Unique property, with potential for hotel business (agritourism) or linked to the areas of health and well-being, with an integral part of vineyards and other crops, with high potential for economic exploitation. It comprises an urban article, with a main house and 3 adjacent buildings, as well as two rustic articles, highlighting an area of vines in production and a potential for widening vines and planting other crops.
From the composition of Quinta da Costa:
The Solar da Costa originates from the 17th Century, with an important historical component, maintaining its original design, as well as the generality of interior finishes and window frames, evidencing the need for punctual repairs at the interior and exterior level and presenting itself in reasonable condition. general state of conservation.
The urban article consists of 4 buildings:
Solar (Main House):
Gross building area = 1,693.00 m2
Building area = 847.00 m2
Living area (includes entrance yard and access to 1st floor) = 832.30 m2
Shop area, storage room,… (remaining ground floor area) = 747.00 m2
Terrace area = 113.70 m2
Chapel: 47m2
Homemaker:
Gross building area = 117.00 m2
Building implantation area = 117,00 m2
Living area (1st floor) = 117.00 m2
Storage area (r / c) = 117.00 m2
Staff House (Seasonal):
Gross building area = 95.00 m2
Building area = 60,00 m2
Private gross floor area = 95.00 m2
The farm also includes two rustic articles:
- Article consisting of culture, foliage, vines, orchard, fruit trees, pine forest, bush and pasture, with an area of 52,900 m2.
- Article consisting of windrow of bark - crop, branch, vines and pasture, with the area of 13,500 m2.
It has an area with vines in production (“Vinho Verde”), with plants in full production and in good vegetative condition, which correspond to annual average yields of the order of 10,666 kg / ha / year (maximum yield per ha of vineyards and wine products entitled to the “Vinho Verde” DO, according to article 8 of Ordinance 152/2015, of 26 May).
There is also the possibility of installing additional vineyards. The property has a registered vineyard area of 2,255 m2.
The property also has two plots in cultural fallow, with potential for agricultural production (production of irrigated arable crops) and an area with Pinhal with 30 years of average age.
Description of Manor (Main House)
Building consisting of ground floor + floor.
The ground floor is for the entrance and interior access to the 1st floor, 5 stores (4 in the South wing, and one in the North wing), 2 bedrooms / storage room, a cellar division with connecting to a granite lagoon room, a garage room, two small storage rooms (at the bottom of the north facade porch), and two larger storage rooms (located under the kitchen) ). This area of construction is in reasonable general condition.
The first floor consists of: 6 bedrooms, traditional kitchen with sanitary service facilities and a division for kitchen staff, main room, living room, dining room, music room, library, office, 3 toilets complete, and pantry. There is also a covered balcony and a terrace.
The main access to the building is from the ground floor, through an entrance courtyard located on the main façade (east), where there is a granite staircase, accessing the first floor. It has several independent access to the divisions, either from the ground floor.
From History:
Quinta da Costa or Solar da Costa, located in the Parish of Mancelos, in Amarante, was owned by the Counts of Costa, from which stands out as legitimate representative and heiress D. Ana José Guedes da Costa, a female figure of historical prominence in the late from the century XIX, early century. XX. She played a prominent role in the society of the time: Oporto's first lady of high society officially graduated as a Nurse (nowadays the Porto Higher School of Nursing bears her name); awarded the Honorable Red Cross plaque for its services to the institution in times of epidemics, when it transformed the house into a hospital during the severe epidemic called “pneumonia”; performed, in Porto City Council, the functions of Councilwoman, highlighting, according to documents of the time, its human aspect in the management of the area; proclaimed Honorary Citizen by the Porto Chamber in 1944; she was a beneficiary of the Maria Pia Children's Hospital, whom she saved from decay with the proceeds from the sale of some patrimonial goods; was also at the origin of the creation of the Porto Oncology Institute. She also owned and managed a carton factory in Porto, becoming the first female industrialist in Portugal. This initiative was due to the need to obtain financial resources for the restoration and maintenance of Solar da Costa, as well as for