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Listed castle Bar-le-Duc (55)
A small, 18th-century château, listed as a Historical Monument, on the border of the Champagne and Lorraine regions. In the middle of the village, on the corner of two streets, the property is located in a small, tranquil valley, which is within immediate proximity to schools, a local shop and a bar-tobacconist’s, while, behind its stone wall and tall wrought-iron gates, it is articulated around a main courtyard extended, in the back, by an L-shaped garden featuring a swimming pool, a barn and an outbuilding. Meticulous and romantic in appearance, with a subtly integrated swimming pool, the garden has been decorated with a number of statues and stone benches, delicately placed among the wisteria and flowerbeds, whereas a chicken coop has been cleverly concealed at one end of the garden and, to the right of the courtyard, a beautiful 19th-century orangery abuts the neighbouring property and is currently used as a garage.
…$1,625,900601m²5bedroomsland 2,491m²By Patrice Besse
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Apartment with terrace Lyon 2ⁿᵈ (69)
In the second arrondissement of Lyon, in the Ainay district, a 260 m² apartment in a private mansion dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. Within the Hôtel de Nervo, a private mansion that is one of the most emblematic buildings of Lyon's heritage, a place steeped in history that saw the birth of Hélène de Montgeroult, a renowned pianist and composer of the 18th century, the apartment is located in a four-story building. The wrought iron gate opens onto the paved honor courtyard, while terraces facing east and south extend the spaces. The classic façade, with its understated and orderly lines, asserts a timeless elegance. Once past the molded panel entrance door, a wide stone staircase rises around a cylindrical pillar and a stone arch, topped with a wrought iron railing with clean lines. The well-maintained ensemble offers features suitable for contemporary life: intercom, bicycle and stroller storage, as well as a rotating parking space in the courtyard.This description has been automatically translated from French.
…$1,614,700275m²3bedrooms1bathroomland 1,262m²By Patrice Besse
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House with pool and garden Ciutadella de Menorca (Spain)
In Cala Morell, on the northwest coast of Menorca, a 478-square-meter villa on approximately 4,000 square meters of land. Cala Morell isn’t something you discover. It’s something you reach. The white rock, the pine forest, and the cove come together to form a landscape that Menorca has managed to protect from everything else. Above it, a 478-square-meter villa built of marès stone with exposed beams occupies some 4,000 square meters of land with the discretion of structures that understand their surroundings. The rooftop terrace takes in the entire cove. The pool looks out only onto the pine trees and the sea. Cala Morell, all around, does the rest.
…$3,588,200478m²7bedrooms7bathroomsland 3,963m²By Patrice Besse
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Private mansion Bordeaux (33)
An Arcachon-style villa, completely renovated with a swimming pool, in the Primerose neighbourhood of Bordeaux. Built in the early 20th century to resemble an Arcachon-style villa, the dwelling stands out thanks to its picturesque feel and whimsical ornamentation. With its exteriors cadenced by balconies, eaves supported by wooden brackets and other projecting details, its corner pavilion, designed to resemble a tower, is topped with a finial, and its many polychrome materials – buhrstone, glazed bricks, ceramic cabochons – endow the whole with a one-of-a-kind personality, while the interplay of toothed quoins and various shaped windows breaks with the rigour of the classical style. Topped with steep slate roofs, which provide the finishing touch to this eye-catching silhouette, the 3.5-storey villa stands in the middle of its lot. Restored in accordance with its original spirit, today it combines holiday-style architecture with more contemporary comforts, while a heated swimming pool provides a much-appreciated modern amenity.
…$1,883,800265m²6bedroomsland 465m²By Patrice Besse
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Contemporary house with garden Montignies-sur-Roc (Belgium)
In one of Wallonia's Most Beautiful Villages, in Hainaut, a former wool farm dating from 1686. In 1686, wool was worth its weight in gold in this part of Hainaut. People built with stone around an enclosed courtyard, convinced that what was well-built would stand the test of time. A farm stands as proof of this. Three centuries have passed, yet the walls remain true to their original purpose: to stand, to provide shelter, and to endure. Today, two separate dwellings share this complex—one restored to its full contemporary splendor, the other preserving its terracotta tiles, beams, and fireplaces intact. The orchard, the inner courtyard, and the water source complete what rural Hainaut still has to offer when it has not been rushed to modernize.
