4 bedroom Country House for sale

Cortijo Alcala

This stunning cortijo is located in the countryside of the Altiplano de Granada. The house has 3 storeys that include a dining room, kitchen, living room, 3-4 bedrooms, a bathroom and 2 unreformed mansard rooms. There are 180° views of the awesome Venta Micena countryside with La Sagra mountain to the west and the Sierra de Maria mountains to the east.

The house has an extensive placeta in front with a massive patio and a secluded stone terrace with a stone shed. The stone shed is connected to water and electricity so this could be a great spot for a summer kitchen or a charming guest house. The placeta has a second stone terrace with picturesque views. Across the track is a fruit and almond tree orchard irrigated with well water. The surroundings are perfect for peace and relaxation.

This house has been beautifully renovated with great care to preserve and enhance the historic character. The rooms are exceptionally spacious, with high ceilings, imparting a sense of country manor opulence. Throughout there are elegant design features such as arched hallway ceilings, original wood beam ceilings and chandeliers in all the rooms. The house has thick walls with a monastery-like appearance that guarantee coolness in summer. Hence air conditioning is not necessary.

The current owners have designed the renovation to meld traditional character and rustic original features with refined modern touches. They are continuing the renovations even as they prepare to sell. The photos show the terracotta tiles they have chosen for the ground floor and the top level mansard rooms.

You enter the house through an impressive double wooden door into a massive dining hall with a wood burner in a fireplace with all authentic details left intact. This dining hall leads to the country kitchen at one end. At the other end, a hallway takes you to the bathroom and a bedroom (formerly a horse stable or cuadra, currently used as a gym) that opens onto the front placeta. Along the hall is a pantry/storage room tucked under the stairs that was used in the past to dry meats and store conserves. This space is naturally climate-controlled thanks in part to the series of square ventilation holes at the top.

Upstairs on the first floor is the large living room with the original and huge fireplace, and two spacious bedrooms, all with original terracotta floor tiles and wood frame French windows with balconies. The top floor is rustic, with 2 unreformed rooms that have mansard ceilings. The owners are currently insulating these ceilings so they will be suitable for additional bedrooms and bathroom, game room/home cinema or study. The room on the left is the most spacious of the entire house and would make a perfect studio. Its wall has a signature of the first owners and an inscription (1800 or 1860) that most probably points to the date when the original country manor was finished.

The front placeta is about 350m2 and can be fully enclosed. The front part of the placeta has a wall with a gate that was handcrafted by a local blacksmith and based on a Spanish art deco design. Across the track, the orchard is about 2000m2 with almond, cherry, walnut, and apricot trees, vines and cypresses. There is a well with a pump on the property for irrigation, which guarantees an ample supply of drinkable water all year round.

This property is part of a small enclave of houses in Venta Micena, a hamlet of the beautiful historic village of Orce. The hamlet feels remote yet Orce is only a 12 minute drive to shops, restaurants and wine & tapas bars. Orce has a popular natural spring water swimming pool open most of the year. The village hosts concerts, traditional festivals and a famous Medieval Festival. The Orce area is known for its archaeological finds, dating back to the first humans who arrived in Europe and the discovery of mammoths, prehistoric rhinoceroses and sabre toothed tigers (remnants on show in Orce's Archeological Museum). The region offers great hiking, mountain biking, and thermal spas. There are turquoise lakes within 45-60 minutes.

Bedrooms - 4+
Bathroom - 1
Furniture - negotiable
Water - connected
Electricity - connected
Waste water - soak away
Internet - possible
Building - 300 m2 approx.
Surface area - 2300 m2 approx.
Title deeds - present
Land register - present

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