Description
Country house for sale in Las Rozas, Cangas de Onís (Asturias, Spain).
PRICE: 680,000 EUROS.
Built area: 535 m².
Plot area: 38.712 m².
4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.
Casona for sale (Casona del Fondón) in Las Rozas, Cangas de Onís, strategically located between Arriondas and Cangas de Onís, and on the road to Covadonga.
It is located on a 38.712 m² plot, being most of this surface (24.187,47 m²) of low bush, not developable. The rest of the plot, 14.525 m², is included in the 'Núcleo Rural' of Las Rozas, and can be distributed in 6 plots, with a main building and an auxiliary one in each of them.
Current distribution of the house:
First floor, with 154 m² distributed in a porch, a winepress and three rooms/storages.
Second floor, with 228 m² distributed in porch, hall, corridor, gallery, living room, kitchen, pantry, four bedrooms, library and two bathrooms.
In addition to the main house, it has a bread basket, a roof and a stable.
History of the Casona del Fondón:
In 1597, the Labra family lives in the house, which means that the building is of previous construction, since it is not recorded that they built it, but that 'they settled in the Casa del Fondón', then, we are talking about a low-medieval building, Asturian mansion in the countryside, of good workmanship, location, sun, protected from the prevailing winds from the northwest by the 'prau de arriba', with spring water and good drainage and sanitation to the river Sella. Also it is possible to be deduced by its location, that if not first, it has been of the first houses of the Rozas.
The 'casona' had a doorway and a stable on the first floor. This is a supposition, because if originally the 'quintana' as such had already been completed, that is, the house, the hórreo, the stable and tenada and the rest of the constructions of the corrals, then, it was not the stable in the house, but, the press. And that is the most probable thing, because in all the north of the Iberian Peninsula the 'lagar' was built as a fundamental piece of the house, even before the stable, because the stables did not exist in those dates, the cattle grazed freely and spent the night under a simple roof. The stable was a 'luxury' for the wealthy. The staircase leading to the kitchenette, which was elevated above the upper floor, extended from the entrance gate to the upper floor.
The upper floor was the house, a noble floor with access from the right facade, where the door to the bathroom is currently located, built many years later, as we will explain. This door gave access to the main distributor, which as its word indicates, distributed towards the living room, on one hand, and towards the dining room, communicated with the 'kitchenette', on the other hand. From the 'living room', the main room of the house, there was access to the bedroom and to another room with its bedroom that was used mainly as a bedroom.
At the end of the 17th century, the house of El Fondón was reformed, giving it a style characteristic of the period, with a wide suntrap and wide eaves, whose railing, corbels and footings are decorated with rich carving. The whole front of the house was reformed and extended, superimposing on the original facade a new dependency and a wide corridor.
The decorated eaves are made in the added area. The balcony is of a beautiful invoice that ennobles the house. A very useful and protected entrance hall is created on the first floor, with a Tuscan column, without a base, in the shape of a barrel. The coat of arms of 'Los Labra' could have been there somewhere: Knight in armour, killing the dragon, in view of his beloved who is crying from the battlements of the castle for his march to war.
Taking a leap in time, we arrive at the 20th century. In 1.917 a new family settles down in the House of the Fondón and carries out the last great reform.
A wide gallery placed on the right side facade, moving the main entrance to the next hole, next to the kitchen.
