manors for sale The Loire Area, France (page 2)

Ref. 3835: beautiful listed property for sale in upper Loire Valley. Located in the east of the Mayenne, this exceptional manor house benefits from a pleasant situation. Access is by a path planted with lime trees, which crosses the woods. The small town, 2 km away, has all the main shops and services (bakery, butcher's shop, supermarket, hairdresser, pharmacy...) as well as an elementary school. A TGV station 25 km away connects Paris in 1h15. The highway is 4 km away. This manor house, entirety listed, dates from the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century and has about 380 sqm of living space. It has preserved many decorative elements and has benefited from a restoration of a rare quality almost completed. It includes : -On the ground floor: entrance by the granite spiral staircase, as in the original, living room with a monumental fireplace, kitchen, bathroom with toilet, storeroom. -On the mezzanine floor: landing giving access to a bedroom tiled with small terracotta tiles, fireplace and exposed beams, comfortable shower room. -On the first floor: corridor leading to two magnificent bedrooms with double exposure, beautiful monumental fireplaces, a bathroom with functional fireplace, laundry space, separate toilet. -On the second floor: a large cathedral room in terracotta tiles under the immense attic discovering a magnificent exposed framework, panelled in chestnut and an office/library in its extension. -Above: a small room, also panelled, with access by a narrow staircase cut into the masonry, formerly used as a watchtower. It is simply rare to see such research, such a result, such a personal and material investment to accomplish a restoration of this quality. The outbuildings include: To the east of the manor house: a lovely, completely restored lodge of 370 sqm with a waxed concrete floor, large glass opening, used as a workshop and office and easily convertible into a dwelling. It includes: a large main room with a ceiling, crowned by a gallery, with a large Louis XV marble fireplace, two workrooms with a sink, a shower room with toilet, a storeroom and garages. On the first floor: glazed office with view on the main room below, living room, landing, laundry room, room used as showroom. Underfloor heating. Recent roof on hook. Stone shed opened on oak posts used as a material shed, and housing the boiler room and the storage of combustible wood. To the west: former pigsty, in front of a paved courtyard, converted into a workshop. And large building housing a garage (2 cars), large sheds. The building offers a beautiful potential of development. Plans, door frames, chimney blocks, septic tanks and miscellaneous are ready. Structural work in good condition. The property is essentially made up of a park and surrounding woods for an area of 46,27 acres. You will discover a pleasant vegetable garden, walks around the pond of 8,65 acres, an orchard, a parking lot built in a bower, places to stand outside pleasantly. All this is well maintained, simply, and gives a certain charm to the buildings which are not as austere as one might imagine without approaching them. It is possible to acquire a further 29,65 acres.

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A 15th-century country house with annexe dwellings and outbuildings in 2 3 hectares of grounds with vines, nestled in France’s Anjou area. Just outside the hamlet, a long tree-lined lane leads from a road to an arched carriage entrance that takes you into the property. This entrance has kept a trace of the coat of arms of former owners. Beyond this archway there is a vast courtyard. The grand country house and a storage building stand around it. A barn and the first annexe dwelling lie on the opposite side of this court. The other annexe dwelling lies on another side of the court. Behind the house, there is another storage building, an old bread oven and a cellar. You can also enter the courtyard from the road via an entrance gate next to the first annexe dwelling. The grounds extend all around this central court and the different buildings.

A 17th century manor house and its 25 ha estate on the banks of the Mayenne. From a small road leading along the picturesque banks of the river to Château-Gontier, a gate provides access to the stately almost 400 m long driveway of the property, bordered by a double row of tulip trees. A courtyard and two formal rectangular gardens face the manor house to the south. To the east flows the river Mayenne. To the west, the wooded hillside gently slopes down. To the north, there are a technical building and a garage, farm buildings, a stream, woodlands and ponds. The property is unoverlooked.

