castle with reception room for sale Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, France

In the Midi corrézien, within the Dordogne valley A manorial château, its outbuildings, and nearly 14 ha of land. Two stone pillars frame the entrance gate. Beyond it, a drive runs alongside a garden in front of the château's north facade, then reaches the outbuildings and parking areas. A tower in need of restoration stands to one side of the path. A second access on the east side of the property leads to a departmental road. At an altitude of some 250 m, the château overlooks meadows and wooded hillsides. The first traces of this former manorial house date from the 11th century. Built on the foundations of a medieval complex, the château has undergone several alterations over the centuries. It has a nearly rectangular plan, local-stone walls, and slate roofs. Windows with stone surrounds punctuate the facades in a regular layout, some with simple mouldings, others with carved motifs or ogee lintels. A polygonal tower with a five-sided roof stands on the north facade. Its entrance is a Gothic door with a moulded pointed arch, topped by a heraldic shield. The building has four levels above cellars and a combined footprint of over 630 m². The outbuildings are grouped near the château around a large barn of around 300 m² built above a cowshed of the same size. They also include three lean-tos and several structures for animals: a kennel, a henhouse, and a rabbit hutch. The gardens around the buildings have lawns, flowerbeds, ornamental trees, and fruit trees, among them walnuts, along with a few vines. An orchard adjoins the landscaped areas near the château. Beyond lie the estate's meadows and wooded areas, and one of the parcels has a pond.