…$947,500513m²4bedrooms2bathroomsBy Patrice Besse
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Private mansion with garden Centre Ville - Amiens (80)
A large, 19th-century dwelling with a garden and a swimming pool, on a quiet street in the middle of Amiens. The property consists of an immense dwelling located off a quiet street, whose two-storey main façade, built over low foundations, stands out thanks to its symmetrically placed windows. In the back, an ornamental garden represents a verdant oasis, sheltered from view and the city’s commotion, whereas a spa area, which includes a steam room and an indoor swimming pool, has been integrated within the dwelling itself.
…$1,267,100522m²7bedrooms5bathroomsland 487m²By Patrice Besse
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House with garden and terrace Bordeaux (33)
An elegant 19th-century residence of pale stone, nestled in the suburbs of Bordeaux, beside the beautiful Parc Bordelais public park. With its stone facade with elegant proportions, this residence, built in the late 19th century, has a unique architectural design with two wings, giving it a distinct shape that characterises the edifice. It stands on a 382m² plot and offers 186m² of liveable floor area, spread out over two levels. A 120m² basement adds to this floor area. A private drive, where several vehicles can be parked, leads to the home. Set back from the road, the edifice looks out at an enclosed garden with lush vegetation. Two flights of stone steps lead up to an extensive covered terrace, which takes you to the house’s two entrance areas. One of these hallways has a lift.
…$1,412,900186m²3bedrooms1bathroomland 382m²By Patrice Besse
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House with garden and terrace Beziers (34)
An elegant 19th-century dwelling and its grounds of more than 2,000 m² with outbuildings, in a village 20 minutes to the north of Béziers. The dwelling and its garden, concealed from the street thanks to a partially plaster-coated stone wall, topped by an evergreen hedge, are accessible via a small metal door and gate. With its grounds forming a rectangular polygon, the dwelling was built near its southern border giving on to the street, leaving an immense open space in the back, planted with trees and facing north, while, to the west, a recent garage is accessible from the property’s gate and a large storeroom is located in the grounds’ southeast corner, separated from the dwelling by a shaded patio. Built in the late 19th century and featuring two floors as well as a partially underground basement level, the dwelling is topped with a hipped interlocking tile roof, highlighted by a single genoise cornice and featuring a terracotta roof finial, whereas its exteriors, rather understated in appearance, are covered in ochre-colour plaster with ashlar stone quoins and window/door surrounds and cadenced by symmetrical and rectilinear wood-framed, double-glazed windows, which are, in turn, safeguarded by grey folding wooden shutters. In the middle of the upstairs level, the main façade is punctuated by a balcony, sheltering the front door from the elements, the latter of which is flanked on either side by windows with wrought-iron guardrails, while, to the west, a semi-circular tower, abutting the central structure, is topped with a stone balustrade, and on the dwelling’s rear eastern side a projecting wing features an additional half-floor. As for its interior, it boasts a variety of living areas (two sitting rooms, a dining room and a kitchen with a scullery) on the ground floor as well as three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a convertible attic upstairs, whereas, to the right of the dwelling, former agricultural buildings give directly on to the street. With two storeys and dual-aspect in nature, they include an agricultural storeroom and a garage, which are accessible from the road via a wooden gate or from the garden via either a door on the ground floor or a staircase that leads to the upstairs level.
…$615,600270m²3bedrooms2bathroomsland 2,516m²By Patrice Besse
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Private mansion with garden Dinan (22)
An imposing, renovated, 19th-century townhouse in a more than 1,200-m² garden, in Dinan, a short distance from the historical centre. The property stands near other imposing old townhouses as well as smaller homes. It is surrounded by a high stone wall and, on the side alongside the street, by a small wall topped with wrought-iron railings adorned with scroll and spearhead shapes. The gate leads into a south-facing and partially lawned inner courtyard, with gravelled paths. The house was built in the late 19th century and includes a slightly raised ground floor topped by a first floor and then an attic level. The facade boasts 3 vertical rows of openings, one of which protrudes and is topped by a pavilion roof. The elevations are made of a mixture of rubble stone and dressed blocks of granite, with harped window surrounds and horizontal stringcourses between the levels. Two tall chimney stacks stand atop the gable walls. The house is topped by a hipped slate roof, with zinc hip rafters, a frieze and wrought-iron ridge caps, which is punctuated by gable dormers with triangular pediments. The pavilion roof of the protruding section contrasts with the rest of the edifice’s simplicity, due to its steeply-pitched four sides, featuring the same type of dormer window.
