castles for sale Drôme, France

An architectural gem exuding history and prestige for sale in Provence. Perched above a village overlooking the magnificent Provençal landscapes and the Côtes du Rhône vineyards, this château is a true treasure. It stands out for its private grounds of nearly 10 hectares, where around 20 deer roam freely, making it a unique and attractive holiday setting. In excellent condition throughout, the château presents 25 ensuite bedrooms, numerous reception areas, lounges, a restaurant and a seminar room. Its facilities include a swimming pool, a tennis court and outbuildings with great potential for future development. One of the plots of land is suitable for construction (to create up to 1,500 sq.m of new living space). The property therefore offers real development potential through the creation of new spaces capable of attracting a high-end clientele. Idyllically located, the estate is just 10 minutes from the A7 motorway (Europe's busiest strategic traffic route). Avignon TGV station is 40 minutes away, Marseille airport is 1.5 hours away, and Lyon airport is 2 hours away. Combining elegance and serenity, this exceptional property is waiting patiently for a new owner to write the next chapter in its history.

EXCLUSIVE. Lots of character and ancient history in this medieval castle just 10 mins from the Rhône valley and the motorways. Overlooking the Chomérac valley without any nuisance, the fortress built in a park of nearly one hectare has basalt stone defense walls 160 cm high. The environment is exceptional and the view unobstructed over the Ardèche mountains. Rare in our region, the square central building is flanked by 4 habitable towers. Many remains convince us that the first stones that erected the fortified castle have existed since the time of the Roman Empire, but it was in the Middle Ages that it took the form we know today. In the 14th century, during the Renaissance, the inner courtyard was fitted out with a monumental staircase in the Italian style with 4 levels leading to the new pleasure floors. This majestic work still exists today. The attic has very good possibilities. This castrum has 3 levels of approximately 400 m2 including around twenty guest and private rooms with shower room and WC, dining rooms, lounges, kitchens, libraries, cellars, large cellars , garage. The 4 towers are fitted out. West-facing terrace of 80 m2 overlooking the park as well as a superb terrace to the North. To complete this exceptional property, 2 independent gites including a disabled person. A fully equipped reception room allows the organization of weddings and seminars. The covered swimming pool embellishes the superb park. Looted and damaged by the Duke of Montmorancy in 1628, then during the French Revolution, the castle gradually regained a certain splendor in the 20th century. It is now up to you to make it last in history. Contact Cathy ZEPPA 06 63 42 79 40 Sales agent Prestige real estate RSAC 441 644 317 'Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Georisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr' Fees to be paid by the seller. Not subject to DPE. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Geohazards website: georisques.gouv.fr.

Pierrelatte – Historic Estate for Renovation Napoleonic Château and Outbuildings on Nearly 7.4 Acres Built during the First French Empire, this remarkable historic estate offers approximately 16,150 sq ft of buildings set within nearly 7.4 acres of parkland, enhanced by majestic century-old plane and oak trees, a pond with a fountain, and expansive landscaped grounds. Rich in history, the property presents a rare opportunity to restore and transform an exceptional estate into a landmark destination. The main château, spanning approximately 11,840 sq ft, features a layout ideally suited for hospitality or commercial use. It offers 10 air-conditioned guest bedrooms, 2 independent air-conditioned apartments, 11 bathrooms, a spacious reception hall, three dining rooms, and a fully equipped professional kitchen complete with walk-in refrigeration and a wine cellar. A separate 4,305 sq ft annex arranged over two levels provides several air-conditioned reception rooms, offering outstanding flexibility for a wide range of future uses. The estate also includes a 1,075 sq ft movie theater with seating for 130 guests, a 970 sq ft caretaker's house comprising a kitchen, living room, four bedrooms and a bathroom, as well as a charming chapel that further enhances the property's historic character. Renovation work is required to fully reveal the architectural heritage and potential of this unique estate. Its generous proportions, existing infrastructure and remarkable setting provide an outstanding foundation for an ambitious redevelopment project. The property is ideally suited for a boutique hotel, luxury hospitality concept, wedding and event venue, conference center, senior living community, private institution or any large-scale hospitality venture. The extensive grounds also provide ample parking capacity, a significant advantage for businesses welcoming guests and visitors. For further information, please contact: Emilie Kaczmareck +33 6 51 25 25 28 or [email protected]

