castle with terrace for sale Hautefort, France

Exceptional castle with medieval charm, nestled in the heart of the Périgord Noir, combining history and elega - Built in the 12th and 15th centuries, Château de la Fleunie, in a medieval style, is nestled at the heart of a 106-hectare estate of parks and forests, overlooking the Vézère Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The entire château and its outbuildings offer over 3,200 m² of space, comprising 32 bedrooms, each with its own private bathroom. Its grand salons, kitchens, and reception rooms, with majestic ceilings and exposed beams, evoke a noble and medieval atmosphere. The former stables have been transformed into a large reception hall, perfect for banquets and weddings. The grounds feature a 25-meter swimming pool, a spa, a sauna, a summer annex, terraces, and tennis courts. La Fleunie stands proudly in one of the most historically rich areas of the Dordogne, close to Château de Sauvebœuf, La Petite Filolie, and the treasures of the Périgord Noir, one of the most visited and admired regions of France.

A chateau, renovated in 1960, in the heart of 28 hectares of bucolic grounds where a river flows and large outhouses stand, nestled between the cities of Périgueux and Limoges. The 28-hectare property stretches lengthways in the hollow of a narrow, isolated valley. Two riverbanks extend across several hundred metres beside a river flanked with meadows and forests. To reach the riverside woods, you can cross a wooden bridge that the current owners built. The property’s four buildings stand in a walled garden. These enclosing walls run alongside a calm road and mark a boundary with the meadow beyond. Stone pillars frame a large gate that leads into a vast drive paved in an opus incertum pattern. The chateau towers straight ahead. Four corner bartizans give the edifice a slender, graceful style. The imposing edifice made of local stone is a harmonious structure made up of several sections, each with their own steep hipped roof of flat tiles. These sections form a U shape and are linked together with a central covered gallery. The elevations are dotted with different windows set in ashlar surrounds, revealing the building's different phases of construction. All the windows are fitted with indoor wooden shutters. The corner bartizans, which are either round with a cone roof or square with a pyramidal roof, are crowned with finials. Wall dormers with a hipped roof or large gable end punctuate the top of the elevations. Following a fire, the chateau was entirely restored in 1960. This work restored the roofs, the window surrounds, the pointing, the terrace paving, and the windows with their small panes, single glazing and wooden frames. The paved space extends up to three garages, a barn, a caretaker’s house, a secondary gate and a huge cowshed that was built in the 1960s. The garden is made up of lawns with flowering plants, centred upon an ornamental pond. This space also includes a small shelter with a roof of flat tiles. On either side of the wall that separates the garden from the meadow, a few stone steps take you across this walled boundary.