Key Facts:
§ 500 m2 historic Liberty villa in ochre yellow, with painted frescos, emerald green blinds - retaining many period features
§ Excellent potential as grand family and/or holiday home, business or art centre
§ Designed in 1911 for renowned Italian-Amercian entrepreneur, Giuseppe Pieroni of Boston, Massachussets around original 18th or 19th century core
§ Stylishly refurbished exteriors and bathrooms
§ Commanding position with panoramic views over woodland, fields and distant Apuan Alps
§ Sold with entire contents including original Art Nouveau furniture suites (NB excluding pictures and personal effects)
§ Coach House/Staff Accommodation
§ Recently restored Artist’s Studio/Garage
§ Two further buildings – small eighteenth century water mill and stables - for restoration
ACCOMMODATION
Ground Floor
§ Entrance hall and reception area
§ Grand ‘salone’ frescoed drawing room
§ Downstairs cloakroom
§ Interior hall and telephone point
§ Glazed vestibule leading to rear sun terrace
§ Modern kitchen
§ Vaulted breakfast room with stone fireplace
§ Small dining room
§ Secondary entrance hall
§ Utility/washroom
§ Large office/study
First Floor
§ 6 bedrooms (1 master, three other double, two singles – one of which is currently used as a store)
§ 4 recently refurbished bathrooms (1 ensuite)
Second Floor
§ Glazed roof turret or ‘loggia’
§ 2 attics
Basement
§ Stocked wine-cellar with interesting collection from 60’s, 70’s and 80’s
§ Cellar with central heating system
§ ‘Limonaia’ – naturally lit lemon storage area beneath the rear sun terrace
Large rear tiled Sun Terrace
Ten metre Roman style swimming pool
Two storey coach house/domestic staff quarters comprising:
§ Large ground floor garage space with potential for conversion to other uses
§ Woodstore room
§ Toolroom
§ Large room on first floor with potential for conversion to large living room, art studio or other other uses
§ 40 foot loggia balcony with 270 degree superb views
Two-storey artist’s studio cum car garage (recently restored)
§ Reached via private footpath or public road
§ Car parking/tool space with stairs to second storey
§ Naturally lit artist’s studio or atelier
§ Further superb views
§ Loading door on first floor
Disused, two-storey stone, chestnut beam and cotto C18th water mill (for potential restoration)
Two-storey stone, chestnut beam and cotto stable building
In all, nearly 4 hectares or approximately 9.5 acres, comprising formal gardens, lawns, terraces, meadow and woodland.
The Terrazza leading to the Artist's Studio