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The Lord & Sons agency, experts in exceptional properties, is proud to offer you this rare property on the market. Just a few minutes' walk from the center of an emblematic village of Provence, discover a true real estate gem nestled in a green setting of more than 7,134 m2 . This characterful castle now houses a charming establishment dedicated to well-being, with a spa, massages, sauna and jacuzzi, high-end services, offering a perfect harmony between the authentic elegance of the old, modern comfort and an atmosphere of absolute serenity. An idyllic and rare setting: More than 7,134 m2 of landscaped park , century-old trees , not overlooked Dominant position , ensuring privacy and unobstructed view Private parking in the fenced and secure park , for customers or personal use Natural pool fed by a spring & a heated swimming pool Connection to city water and sewerage High-end services: The castle includes 5 sumptuous suites , all decorated with refinement and equipped with marble fireplaces. A warm and luxurious atmosphere, combining old-world charm with modern comfort An independent apartment with private access remains to be renovated, offering strong development potential (gîte, staff accommodation, etc.) Rare investment opportunity: A booming tourist activity, with a loyal clientele and constantly increasing turnover No upgrades or work required: immediate operation possible Strong development potential (events, privatizations, wellness retreats, etc.) An ideal property for a high-end hotel project, prestigious family home or luxury second home. Les informations sur les risques auxquels ce bien est exposé sont disponibles sur le site Géorisques : www.georisques.gouv.fr

Dive into the heart of history with this beautiful château, which has borne witness to several centuries of architecture and refinement. Nestling in an enchanting setting bathed in natural light and conducive to absolute serenity, it offers an oasis of calm combining authentic period character and modern comfort. The château is made up of three parts, testament to its evolution over the centuries: the Old Tower, retaining all the majesty of the Middle Ages; the Old Castle, a former fortified farm enhanced by a magnificent main building and an exceptional dovecote from the 15th-16th century; and the 18th century wing, elegant and refined, designed to offer a luxury country residence. It all sits in a prestigious bucolic setting. Formerly a farming estate, with a sheepfold, stables and a dovecote, the property has retained its unique character while being transformed into an exceptional modern residence.

Château du Besset - Drôme/Ardèche borders. Remarkable 16th century property with exceptional panoramic view, set in 25 ha of unspoilt land. Old silk factory with 300 sqm of renovated floor space, living room and 5 high-end suites. 450 sqm château with a wealth of period features and lots of potential, awaiting restoration. Pool, 150 sqm function/reception room and outbuildings. 20 minutes from Valence and 40 minutes from TGV train station.

