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House with pool and garden Condom (32)
A 15th-century, deftly restored chateau and outbuildings on 5-ha grounds, near a former Episcopal city, between Bordeaux & Toulouse, in the Gers. The 5-hectare property is accessible via a small country road that weaves its way through fields, vineyards and copses. Two gravel drives then provide access to the property, which is sheltered from view thanks to the vegetation hiding it from the road. On grounds planted with many veteran trees, the buildings are situated around a square courtyard at the top of the hill, which provides unobstructed views of the surrounding countryside. The property, facing south towards the Pyrenees Mountains, overlooks a bucolic valley traversed by a peaceful river. To the southwest of the main dwelling, a swimming pool stretches out below a 160-m² patio, safeguarded by stone balusters, while a double staircase descends towards the vast lawns. Rectangular in shape, the chateau has two floors as well as a basement level and convertible attic space, while cadenced by many tall arched windows, which bathe the interior in light, the chateau’s façades are a testament to the more recent refurbishments that the former 13th-century manor, destroyed during the war against the English, has undergone. As for the buildings and their roofs, which intermesh with one another in order to form a quadrilateral, they are made out of lime-pointed rubble stone and highlighted by a double row of genoise corbels, while the house’s wide stone front steps, ascending to the double-door entrance, the tall carriage door opening onto the former court of honour to the north, as well as the former keep, today topped with slender finials, recall the attention and care paid to the major constructions undertaken by lords and barons from this time period, which in this case were Armadon de Montesquieu, followed by the barons de la Sudrie. Lastly, its large-paned windows and shutters painted in an elegant grey-green, which contrast nicely with its red tile roof – primarily clad in barrel tiles, but a portion of which is also clad in flat or interlocking versions – emphasise the aesthetic unity of the premises and confer the property with an undeniable charm.
…$2,734,100910m²7bedrooms1bathroomland 5haBy Patrice Besse
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Castle Pontevedra (Spain)
In Pontevedra, a 17th-century stately palace with Galician roots and a garden of around 1.4 hectares. A 17th-century patrician residence that epitomises noble Galician architecture, with its ashlar tower crowned with battlements and its courtyard planted with ivy and wisteria. Inside, the patinated wooden coffered ceilings interact with the fireplace adorned with carved coats of arms, the blue azulejos and the antique bookcases. The property, which once housed Alfonso XIII's Council of Ministers, still bears the imprint of the important political decisions that were taken here. Its location in the heart of Pontevedra means that it can be used in a variety of ways: as a prestigious residence, a cultural centre or a hotel. A rare opportunity to invest in a place where family history is intertwined with that of the country.
…$3,626,9001,120m²16bedrooms7bathroomsland 1.5haBy Patrice Besse
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Castle Beaune (21)
The vestiges of the 18th-century Chateau de Cussigny, a regional historical monument, surrounded by its outbuildings and 7-hectare grounds along the banks of a river, near Beaune in Burgundy. Secluded from the nearby village, the chateau and its outbuildings are protected from all disturbances, while the small country roads that provide access to the property traverse the neighbouring fields before reaching a straight lane bordered by tall trees as it gets closer to the grounds. With only the edifices’ flat, small tile roofs visible on the left, the property has cloaked its ruined historical vestiges in abundant vegetation as it awaits its next owners to provide it with a new lease on life. An initial square courtyard accessible via a narrow, covered carriage entrance, forms an immense grassy esplanade bordered by a number of outbuildings, whereas, further on, an understated iron gate, framed by stone pillars, provides glimpses, through the tall branches of the property’s beech trees, of an outbuilding on the left as well as the remnants of the 18th-century chateau’s exteriors, today a jumble of burned out beams and the only remaining vestiges of the chateau after it was ravaged by a fire. Continuing on from here, the caretaker’s cottage, rather inconspicuous, is located along the northern side of the lane, while moats surround and encircle the property on all sides. As for the meandering Courtavaux River, it borders the grounds along their northern edge.
