A Zen rustic little house within São Mamede’s Natural Park

This property is very special due to the care and philosophy that the present owners applied to its renovation. It has been built in 1921 and remodelled in 2019 with the help of an architect specialised in natural building and the influence of the oriental culture.

The house stands over 2 floors, the ground floor being originally a stable. We enter the house shoeless in a small living room open on the dining room that is also wide open on the kitchen. A relaxing place where one can lay down has been created in between the living room and the dining room. Two French windows give access to another relaxing place on the shade of the terrace facing the plain. A little further, going down a few steps, we find the outdoor kitchen and at a lower level a low walled space designed to be the aromatic garden.
On the right side of the entrance door there are a bathroom with shower and the staircase to the first floor. This one is divided into 4 rooms : a pleasant living room with a chimney and 3 bedrooms, 2 among them offering an overwhelming view over the vast plain and the sunset.
The floor from handmade Portuguese artisanal tiles covers the electric heating system on the ground floor. We also find these tiles in the upstairs living room and the bedrooms have wooden parquet. The mighty ancient wooden beams have been preserved, as well as the doors and interior shutters. The storage units doors have been made by a carpenter in harmony with the existing elements.
The insulation is very good : aluminium double-glazed windows, cork layer in between the ceiling of the ground floor and the floor of the first floor, thermic insulation on the roof.

Next to the house there is an outbuilding of approximately 10 m2, where is a traditional semi-spherical oven, and a little farther is a water deposit for irrigation ; as well as a smaller outbuilding for the pump, besides an open tank. The property has a borehole and a spring. It can easily be connected to the main city network that is very close by. The dark and grey waters are biologically filtered by 2 reed beds. And overhanging the house, stands a traditional circular space named Eira, traditionally used for drying the cereals. On the higher part of the largely wooded land of 4,125 hectares, totally circumscribed by ancient low stone walls, there is a 37.000 litres deposit of water fed by the spring in order to automatically water the chestnut trees plantation over different terraces. The owners had initiated a permaculture project on the land, that is on hold since end of 2022.

This highly ecologic, rustic, intimate and sober property, also fully equipped for modern comfort, will seduce nature lovers.
It is situated in the surrounding hills of the famous medieval city of Marvão, in between Castelo de Vide and Portalegre. - REF: ED045