CastleNantes (44)

Price :

$1,615,000

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Surface460 m²bedrooms10 land25.7 ha

A 19th-century chateau, with its chapel, convertible outbuildings and 25 hectares of grounds, between Nantes and Vannes. Dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, the property includes a little more than 25 contiguous hectares, within a peaceful wooded countryside. From a small public road, the chateau appears at the end of a long 300-metre bridal path planted with deciduous trees. The 460-m² edifice’s main façades face east on the courtyard side and west towards the grounds. Built according to a symmetrical plan at the beginning of the 19th century, the central building’s eastern side has a slate gable roof and is flanked on either end by two prominent pavilions, each topped with hipped roofs crowned with decorative finials. Creating the link between the two wings is a glass-enclosed winter garden adorned with artistic metalwork, which was added in 1910. The roughcast façades are cadenced by five vertical rows of rectilinear large-paned windows framed by ashlar stone quoins, the central row of which is crowned with a curvilinear pediment.
On the building’s western side, a triangular pediment above a glass door, which provides access to the grounds, enlivens the façade’s austere design, while white-painted wooden louvred shutters safeguard the windows on the first floor.
The chateau is surrounded by gravel, followed by vast lawns with the outbuildings and a chapel located to one side, while, on the other, there is a former farm and a number of annexes. The outbuildings comprise a floor area of approximately 660 m² and include, among other things, a stable with horse stalls, a cowshed, a bakehouse, a fruit cellar, a pressing shed, a granary, a barn and a caretaker’s cottage. Behind the house is an enclosed vegetable garden of nearly 2,000 m², while the 18 hectares of surrounding mature forests guarantee the property’s privacy.