Castles for sale Méry-sur-Seine, France

A chateau dating back to the 16th and 18th centuries with a swimming pool, nestled in grounds that cover two hectares in France’s Champagne region. The chateau was used as a country house in the 18th century. It was once the centre of the Saron fiefdom – from which the Bochart de Champigny lineage derived its family name from 1630 onwards. From the 17th century, it was a site of astronomical observations by Jean Bochart de Saron and Pierre Gassendi and, in the 18th century, by Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard Bochart de Saron, Roger Joseph Boscovich and Charles Messier. The archives of the French Academy of Sciences mention the chateau as a place used to observe the transit of Venus across the Sun on 3 June 1769, to determine the path of Uranus in 1781, and to observe comets. The chateau is surrounded by walled grounds that cover two hectares. The grounds include a vegetable patch and are dotted with age-old trees, including a 300-year-old plane tree and 200-year-old box and linden trees. A main court extends in front of the chateau, as does the garden, which an imposing wrought-iron gate separates from the village. A towpath along the River Aube demarcates the property’s lower section. Behind the edifice, a slope leads down to a pond. An outdoor swimming pool and a small greenhouse are hidden behind a large neighbouring 16th-century church and cannot be seen from the chateau.

2.5 hours from the center of Paris, 1.5 hours from Dijon, south of Champagne, 15 minutes from a train station. On the edge of immense forests, in appreciable calm and tranquility, 42 acre property in the heart of a region steeped in history. This contiguous estate with its mansion of approximately 700 m2 of living space has outbuildings to be renovated from top to bottom. Its pleasure park is surrounded by walls with entrance gates. Chapel. L-shaped mansion. On the garden level. - Main part built in the 1820s with beautiful reception rooms. - At the rear, in an older part of the 17th century, access via interior courtyard and communicating with the lounges on the south facade. - To the east of the main facade, old part to be completely renovated (uninhabitable as it is) with entrance to courtyard. First floor. Several rooms to renovate with bathrooms. Former service rooms, clock turret. Ideal for family projects, guest rooms, large capacity for reception activities. The outbuildings to be completely restored consist of: an old dwelling house, a dovecote, a ruined 14th century Cistercian barn with a floor area of ​​800 m2 to be recovered from its ruins, stables, an old forge, a sheepfold.