…$1,313,100235m²6bedroomsland 1,217m²By Patrice Besse
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House with pool and terrace Montfrin (30)
A 15th-century village house renovated in a modern style, with garden courts and a rooftop pool, 20 minutes from Avignon high-speed train station. The house stands on a slope, spread over three levels that follow the land. It lies on one of the narrow streets that lead up to the chateau. Part of it is hidden behind an enclosed plant-dotted plot that covers around 600m² and part of it leads straight out onto a small, secret road in the village, which the house looks down at. You can either enter the house from the narrow street, via its former cellars, now used as a garage, or from a hidden door that leads, surprisingly, into a vast patio where local plants grow. This courtyard takes you, via a stone staircase, to a swimming pool, which, unusually, looks down at the house from above it, while also looking down at the rest of the village and offering an unrivalled view of the region. The house is a former annexe of the old Knights Templar commandery that neighbours it. The year 1411 can be seen in its majestic vaulted cellars, bearing witness to its true age. Yet the place was regularly extended up to the 19th century. Its facade has kept the monastic austerity of elevations in France’s Gard department. Indeed, this plain style contrasts with the exuberance of the Renaissance style that the remains of the commandery beside it display. Only the village's chateau and church bell tower look at the secret dwelling, which enjoys privacy yet offers spectacular views of the surrounding countryside. The edifice has been restored in a very modern style, but which respects the place’s original architecture and old high-quality materials. The dwelling is in excellent condition and offers a 300m² floor area, spread out, via a system of internal hallways that is both playful and practical, across a vast lounge with a cathedral ceiling and a mezzanine reading room, a contemporary open-plan kitchen with a dining area, six spacious bedrooms with bathrooms, an office and a fitness room. The connecting cellars with high four-part vaulted ceilings were medieval annexes that were once inhabited, but which, today, are not included in the home’s liveable floor area. Inside the house, the walls are lime-plastered white and the floors are adorned with glazed terracotta tiles and old wood strips. Even the tiniest fragment of the wealth of history contained in each piece of stone has been carefully preserved. This is the case outside too, where the stonework has been masterfully restored in a style identical to the original design, which is typical of France’s Gard department. Indeed, this property is a wonderful tribute to its rich past.
…$953,100300m²6bedrooms4bathroomsland 768m²By Patrice Besse
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Farmhouse with outbuildings and garden Faugeres (34)
A 21-ha winery with a 17th-century manor, wine storehouse & outbuildings, in the Faugères region of the Hérault department, 30 min from Béziers. In an area where water and vines have dictated where people could settle for millennia, this property, consisting of a single, contiguous tract of land nestled within a natural amphitheatre of limestone cliffs and extending over approximately 21 hectares, 14 of which are agricultural in nature, boasts 10 hectares of organic and biodynamic vineyards that have been cultivated here for over 20 years. Accessible via a road, which discreetly winds its way to the property from the neighbouring village, the property’s entrance opens on to the front of the dwellings, concealing the technical facilities in the back. Understated in appearance, the architectural complex, which stretches horizontally along the banks of the stream and rows of vines, includes a manor house and outbuildings converted into holiday cottages or storage facilities. As for the two-storey manor house, of approximately 300 m², it stands out, first and foremost, thanks to its warm ochre plaster-coated exteriors, white shutters and elegant ashlar stone window/door surrounds, which help differentiate it from its neighbours, while, off to one side, a building features pointed stone and a traditional genoise cornice on its gable end. Topped with gently sloping, barrel tile roofs, which unify the different buildings, under their roofs, the history of these edifices is rooted in their unique industrial past: first a grain mill before being turned into a large paper mill, the dwelling still contains, from this era of hydraulic labour, impressive groin vaults, which, today, stand side by side with more contemporary comforts. Further on, but still aligned with the other edifices, the two-storey cellar and winery are ready to welcome the fruit of this one-of-a-kind dolomite terroir, while this complex of buildings represents a functional and residential architectural style that blends in seamlessly with the surrounding natural landscape. Lastly, between these various buildings a swimming pool, located between a low wall and a curtain of bamboo, will be sure to delight both the property’s owners and their guests on hot summer days.
