Cascianella

A beautiful rural hilltop villa set in the mountains of Garfagnana Toscana , was built in the mid 1920s's by the famous Brazilian sculptor Bruno Georgi who built it as a wedding gift for his new Roman bride to be used as their mountain retreat . It was sold to the family of the present owners in the 1930's.



The villa is set in a tiny hilltop village overlooking the valley of the river Serchio, and surrounded by mountains .It is a 20min drive to Castelnouvo a thriving and stylish fortress town. It is an hours drive to Lucca and Pisa is half an hour further on.
There is a mainline station 15mins drive from the village with direct trains to Aulla , Lucca and Pisa .



The property retains many original features and comprises of:



Front terrace leading to half glazed double doors opening into a large hallway with original wrought iron pendant light ,doors and a corridor to the ground floor rooms .
At the end of the hallway is the wide marble staircase with a half landing turn .
All of the ground floor area has original tiles on the floors in excellent order and the ceilings are 3.45 metres high .



Formal dinning room .( approx 4.23 m x 5.5m )with dual aspect windows and arch to formal sitting room , and doors leading to covered terrace and garden .



Formal sitting room ( approx 4.23 x 4.09 metres ) with duel aspect windows and a three tier terra cotta wood burning stove .



Study ( approx 3.10 x 4.09 metres ) original built in shelves and access to kitchen .



Sitting room / tv room ( 4.35 x 4.metres ) with huge original fireplace .
5 Kitchen ( 4 .x 4 .1 metres ) double aspect windows a range of units gas cooker
Small wood burner .



Bathroom + wc .



First floor

Master bedroom ( approx overall 4.10 x 7 metres ) comprising of large main



Bedroom with dual aspect windows and a sitting area with large original open fire place+ a further window ..



Bedroom two ( approx overall 4.10 x 5.5 metres) comprising of large main
bedroom with dual aspect windows and a sitting area .



Bedroom three ( approx 4 x 4.10 metres ) double , with single aspect windows .



Bedroom four ( approx 3 5 x 4.10 metres) double , with double aspect windows .



Bedroom five ( approx 3.5 x 4.10 metres ) twin bed with single aspect windows .



Bathroom ( approx 3 x 3.5 ) bathroom with wc and additional separate wc .



All bedroom / landing and corridor floors are original wide plank solid wood , and the ceiling s are 3.3 metres high.



The house also has a cellar overall size is approx 200 sq metres consisting of 4 rooms with flagstone floors . One room has access to the road and another has the oil fired Boiler for the central heating. There is also a large wooden vat for crushing the grapes by foot .



The floor area is as follows:

House

First floor apprx 160 sq meters

Ground floor approx. 160 sq meters

Basement approx. 140 sq meters




External:

Garden ( L shape) approx. 500 sq meters

Front terrace approx. 20 sq meters

Car park approx. 120 sq meters

Terraced garden approx. 3 x 30 sq meters

Vinyard - to be advised



External

The garden is L shaped and has a 360.degree view of the mountains and
the valley of the river Serchio. At the far end is an original stone built wood burning bread oven with pitch tiled roof in working order



Opposite the front of the house is a gated area used as a car park ( room for 3 ).



There are steps down to 3 tiers of ground originally used as the kitchen garden + orchard .



The property is also offered with a small vineyard which is about an 8 minute walk from the village . The inclusion of this piece of land is dependant on the final agreed sale price .


Our opinion: a wonderful location, property would be ideal as a large family home, summer retreat for large groups or families, alternatively conversion to B&B.



UPDATE: Swimming Pool added in 2014.