…$558,000570m²1bedroomland 7.2haBy Patrice Besse
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House with garden Angers (49)
A collection of houses for receptions with 2.5 hectares of grounds, nestled in a small town 35 minutes west of Angers. Three houses stand along a secondary road that runs alongside the property’s north edge. A wrought-iron gate leads into a courtyard where a grand house stands on the east side. The other buildings stand on the west side. The different buildings on the property are made of rubble schist with rendering or lime pointing. Slate roofs with one to four slopes crown them. Vast grounds divided into several gardens with a few outhouses stretch southwards and westwards. A river flows along the property’s south edge. A driveway leads straight into the grounds on the west side. Lastly, on the east and west sides, separated by stone walls, there are private gardens and, further on, a public walking and cycling path.
…$1,216,400915m²20bedroomsland 2.6haBy Patrice Besse
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House with garden and terrace Saint-Gein (40)
A belle époque villa with nine hectares of grounds, a 13th-century chapel and many outhouses in south-west France, 20 minutes from the city of Mont-de-Marsan. The property is situated on the edge of the village, in parklands enclosed by low walls and dotted with a few trees. It comprises a number of buildings, including two main edifices: In the centre of the parklands, a Belle Époque residence, surrounded by a formerly gravelled esplanade, faces a high wrought iron entrance gate. 50 m to the south of the main residence, there is a 13th century chapel. There are also two distinct clusters of buildings, made up of numerous outhouses that formerly served agricultural purposes. The first, to the north, is long and comprises a flat, an orangery, a winery, a dovecote and garages, accessed via a second entrance to the street and its service gate. Around thirty metres further on, the second building, the so-called 'small farm', forms a double U shape. Finally, two other modest constructions are set between the main building and its annexes. The grounds of 9 hectares, in a single lot, are bounded to the south by a local road that forms an angle with a street running northwards along the property and through the village. Meadows and old, untamed woodlands complete the green expanse.
…$569,100630m²10bedrooms3bathroomsland 9haBy Patrice Besse
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House with garden and terrace Bouvignes-sur-Meuse (Belgium)
A 12-hectare farm in Belgium’s Condroz region near the Franco-Belgian border. This 12-hectare farm of unbroken land free of leases is tucked away in absolute calm in the River Meuse valley in Belgium’s Condroz region. The main building is currently used to manage an orchard and is used for business purposes. It is an imposing, well-maintained building. It has an apartment, rooms for technical installations, a business space and three large storerooms. Its total floor area is around 800m². The property offers clear views of the countryside and the surrounding land dotted with apple trees, pear trees and plum trees. Fruit is given pride of place here. There are all the ingredients for you to continue this business, just a stone’s throw from the Franco-Belgian border and a renowned historical town.
…$1,339,200237m²land 12.3haBy Patrice Besse
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House with garden and terrace Baud (56)
A traditional country house and a secondary dwelling on a calm 2,000m² plot of land in the countryside of France’s Morbihan department. A country lane used only by local residents leads up to the property, which stands at the edge of farmland. Beyond a solid gate, two 19th-century buildings come into view. They stand at a right angle to one another around a small court. Behind them, a garage and a workshop adjoin one of the houses. Gardens and clusters of trees make up the surrounding environment.
