An early 19th century quinta overlooking Funchal Bay on the island of Madeira is for sale for €3.1 million through Colliers Jackson-Stops.
Built in 1814-1815, Quinta Cova has large gardens and a period cottage in the grounds.
Accommodation in the main seven-bedroom house includes a conservatory room leading to the front door, a large drawingroom with French windows opening onto a tiled veranda with views of the bay and a sittingroom overlooking the main gardens.
Original features - like high arched ceilings, marble fireplace and wooden floorboards - have been maintained.
The main en suite bedroom on the ground floor has a dressingroom, and a large double bedroom on the second floor has French windows onto an arched terrace with views of harbour and mountains.
A one-bedroom cottage in the grounds has a sittingroom and diningroom and a garage beneath it.
The gardens surround the house on several levels and are planted with century-old palms, jacarandas and cypresses. Fruit trees include avocados, bananas, mangoes and passion fruit, and there are hundreds of tropical and semi-tropical shrubs and plants throughout the gardens. The garden won first prize in a local garden competition a few years ago.
