Magnificent historic villa with swimming pool for sale in Lucca, about 20 minutes from the city center. The property dates back to the 1600s, spread over a total area of approximately 875 sqm, with 10 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms, as well as approximately 3.5 hectares of land with olive grove. In addition to the manor house, the historic property also includes various buildings such as the lemon house, used as an outbuilding, the caretaker's house, a private chapel to be restored, and various outbuildings. Although in past centuries it was also used as a convent, the villa has kept its aristocratic character unchanged.
The manor house is spread over three levels for a total of approximately 500 sqm, with 6 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms. The ground floor includes a dining room, an eat-in kitchen, a large living room, a study, a service bathroom, and a functional laundry room. All the rooms have beamed ceilings, rafters, terracotta bricks, and floors in gray and white Carrara bardiglio marble.
A majestic staircase leads to the first floor, which leads to a large hall with an independent entrance from the outside. On this level we find a first double bedroom with a walk-in closet and en-suite bathroom, continuing through a further small sitting room with a fireplace we enter the second double bedroom, equipped with an en-suite bathroom and terrace overlooking the garden.
The second floor, which could also be used as an independent apartment with access via both an internal and external staircase, consists of a living room with a fireplace, a kitchen, a master bedroom with an en-suite bathroom, and 3 further bedrooms, served by 2 bathrooms.
The well-kept garden of the villa, with the classic walkways shaded by climbing plants, reveals clues about the past of this property. In the garden, there is the lemon house, used as an outbuilding and developed on two levels, for a total of about 135 sqm, with an independent entrance. On the ground floor, there are a large living room and a kitchen, on the first floor, there are 2 double bedrooms and a bathroom.
Behind the outbuilding is a large and comfortable room of about 35 square meters, functional for storing agricultural equipment, and for the collection and storage of the olives from the over 700 trees included in the large olive grove downstream from the villa. In a panoramic position on the hills of Lucca, a wonderful 3x10 meter swimming pool was built with an adjoining changing room and bathroom.
Inside the land, there is the caretaker's house of about 85 sqm on two levels, plus a mezzanine made up of a living room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, and a bathroom. Not far away, another building for agricultural use of about 60 sqm, with the possibility of expansion and change of use for residential use, to create a small independent villa immersed in the greenery of the olive grove.
The property includes a garage of about 25 sqm and a small private church of about 35 sqm to be restored.
The property is ideal for those looking for an exclusive, easily accessible location in a quiet but not isolated residential area, well connected to the main services and to the major Tuscan cities of art and culture such as Lucca, Pisa, and Florence and only half an hour from the renowned beaches of Versilia.
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