A sixteenth-century mansion, remodelled in the nineteenth century, waiting to be restored in grounds that cover two hectares beside the River Erdre. A track leads up to the mansion from a small local road. It goes past a line of former service outhouses that used to belong to the property. A gate fitted in a round-arch stone passage forms an impressive entrance that takes you into a vast front court with a lawn in the middle. On one side stands the mansion. On the other side stands a warden’s lodge and a long building of annexes that includes a garage and storerooms. The gently sloping grounds cover about two hectares and extend around the mansion and behind it, dotted with trees that are over a hundred years old. These grounds lead down to the River Erdre where they offer private access to the water via a stone quay. The property cannot be seen from the river.

A listed, 15th &17th century house, with an outbuilding and a garden, in the undulating, wooded countryside of the Anjou region. This house stands on the edge of a little country lane, going through the forest, and in a hamlet composed of several houses, including another historic manor house. A small planted garden enhances the house facade. A rear courtyard, also planted, is bordered on one of its sides by an outbuilding and a low wall. Further away, reached by steps, a garden and the forest, part of which could be purchased.

Description: the Priory, Dissay sous Courcillon (72500, Sarthe). In the immediate vicinity of the Loire châteaux, the Priory, a very beautiful historic house from the 12th and 17th centuries, is located in the heart of a village, very close to many shops and in a geographical area offering many and varied activities. On the border of the departments of Sarthe and Indre et Loire, the Priory is easily accessible, located just 35 km from Tours and 45 km from Le Mans and only 3 km from the nearest train station. Classified in the Supplementary Inventory of Historical Monuments, the Priory, attached to a Romanesque church, has an exceptional framework, very old wall paintings, very beautiful moats and a wash house overlooking a river. The property comprises a main house, with an area of ​​approximately 550 m², with 13 rooms, including nine bedrooms, most of them with bathrooms, a second, smaller house, fitted out overlooking a swimming pool and outbuildings, the whole being located in a magnificent wooded park of 5500 m². Ideal as a main home or as a country house, the Priory also makes it easy to carry out a bed and breakfast activity. In detail the arrangements: • Surface: 550 m2 • Pieces: 13 • Bedrooms: 9 • Bathrooms: 7 • Toilets: 6 • Small house: 75 m² • Garage: 2 places •Addiction •Swimming pool • Golf courses 20 km away • Train station 3 km away Price : 545,000 euros

Ref. 4095: Lovely Manor for sale in the Sarthe. Built in the Sarthe countryside, but close to the motorway which reminds us of the existence of civilisation, it benefits from the proximity of Le Mans, a dynamic university town 20 km away, notably known for its old medieval quarter and its famous 24-hour car race. This place is extraordinarily easy to access thanks to the TGV (55 minutes from Paris) and the motorway star at 10 minutes, which constitute the A28 (Rouen-Bordeaux), A11 (Paris-Nantes), A81 (Paris-Rennes) motorways, offering prospects of escape or of family and friendly gatherings. This manor house was built on the remains of an old 15th century building by a passionate and enlightened architect. With a floor surface area of approx. 220 sqm (excluding the mezzanine) it comprises: - living room 67.6 sqm, height under ceiling 2.72 mwith oak staircase and mezzanine 24.7 sqm, height under ridge 8.75 m, paved stone floor. - kitchen open to the living room 19 sqm - wc - Shower room - Gallery 37 sqm - 5 bedrooms, (14.84 sqm, 14.5 sqm, 15.11 sqm, 21.65 sqm, 12.41 sqm), height under ceiling 2.75 m - bathroom 9.87 sqm - wc Possibility of extension (attic). The outbuildings are composed of : - An elegant dovecote (17 sqm) which gives the property a lot of character. - A large courtyard (122 sqm) with a solar panel on its southern side not visible from the inner courtyard. - A beautiful stone barn under tiles (51 sqm) with adjoining shed (34.7 sqm) - A former kennel. - A shed (former horse shelter) - Adjoining the manor house, a garage/workshop 6.33x9.05 , i.e. 58.37 sqm, height under ceiling 2.44 m. With a total surface area of 5,30 acres, the ground is a beautiful space laid out on the outskirts of the manor house with a well-kept courtyard, an orchard planted with cherry, quince, plum, walnut, apple, pear and hazelnut trees, and a meadow (approx. 2,47 acres that could be used for horses).