…$1,429,700450m²10bedroomsland 21haBy Patrice Besse
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House with garden and terrace Saint-Evarzec (29)
In southern Brittany, in a wooded valley near the ocean, within 1.5 ha A 420 m² rural estate with two dwellings and an agricultural storage building. The property of nearly 1.5 ha is enclosed by stone and hedgerow, and reached by an electric gate at the end of a discreet track. Probably dating from the 16th century, it is organised around a substantial building with a facade of some 40 m, running north to south and comprising two sections joined at their gable walls. The older, western section has a basement storey, the volume of which has been filled in. Built in coursed dressed granite under a gabled roof of thick slate, the longère rises one level to a converted attic. Massive original chimney stacks and numerous shed dormers mark the roof slopes. The openings are regular, each framed by cut granite surrounds. A long single-storey addition extends the original farmhouse footprint along the north walls. Rendered on all facades and slated on a single-pitch roof, it closes the range at its east gable in stone; the west gable was rebuilt and extended in timber frame, the cladding pressure-treated and painted in the mass. On the south facade, each dwelling has its own entrance; both are independent and can also communicate internally, with service access to the north and east. A former agricultural storage building stands at the southern edge of the plot. Gardens and terraces extend to the south and west, pasture occupies the western boundary, and wooded areas stretch to the north.
…$1,592,300420m²5bedrooms1bathroomland 1.4haBy Patrice Besse
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Property with pool and garden Aups (83)
A small 19th-century farmhouse, now enlarged, with 1.7-ha grounds dotted with pines and olives, nestled in the Var hillsides, near the Verdon Gorge. Less than five minutes from the village via a B road, the entirely enclosed property is accessible thanks to a wrought-iron gate framed on either side by walls, while, on its northern border, the building’s main structure creates a balanced composition featuring square volumes topped with pediments. A small ancient farmhouse from 1808, it was renovated and extended in 2000 with a similarly inspired contemporary wing for a total inhabitable floor area of approximately 350 m². Facing south and overlooking 1.7-hectare grounds planted with pines, olives and other Mediterranean varietals, the dwelling’s two different sections, connected via an immense dual-aspect ground-floor room, convey the feeling of an impressive dwelling, featuring white lime-plaster exteriors as well as symmetrical windows safeguarded by grey shutters. With ornate wrought-iron guardrails protecting the dwelling’s upstairs’ windows, the whole is topped with elegant gable roofs, which are, in turn, highlighted by a double genoise cornice, while immense gravel patios skirt its southern, western and northern exteriors. As for the one to the south, with its two plane trees, it provides a panorama of garrigue-blanketed hillsides and leads, via a stone staircase, to a lane bordered by cypresses and hedges. The latter provides access to a fountain, while the patio on the western side of the house creates an al-fresco dining area under the shade of a bicentenary tree. In addition, behind the dwelling and to the north, a car park for several vehicles is located next to a caretaker’s cottage, whereas, beyond that extend terraced fields of olive trees, a pine forest to the east as well as a discreet masonry swimming pool, set back from the house and sheltered from view thanks to low stone walls and hedges.
…$1,446,500353m²6bedrooms2bathroomsland 1.8haBy Patrice Besse
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House with terrace Tarascon (13)
An 18th-century townhouse with a cool patio, nestled in the historical town centre of Tarascon , 25 minutes from Avignon's high-speed train station. From the fifteenth century, the prosperity of Tarascon drew many families: aristocrats as much as merchants and upper middle classes. Clergymen also came. These newcomers built grand private houses: they were keen to leave their mark on the town. The town houses of Tarascon often display rich architectural embellishments in the style of Provençal Mannerism, which dominated in the seventeenth century. But some of these town houses were also plain and small. Since the Middle Ages, town houses have been defined as simply urban dwellings occupied by single owners, so their size does not really determine their category. It was mainly from the eighteenth century onwards that village houses were built along commercial streets within Tarascon itself, where they were sheltered from the cold mistral wind of winter and from the hot sun of summer. They were made for wealthy merchants rather than for nobility and their architectural style is characteristic of dignitaries' homes. The bombings of the Second World War damaged Tarascon but left almost all these old houses intact: these historical dwellings were fortunately located in the shelter of the old ramparts, set back from the town’s main roads, strategic rail line and bridge across the River Rhône. These homes were often built upon ruins from the Middle Ages or antiquity and they all adopted a similar layout. Moreover, they are all made of the same fine materials: old monk-and-nun tiling, large tiles of grey Barbentane stone, wrought-iron window railings and walls made of limestone from the quarries of Les Baux-de-Provence and Fontvieille. Furthermore, they often reused fragments of column shafts from antiquity. Indeed, reuse of materials from the old remains upon which they were built is a constant feature among them.
…$437,300280m²5bedrooms2bathroomsland 115m²By Patrice Besse
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House with garden and terrace Deauville (14)
A 19th-century house and secondary dwelling, both recently restored, with a 5,000m² garden, only a kilometre from the sea, between Trouville-sur-Mer and Honfleur in Normandy. A double wooden gate among hedge-lined meadows leads from a lane to lawns. A gravel court separates the main house from a large garage and secondary dwelling. Beyond, the garden, lined with hedges, faces west. There are many tall trees. A stream runs through the plot towards the lane.
