A 19th century chateau and its outbuildings set in over 3 hectares of grounds near Angers. A drive leads from a country road to the grounds of the chateau, which are perfectly enclosed and sheltered from view by the surrounding vegetation. The residence... Read more
By Patrice Besse
Two houses and a garden that an artist has turned into an original haven, nestled in France’s Yonne department, 100 kilometres from Paris. The property’s current owner, an artist who produces paintings, turned this ordinary two-floor farmhouse into a... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A grand early-19th-century house requiring renovation with a walled garden dotted with trees in Mulhouse city centre. The house was once the home of Doctor Paul Curie, who was the grandfather of the famous Nobel-Prize-winning physicist Pierre Curie.... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A cosy 18th-century house with an old farm complex and over a hectare of grounds near the River Erdre and Nantes, France. A white Norman-style fence runs alongside a quiet road on both sides of an electric gate: the property’s entrance. Beyond this gate... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A 133-hectare estate set in grounds and forest, with a manor house, outbuildings, orangery and swimming pool in Anjou. The estate, accessible from the village, consists of a group of buildings and 133 hectares of land, with no easements or rural leases.... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A modern Provençal house with over two hectares of terraced grounds in a calm, shady spot near the quaint village of Flayosc in south-east France. A country lane snakes around vineyards and oak woods and leads up to the property’s gate. The house stands... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A 19th-century house with a walled garden that covers over 2,600m² in a vibrant village in France’s Pays de Bray province, around 150 kilometres from Paris. The property lies near the market square around which the village has built its long story. The... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A magnificent, restored “Folie nantaise”, a mansion with outbuildings, set in 2 hectares of walled parkland on the banks of the Loire. In the village, a boundary wall runs along a street that once led to a small port built on a 'boire' (dead branch) of... Read more
By Patrice Besse
The sober chapel of the former Niort Carmelite convent, a haven of calm and serenity very close to the centre, overlooking the town. The chapel owes its proud appearance to its height - it seems to spring from the ground - and its pure dressed... Read more
By Patrice Besse
An authentic Nantes folly with its wooded grounds and private jetty, on the banks of the River Erdre near Nantes. The entrance to the property is via a motorised, wrought iron gate at the end of a cul-de-sac off a small local road. A drive traverses a... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A two-floor apartment to be renovated in the heart of Montrouge on the outskirts of Paris. The two-floor apartment is nestled on the town’s main shopping street. It needs to be entirely renovated. The property lies next to a three-storey building on one... Read more
By Patrice Besse
An old hunting lodge in eight hectares of grounds with a caretaker’s house, a dovecote, a tennis court and outbuildings, 100 kilometres from Paris in the River Ourcq valley. Tall hedges hide the property beside a secondary road. It lies at the edge of a... Read more
By Patrice Besse
The restored house of Captain de Malartic, dating back to the 14th, 17th and 18th centuries, with a separate garden and barn, in the heart of a bastide in France’s Landes department. The old square Place Royale is picturesque on all four sides: a... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A 170m² ground-floor apartment with a garden, listed as a historical monument for its refined wallpaper paintings, nestled between Avignon and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. The apartment lies on the ground floor of the Hôtel Senchon de Bournissac – a jewel in... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A splendid 19th-century chateau perched in grounds that cover around four hectares near Angers in France’s Loire Valley. A driveway leads up to the chateau from a country lane. The majestic edifice built in the 19th century towers in a commanding... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A restored 16th-century mansion with over seven hectares of grounds, nestled in France’s River Loir valley and listed as a historical monument. A quiet country lane leads through meadows and farmland on a plateau. From this lane, a driveway lined with... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A country house with an orchard, an 18th-century dovecote and bucolic grounds, nestled in Burgundy, two hours from Paris. Two stone pillars mark the property’s entrance. A track leads up to an old farm building made of stone with a tiled roof. When you... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A characterful villa nestled in 25 hectares of grounds in a wooded valley by the town of Fayence, south-east France. From a country road, a track snakes through olive groves and woods into the valley and leads up to the property. A large wrought-iron... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A manor house with its three gîtes and other outbuildings, set in 8 hectares of grounds with a lake, in the Couserans region of Ariège. Hidden by trees more than three hundred years old, the property gradually emerges at the end of a gravel driveway... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A listed Renaissance chateau surrounding a wooded courtyard in the heart of a market town to the north of Uzès. Standing in the north-western part of the village, the chateau backs onto the town hall and the medieval wall that is still in place. Dating... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A bright 152m² Parisian apartment with four bedrooms on the edge of the city’s 9th arrondissement in an elegant building of dressed stone. This six-floor edifice of dressed stone was built in 1900. It stands out for its many decorative features that are... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A grand house with outbuildings, nestled in the Avesnois area of northern France, 20 minutes from the Belgian border. The house stands at the end of a small, quiet road in a town of around 2,500 inhabitants. The property is entirely enclosed with brick... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A renovated 18th-century house with a splendid stable to be restored, on the edge of a village near the town of Agen, south-west France. The house enjoys a commanding position with a sweeping view of the village’s historical heart. It faces mainly south... Read more
By Patrice Besse
A listed 14th-century monastic guesthouse, with almost 2 hectares of grounds in the Falaise region, on the borders of Normandy. Located in La Hoguette, the former Cistercian abbey of Saint-André-en-Gouffern was founded by Guillaume Talvas in 1130. In... Read more
By Patrice Besse
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