms, one with shower and other recreational rooms.

First floor; The staircase leads up from the large entrance hall up to first floor which consists of 5 bedrooms one of which has a private balcony, there are are 2 bathrooms and a service shoot for laundry.

Basement; accessible from the ground floor via an internal staircase and from the outside. These spaces are in effect an independent apartment with 2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathroom and a service room where the boiler and laundry are housed.

The villa has an adjacent annex where there are two guest apartments;

First annex; located on the ground floor consists of a bedroom, a bathroom with shower, living room with pellet stove, kitchen/dining room large terrace with mountain view and parking

Second annex; A studio apartment with kitchen, sleeping area, bathroom with shower, large terrace with mountain view and parking.
Outdoor spaces: Swimming pool (size including depth) with paved patio. Terrace overlooking the valley below, extensive garden with flower beds, fruit trees, oak trees, one of which is circa 200 years old and a consolidated topiary hedge, lawns and parking area. There is a well which could be used for irrigation.
Villa Sofia has been recently set up as a holiday rental property. The property lends itself to being used as a home with spaces for guests.