…$1,098,900280m²5bedrooms1bathroomland 5,148m²By Patrice Besse
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House with garden and terrace La Celle-Saint-Cloud (78)
A 270m² burrstone house with a 1,800m² plot that can be divided up and built upon, in the delightful town of La Celle-Saint-Cloud, just west of Paris. The house dates back to the late 19th century. It stands on a 1,800m² plot on one of the calm streets of La Celle-Saint-Cloud. In the corner of the plot, there is a garage that can house several vehicles. Set back from the road, the house enjoys absolute privacy thanks to a wall capped with solid metal panels that are crowned with traditional railings. Elegant stone pillars punctuate the enclosure that surrounds the property. The entrance gate, set back with a semi-circle from the road, leads onto a drive that runs across a vast garden with several tall trees, including an imposing cedar. The house stands like a manor in the heart of its grounds. It lies around 25 metres from the property’s entrance. Like many burrstone houses of its time, the edifice has a raised ground floor, a first floor and a second floor in the roof space. You reach the ground floor via a front flight of steps above a spacious basement. The house’s facade is embellished with brick strips, brick window surrounds and brick quoins. A roof of interlocking tiles crowns the edifice, which has a front gable wall. Tall arched windows capped with lintels of brick and green ceramics gracefully punctuate the elevations. The house’s total floor area is around 270m², which includes 67m² in the basement. Today, the dwelling includes six bedrooms, spread across the first and second floors. The garage has a floor area of around 70m² and could be extended upwards. You could redesign the interior layout and renovate the house to turn it into a truly comfortable home in the long term.
…$2,001,600270m²6bedrooms1bathroomland 1,834m²By Patrice Besse
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Listed private mansion Blois (41)
The 'Grand Apartments' of a Renaissance palace, a listed historic monument, in the historic centre of Blois. The building is one of the most remarkable Renaissance mansions in the Loire Valley, built at the very beginning of the 16th century for Florimond Robertet, a financier and secretary to Louis XII and François I, and one of the kingdom’s leading political and cultural figures. Renowned for its elegant inner courtyard and arcaded galleries inspired by Italian architecture, this urban palace is a testament to the refinement of its era. The street-facing facade, with its Gothic decoration in red brick and tuffeau stone, is a 19th-century reconstruction. It draws its inspiration directly from the Louis XII wing of the Château de Blois. The courtyard facades, built entirely of cut stone, date from the 16th century. With their columns adorned with foliage motifs, their carved capitals, and their antique-style terracotta medallions surrounded by thick garlands of fruit, the two levels of open galleries are reminiscent of the most elegant courtyards of Italian palazzi. In the centre of the courtyard there once stood a bronze copy of Donatello’s David, created by Michelangelo and presented to Florimond Robertet by the Republic of Florence during his ambassadorship in 1505. Notable features include fleurs-de-lis, ermine and the Queen’s cord, all of which serve as a reminder of the marriage of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany. The 'Grand Apartments' extend over two floors. On the ground floor, a large hall opens out to the south onto the street and to the north onto the arcades. It is dominated by a monumental fireplace with painted decoration accented with gold, which is listed as a historic monument. On the main floor, above the great hall, the master suite comprises a large living room and two bedrooms. The building also features a former chapel and its hall, which have retained their original carved facings. Listed as a historic monument, this property entitles the owner to the corresponding tax benefits. The property also includes a bicycle storage room, a cellar and two nearby parking spaces.
…$527,000188m²3bedrooms1bathroomland 812m²By Patrice Besse
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Property Beaucaire (30)
In Occitanie, in the historic centre of Beaucaire, A former tanner's house in need of complete renovation. Unlike many towns in Provence and Languedoc, Beaucaire's historic centre is not organised around an irregular street plan but on axes that intersect at right angles. The proximity of the fairground, established along the Rhône and the setting of the Foire de la Madeleine — which guaranteed the town's prosperity for many centuries — drew trade to streets lined with shops and dwellings alike. It is in one such street in the historic quarter, immediately surrounded by at least four listed monuments, that the former tanner's house stands. Positioned at the junction of three streets facing south, west and east, the building still reads as two distinct parts. The taller of the two rises three levels above ground floor: originally residential, it also housed a hide-drying loft in the upper storey and is recorded in the town's cadastre as dating from 1680. The lower part was added following a later acquisition during the Directoire period. Rising two levels above a ground-floor shop, it retains on its corner façade a 1970s cladding installed to increase its commercial visibility. The gabled roofs, covered in barrel tiles, display the traditional characteristics of Languedoc construction. The façades, built in large regular blocks of dressed stone from the Beaucaire quarries, have retained their original appearance and unify the two parts with relative coherence. Most of the windows date from the 18th century and draw considerable natural light from the opening created by the junction of the three streets. The double-thickness Provençal shutters, studded with turned visible nails and painted grey-blue, reinforce the aesthetic consistency of the façades. Their louvred slats — open here and there onto the adjacent streets — once allowed the comings and goings of customers to be discreetly observed.
