Top-tier properties with integrated wine storage areas up for purchase
Article Title: Historic Homes with Wine Grottos: A Journey Through Time and Taste
Discover the allure of 17th-century houses with wine grottos, properties that seamlessly blend history, architecture, and wine appreciation. These homes, often linked to affluent lifestyles, can be found in both France and England, with distinctive features designed for wine storage and entertainment.
Architectural Marvels
These homes boast grand staircases, expansive cellars with controlled environments, and sometimes adjoining ornamental gardens or orangeries. The Château de Flaugergues in France, built between 1696 and 1730, is a prime example, featuring period furnishings and layered gardens.
Historic Wine Storage
Diaries from the 17th century, such as those of Samuel Pepys, describe wine cellars with shelves of labeled bottles, barrels, and even grottos with fountains to maintain coolness and pleasant atmospheres for storing and enjoying wine.
17th-Century Houses with Wine Grottos: Current Offerings
While specific sale prices for actual 17th-century houses with wine grottos are not available, luxury real estate agencies specializing in historic estates and vineyard properties in France and England are the best contacts for such properties.
For instance, Fournier Street, London E1, is a restored, five-storey early Georgian Huguenot townhouse in the Fournier Street conservation area. It retains panelled walls, open fireplaces, wood floors, Italianate archways, and has a wine cellar with flagstone floors on the lower ground floor. The price of this property is £1.85m and can be contacted through Jackson-Stops at 01244-328361.
In Surrey, Reed End Farm offers a temperature-controlled wine grotto, beamed ceilings, panelled walls, inglenook fireplaces with wood-burning stoves, and a country kitchen with an Aga. It has 7 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, 2 kitchens, a heated swimming pool, and sits on 5.5 acres. The price is £2.95m and can be contacted through Cheffins at 01223-214214.
Pricing and Agents
Prices for these historic properties are typically high-end, reflecting their rarity and heritage, especially in key wine regions such as France’s Saint-Émilion. Luxury real estate agents in regions known for historic vineyards and estates are the primary contacts to find and acquire such properties.
For those interested in exploring these unique homes, consulting specialized agents in French vineyard regions or English historic estates would be the most practical approach.
These historic homes, with their distinctive home-and-garden features including wine grottos, embodied the affluent lifestyles of the 17th century, providing an ideal blend of property, lifestyle, and wine appreciation. Today, such properties, armed with modern amenities while preserving their original charm, continue to be sought after in the real estate market, particularly by those intrigued by both historic architecture and wine living.