…$401,700135m²5bedroomsland 2,000m²By Patrice Besse
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Property Mézy-sur-Seine (78)
The emblematic villa Poiret of the architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, its caretaker's cottage and grounds of more than 5 hectares, 40 kilometres from Paris. Weaving up the hill, a road leads to the property. To the left of the entrance gate, stands the caretaker’s house, while a driveway bordered with low white walls leads directly to the villa located above. The 'Villa Poiret', also know as the 'Chateau de Mézy' or 'Le Gibet', was commissioned by the couturier Paul Poiret (1879-1944), a pioneering fashion designer in his day, from the architect Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886-1945) at the beginning of the 1920s while the latter was still relatively unknown. However, thanks to his research work as a set designer for Marcel L’Herbier’s films, this would become the inspiration for what his architecture would one day be famous for. Five years after the end of World War I, Mallet-Stevens, then 37 years old, had not yet completed a single one of his projects. Indeed, the villa Noailles in Hyères, on the Var coast, the preliminary study and completion of which were entrusted to him by Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles, wealthy aristocrats and renowned patrons, would not be completed until 1925 before continuing to be expanded until 1932 with different extensions. The villa Cavrois, located in Croix in the north, commissioned by Paul Cavrois, a rich Roubaix textile industrialist, would be inaugurated in 1932. The villa Poiret is one of three major villas completed in France by Mallet-Stevens, each one classified today as having 20th-century historical significance, and the only one to have remained in the hands of a private owner. For Paul Poiret, Robert Mallet-Stevens proposed a dazzling white house overlooking the valley of the Seine, ensconced within a natural setting and slightly removed from the village, with a particularly adept interplay of horizontal and vertical lines where light and transparency reign supreme. Inspired by the Cubist era, Mallet-Stevens played with volumes, cubes, cylinders, large spaces, patios, immense picture windows and materials: especially, reinforced concrete, glass and metal. Construction started in 1922 before being stopped in June 1923 due to a lack of means, although only the structural works had been completed. After Paul Poiret’s fashion house went bankrupt in 1926, the edifice was left abandoned for several years, before being bought by the Romanian actress Elvire Popesco in 1934. The latter once again contacted Mallet-Stevens to complete the construction and bolster its domestic use, which he could not accomplish, having to flee with his wife to the southwest of France in 1939 after war was declared. It was thus another architect, Paul Boyer, who was entrusted with the mission of completing the work once the war was over. Several modifications have given the building the look of a ship, recalling the fashion of transatlantic steamers during this time. However, the essential from Mallet-Stevens’ design was conserved. Today, the edifice is seen as a modern-day chateau. Left abandoned for approximately fifteen years, the property was bought in 1999 by an industrialist and collector of contemporary art who sold it in 2006 to an occupant who was able to complete its restoration by using the blueprints created for Elvire Popesco, who herself lived here until 1985.
…$4,463,800800m²10bedroomsland 5.3haBy Patrice Besse
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Listed castle Angers (49)
A remarkable listed castle with its chapel, outbuildings and 70 hectares of grounds bordering a river in Anjou. All the buildings are grouped together in the centre of the undivided estate, at the end of a driveway that extends for almost 400 m under a canopy of bicentennial plane trees. It leads to a stone bridge across the moat and on to a gatehouse with four-pitched roof, marking the entrance to the fortress. You then have to pass through a carriage gate, once protected by a portcullis and a drawbridge, or through a small pedestrian gate on one side, to discover the castle's main courtyard, where the central lawn is adorned with sixteen box topiaries. At the back, the main section of the dwelling is flanked by a wing set at right angles. On the other side stands a chapel. To the south, there is a garden of almost 1 ha, criss-crossed by paths and planted with numerous fruit trees. It also includes a fishpond, which is thought to have once been a 'longue paume' (long tennis) ground. To the north, a former farmyard is bordered by outbuildings that originally served as a defensive enclosure. It has been converted into a garden with a central fountain. The complex is surrounded by a moat filled with water. The property is traversed by numerous tracks providing access to the woods, river and meadows. In a single lot, it is bordered on one of its four sides by a navigable river. The grounds comprise parkland, orchards and moats (4 ha), alleys (2.8 ha), a pond (0.9 ha), open meadows (48 ha) undergoing reforestation - 4,500 trees were planted in 2007, woodland (11.6 ha) including oak, pine and poplar trees, and tenanted farmland (3.7 ha). The castle and its surrounding buildings, the moat, the gardens and most of the surrounding avenues are all listed. The slate roofs either have two or four pitches or are pepperpot-shaped; the walls are of rendered or pointed rubble masonry; the facade and roof openings are mostly rectilinear, some with mullions, some are arched.