…$538,200567m²12bedrooms1bathroomland 255m²By Patrice Besse
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House with garden Gap (05)
A characterful house with a cosy garden, in the shade of a tower, at the foot of the Pic de Chararnce peak, with uniterrupted mountain views. This large residence is tucked away from view, in a slightly raised setting, behind large fir trees and evergreen oaks. It can be reached via a private, tarmacked, no-through road which leads to a handful of other properties in a dispersed residential neighbourhood. From the road, only the east and west facing façades are visible. The drive leads to two outside parking spaces and the entrance to the garage, whose wide, semi-circular arched door with surrounds made of Gard stone enhances the architectural character of the property. A flight of steps leads up to a stoop. The hipped-roofed, emblematic tower of the residence, which resembles a family manor, stands on one side. The light-coloured façades, roofs made of brown, local, flat tiles and the well-balanced volumes reinforce the house’s traditional appearance. The rest of the building is topped by a gabled roof with markedly protruding eaves. On the southeast façade, a flight of steps running along the side, lined with a guard-rail made of balusters, leads to the main entrance door, topped by a finely crafted, semi-circular, Gard stone arch. Along the southeast facade, there is a lush garden lined with white oaks, fir trees and pines, while to the south a low wall marks out the boundary of the property. Opposite the main garden, the south façade possesses a second, more discrete entrance, adorned by a Gard stone arch similar to the main entrance. Further away, behind the property, several steps lead to a private wood, where an intimate setting is made up of two benches, two column bases and a cross. For interior enhancement, the property possesses plenty of promise, providing scope for a restoration project that is worthy of the residence’s architecture.
…$616,700503m²6bedrooms1bathroomland 2,448m²By Patrice Besse
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House with garden and terrace Toucy (89)
An elegant manor house, surrounded by tree-filled grounds and its many flowering plants, in a Burgundy village, two hours from Paris. Residential and sprawling, the village is scattered with stately homes concealed behind thick vegetation, while the property is accessible via an impressive and ornate wrought-iron double gate, supported by two large stone pillars and flanked on either side by large lime trees, which opens on to an interior gravel courtyard, cadenced by a large swath of lawn. Here, a staircase with wide steps ascends towards a second courtyard, traversed by a central stone path and separated from the surrounding verdant foliage by a low stone wall, which is, in turn, topped with wooden fencing. Dating from the middle of the 19th century, the dwelling, overlooking its grounds, has been inhabited by the same family since 1931: three generations of foresters, who then became operators of a sawmill followed by a fuel business. With two storeys, the white stone façade, facing south, is cadenced by large windows, safeguarded by solid or louvred wooden shutters, as well as matching window/door surrounds, lintels and quoins. As for the ground floor, it stands out thanks to its glazed front door, topped with an elegant glass awning, recently restored, while the house’s slate hipped roof is crowned with a dormer window. Extending on from the dwelling to the west, an ancient conservatory is accessible via a gate that makes it possible to close off the space or, inversely, open it up towards the grounds, whereas, facing the dwelling, is a working antique sundial flanked by original stone benches on either end of the courtyard. Following on from here, is a large, immaculate space – with a variety of multi-century trees – containing several verdant niches landscaped with different ambiances, a long avenue of lime trees creating a forested canopy alongside the ruins of an ancient fireplace, as well as small recessed openings providing access to the property’s other wooded areas. With another entrance located behind the house and near a pond, a cobblestone path to the east leads to the wine cellar, while, higher up, a patio is bordered by a small dry stone wall. Last, but not least, the grounds also contain two pieces of land zoned for construction: one towards the bottom of the property and the second behind the house, not far from the property’s third entrance.
…$499,000500m²8bedrooms1bathroomland 7,527m²By Patrice Besse
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