The Benedicts Manor Country House with pool, Spina, Perugia – Umbria
Heritage country estate with manor house and guest quarters, marvelously restored, stunning panoramic pool, for sale in Spina, Perugia. Carefully upgraded revealing unique and interesting details, it was first mentioned in documents dating back to the 1750s as part of the Saint Peter’s Benedictine Monastery heritage and estates, and left abandoned in the 1980s till the current owners fell in love with the estate and spent 15 years restoring it and preserving its integrity. The result is a harmonious blending of ancient elements and modern style. This manor country estate was listed as an Italian historical heritage building in 2005. It consists of a manor building and a guest cottage with natural stone facades opening into a panoramic outdoor terrace with a swimming pool. The left wing of the manor building houses has a great five-bedroom residence on two floors plus attic, boasting a ground-floor living room with a scenic brick colonnade, formal dining, and a central-island kitchen with pantry. Stone walls, large open fireplaces, terracotta floors and the rustic wooden beam ceilings offer a charming and elegant atmosphere throughout. All bedrooms have unique architectural features, are individually decorated using a color palette inspired by the surrounding landscape, and are equipped with ensuite bathrooms. The central and right wing of the building are dedicated to two separate terraced houses, both with living areas on the ground floor and three bedrooms on the firs floor, some ensuite. The separate cottage has also been converted into guest quarters featuring two separate units with one bedroom. The building includes deposit rooms suitable for residential conversion and further hospitality rooms. The outdoors has been designed over the pool area with a stone paved terrace, a veranda, an outdoor kitchen, and a changing room with a toilet. At 280 m a.s.l, south of Perugia on the route to Todi, only few minutes from Spina Castle with all shops and amenities and 15 km to Trasimeno Lake.