Exclusive Listing – MAGNIFICENT HOLIDAY ROTUNDA ON AN ISLAND IN A FLOWING RIVER – Built on ancient and medieval foundations and restored in the 19th century. Rare 87-hectare estate in a single, unbroken parcel, free of occupancy and partly enclosed. A property with over a thousand years of history, featuring magnificent century-old trees, extensive outbuildings, and approximately 5,000 m² of built space. Located near Valence, in the Drôme region of historic Dauphiné. At the end of a majestic 300-meter avenue lined with century-old plane trees, this romantic medieval château, imbued with a fairy-tale atmosphere, stands on an island encircled by water-filled moats. Hidden from view, it reveals itself only at the last moment in a dramatic and picturesque manner, nestled among tall trees, through a gate and across a bridge, beyond a neo-Gothic gatehouse next to its chapel. Spectacularly restored in the 19th century to become a comfortable and original leisure residence. Two smaller towers are attached to the large keep tower. This keep, originally hollow around an inner courtyard open to the outside, is believed to follow the layout of an ancient villa, with its atrium centered around a spring still visible in the château's cellar. Set within a rare estate of 87 hectares, including 80 hectares in a single block, free of leases and partially enclosed, this château, with its highly distinctive appearance, rises romantically among large trees near its extensive outbuildings arranged around two courtyards. Two large arches mark the majestic entrance, leading into an impressive two-level hall illuminated by a vast glass roof, topped by an original Italian-style loggia. Structured by a magnificent and theatrical carved wooden gallery, this cathedral-like hall features superb neo-Renaissance heraldic painted décor and leads to the various ground-floor rooms: a large dining room with painted ceilings and wood paneling, a smaller dining room with a ceramic stove and paneling, and a fine 19th-century main staircase replacing a former medieval spiral staircase. There is also a service staircase, a bathroom, and WC. A northern service entrance with stone flooring and WC. A large kitchen and five sculleries with stone floors, antique stone sinks, and marble slabs. A grand staircase with 19th-century wrought-iron railing leads to the first floor. The gallery overlooking the hall provides access to several reception rooms and is adorned with a heraldic ribbed vault window. A large Napoléon III-style salon with marble fireplace, paneling, herringbone parquet flooring, moldings, and a balcony overlooking the moat. A smaller Napoléon III salon with marble fireplace and Versailles parquet. Another salon with marble fireplace, paneling, overmantels, and moldings. Four bedrooms, two washrooms, WC, some featuring beautiful marble fireplaces, overmantels, fine parquet flooring, and woodwork. Service staircase. On the second floor, a large medieval-style hall with billiards and library opens onto the southeast loggia on two levels beneath a large arch overlooking the moat, with a superb 19th-century polychrome glass roof and wrought-iron balustrade. Six bedrooms: four large bedrooms with fine 18th- or 19th-century marble fireplaces (some polychrome), decorated overmantels, and beautiful views of the moat; two alcove bedrooms; one bedroom with exposed beams and Versailles parquet; one simpler bedroom. A bathroom, two wash points, and a WC. Numerous cupboards, mezzanines, and hidden passages. On the third floor: eleven bedrooms, some opening outside, others onto the covered loggia; including two particularly fine rooms (one with an 18th-century marble fireplace, one with double alcoves), a bathroom, WC, a large tower bedroom, and a laundry room. On the fourth floor: a vast attic beneath the roof structure, regularly treated against wood-boring insects and in good condition. Large vaulted stone cellars with an ancient spring. A neo-Gothic chapel on the edge of the moat. A neo-Gothic gatehouse. A beautiful 18th-century wrought-iron gate. To the side of the château, extensive 19th-century outbuildings arranged around two courtyards: four independent dwellings, including one three-bedroom unit in good condition (vacant), one four-bedroom unit with two bathrooms (currently rented), one four-bedroom unit to restore, and one three-bedroom unit to restore. Orangery, four garages, stables, dovecote, very large barns, and a former silkworm farm with remarkable volumes. Approximately 2,700 sqm footprint over two levels. Surface areas: Outbuildings: approx. 2,700 sqm footprint over two levels. Château: approx. 450 sqm footprint over four levels, plus cellar and attic (including loggia). Estate: 87 hectares free of leases: 69.5 hectares of mainly arable land (formerly partly peach orchards) and 11 hectares of parkland. Park planted with centuries-old trees, offering wide open views over several hundred meters. Spring. A fine riding avenue leading to a rest area. Two access points. Location: Shops and services in the village within walking distance (600 meters). 10 km from Valence TGV station (Paris 2h12, Lyon 34 minutes). 9 km from Valence airport. 11 km from Valence (full range of shops and services). 116 km from Lyon airports. Price: €2,500,000 (agency fees included, payable by the seller). Fees to be paid by the seller. DPE in progress. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Geohazards website: georisques.gouv.fr.

A 17th-century chateau listed as a historical monument with a large outbuilding and splendid grounds looking out at the Rhône valley in France’s Drôme department. The local village was once a fief of the Poitiers-Valentinois family. It became part of the Kingdom of France at the start of the 15th century. The village had a chateau before this one. That old chateau was known as the region’s most important fortification, but it was destroyed in the French Wars of Religion. That was when a new chateau was built just outside the village, along the side of a road linking the village to the nearest town, a short distance north of it. Its location was not chosen at random: a spring lies beyond the ditches and it once filled up the property’s ponds and brought its fountains to life. A vast earthen terrace of more than one hectare is edged with embankments and dry moats. Upon it stand two fine edifices built in the style of the Italian Late Renaissance. The chateau towers in the middle of this grassy terrace. Construction of the chateau began in 1591. The edifice continued to be built during the second half of the 17th century. It is a large square-shaped structure with corner towers and a central inner courtyard. It has three levels and a floor area of over 1,300m². In front of the chateau, at the property’s entrance, stands an edifice that was built at the end of the 17th century. It is about 60 metres long and edges a road that runs along the other side of the moat. This structure is made up of a gatehouse flanked with two wings. This gatehouse controls access to the property. The whole building offers a floor area of around 450m². Together, the chateau and the gatehouse with its wings represent a splendid feat of architecture: a classic symmetrical layout going from east to west on an open, grassy terrace. Beyond this section of lawns on which the edifices stand, the grounds extend through meadows and woods over a naturally undulating area. The chateau has been listed as a historical monument since 1990 for its walls, roofing and interior decorative features.