…$3,905,9001,680m²15bedroomsland 71.3haBy Patrice Besse
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House with garden and terrace Sens (89)
In a Burgundy village, only a little over an hour outside of Paris, a cluster of houses and outbuildings surrounded by a bucolic garden. On a quiet village street, a large wooden gate flanked by two stone pillars and its adjacent pedestrian door open onto a property, which, entirely enclosed, is sheltered from outside noise and prying eyes. A gravel area has enough room to park several vehicles. The pathway leads to two houses and an extensive garden. On one side, topped with a Burgundy-tile gable roof with three hipped dormer windows, one of which is protected by a guardrail, the main two-storey rubble masonry house is adorned with exterior brick window surrounds, while large small-paned windows bathe its interior with light. With an inhabitable surface area of approximately 150 m², the house is flanked by a former bread oven, which repeats the same ornamental features as the house. A more recent extension extends the living room towards the garden onto which large picture windows look out. A stone patio surrounds the building, while an external stone staircase leads to a vaulted cellar. On the other side, facing the main house, the two-storey guesthouse mirrors the same architectural characteristics: a Burgundy-tile gable roof with one hipped dormer window. With its wisteria-festooned façade and exterior patio, the guesthouse has a total surface area of approximately 100 m². Located past the guesthouse are various outbuildings, while in the midst of all the buildings is a carefully groomed, 2,000-m² garden with different landscaped areas.
…$457,500190m²4bedrooms2bathroomsland 2,400m²By Patrice Besse
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Private mansion Autun (71)
An 18th century townhouse in the heart of Autun, Burgundy. Situated in one of Autun's streets lined with beautiful mansions, this townhouse stands out for its recently lime-rendered facade. Featuring a classical architectural style, with a facade overlooking the street, the dwelling comprises a ground floor, a first floor and an attic floor illuminated by stone dormer windows, with a wing set at right-angles closing off a courtyard surrounded by stone walls. The structure is built over two vaulted cellars and the roof is clad with recent small, flat tiles. The facade is enhanced by dressed stone stringcourses and surrounds, along with decorative lintels. A wide porch with two automated oak doors provides access to the courtyard and car parking spaces.
…$404,000390m²6bedroomsland 540m²By Patrice Besse
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House with garden and terrace Valognes (50)
An 18th century mansion house and its garden, both listed as French Historic monuments, in the so-called 'Little Norman Versailles' on the Cotentin Peninsula. Administrative capital of the Cotentin Peninsula from the Middle-Ages through to the 18th century, Valognes is a royal town and an important legal centre. As of the reign of Louis XIV, the flourishing town saw the construction of a large number of mansion houses, of which about forty or so still exist today. The 'Hôtel Dorléans' stands slightly set back off a square, on the corner of a street. On the side, a large gateway, decorated with protruding quoins, opens into a paved courtyard that borders the rear facade and a stairway tower. Two stairways provide access to a garden laid out on a higher level than the house. A double garage can be reached via an adjacent street.
…$998,800280m²5bedrooms1bathroomland 960m²By Patrice Besse
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House with garden Ohey (Belgium)
An elegant farmhouse with its 42-ha estate in the area around Namur, in the Condroz region. The natural region of Condroz is a beautiful, rural and pastoral region, composed of lovely undulating landscapes. Known for its deep-rooted traditions and its gastronomy, it also features numerous monuments just waiting to be explored such as the Mosan-Baroque style Château-de-Modave. Not far from there, in a delightful village to the south of Namur, this large property extends over no less than 42 hectares of fields, meadows and woods. The estate is dominated by a large building, its elegant, brick facade spanning three stories. With its numerous openings, it is worthy of a country manor house. Laid out around the main courtyard and the wooded garden, this property further includes a large number of outbuildings, the most recent of which are still used as part of the estate’s farming activity. A captivating and promising site for a bed & breakfast activity or for a family home in a peaceful, timeless setting.
…$5,245,000490m²4bedrooms1bathroomland 58.1haBy Patrice Besse
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