A Courtyard Home in Italy - €190,000
Alvito, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
4 bed/3 bath
Palazzo Leone is a beautiful and unusual building, located in the heart of Alvito, a few steps from the main Corso. The imposing old doors open onto a grand flight of shallow marble stairs, leading up to the unique feature of the building: a glassed-in central courtyard, with a large stone grotto beyond it.
On the ground floor, to the right of the courtyard, there is a large stone vaulted room, reached by a huge archway. Part of this has been walled off and predisposed as a bathroom. The rest could be used for various purposes.
To the left of the courtyard there is a separate suite of rooms, which could be a stunning master suite, with bedroom, dressing area, private sitting room and bathroom, or could be a guest or caretaker apartment.
Beautiful old stone stairs with wrought iron railings lead to the upper level, which is arranged around and looks down upon the courtyard. A large kitchen area with a fireplace and a small outside area, suitable for a herb garden, leads into a generous dining room. The sitting room has a balcony with wrought iron railings looking out along a charming vicolo.
Two bedrooms on this level currently share a bathroom, however there is plenty of space to install a second bathroom, giving each bedroom a private ensuite.