In the center of the capital of Drôme, surrounded by a 4-hectare park, there is a château from the early 20th century classified as a historic monument, in Art Nouveau style. The building was constructed in the early 20th century at the request of Alfred Gayet, a mining engineer, inventor of the gold extraction and enrichment process. To carry out this work, he was joined by the renowned architect Pierre Blein, with contributions from painter Guillermin, glassmaker Thomas, decorator Boulanger, as well as landscape architects Luizet and Barret. The construction of the main house and its various outbuildings (the caretaker's house, service buildings, dovecote, and hydroelectric plant), as well as the landscaping of the park, was carried out between 1900 and 1904 under Blein's direction. The château was adorned with elements of the Art Nouveau style: remarkable painted decorations by Guillermin and Mangier, stained glass from Thomas's workshop, as well as ceramics from Boulanger and Villeroy & Bosch. The residence, with its ashlar stone facades and tile roofs, consists of a central body and two wings at right angles, with the right wing being formed by a rotunda and the left by a square tower. It has four levels including one basement, with multiple cellars, and about twenty rooms distributed among the three habitable levels: a large vestibule, two living rooms, game or reading rooms, a dining room, a kitchen, and other utility spaces on the ground floor; a vast hall, five bedrooms, and four bathrooms on the first floor; a spacious rotunda, four service rooms, and five attics, one of which is convertible, on the second floor. The landscaped park, embellished with animal sculptures, extends over 4.3 hectares and includes a pond. Originally, canals were fed by the Epervière river and led to a series of pools designed using the 'rock work' method. It should be noted that the elements protected as historic monuments include the entire residence (interior and exterior), the park, the outbuildings, the caretaker's house, the disused factory building, and the dovecote.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In the Drôme hills, a 18th-century château with medieval origins, classified as a historical monument, along with its dependencies and park. The property presents itself as a coherent set established at the center of a wooded park, slightly elevated above the road leading to the village. The château is built following a rectangular plan, with a tower at each corner and a square keep flanked at the north wall. Covering an area of approximately 720 m², it rises to four levels. The broken rooflines and old tiles testify to successive construction campaigns. The façades, made of stone and light ochre plaster, alternate between regular openings and older openings, reflecting the evolution of the dwelling over the centuries. A straight path leads into the park and serves the dependencies set back: old stables, an orangery, barns, and a wood shed, organized around a service courtyard. Tall trees form a natural barrier that isolates the estate from its immediate surroundings. A wide terrace extends to the south, while the landscaped park gently descends towards the lowlands. The whole is designed as a lordly estate on a contained scale, where each building occupies its place in an ordered composition.This description has been automatically translated from French.

Renaissance Château - Exceptional property.... xvi° Between Lyon and the Mediterranean - 6.3 hectares of parklands, meadows, woods and farmland. - approx. 1500 m² of living space - Classified. At the gateway to the Vercors, facing the Ardèche mountains, this Renaissance château stands as an intact witness to another era. Between history and majesty, a 16th-century jewel awaits you... On the edge of a charming Drôme village, in the foothills of the Vercors, this 16th-century château overlooks the Rhône plains and offers a rare panorama as far as the Ardèche mountains. Accessible in just 20 minutes from Valence (TGV/airport), 45 minutes from Grenoble and 1 hour from Lyon, the property enjoys a strategic location while retaining absolute tranquility. The château is protected to the east by a moat and a long 18th-century barracks that once housed a garrison of Republic dragoons. Two wings flank the majestic entrance, providing around 650 m² of space, 300 m² of which has been converted for events or rentals (ballrooms, professional kitchen, sanitary facilities, air-conditioned areas). The remainder is used for storage or other purposes. The 1500 m² château is organized around an inner courtyard, with more than 30 rooms on three levels. It includes vast reception rooms, lounges with sumptuous decor (painted ceilings, frescoes, antique parquet floors, monumental fireplaces), a chapel, a small salon theater, numerous bedrooms, offices, storage areas, historic kitchens, etc... The château is bathed in natural light thanks to numerous openings, creating a warm, majestic atmosphere. The château is partially listed as a Historic Monument, notably for its painted decorations, facades and roofs. It is set in 6.31 hectares of grounds, alternating landscaped parklands, meadows, woods and farmland. This exceptional property, rare on the market, combines historic charm, business potential (events, tourism, large family home) and a unique living environment. It should be noted that the château is being sold without furnishings.

This exceptional Castle, remarkable historical building, whose origins are mentioned in 1272, witness of the medieval history, it is an emblematic figure of the history of the hills of the Drôme, restored in accordance with the rules of historic monuments, thus preserving, tradition, know-how and old materials. You can admire its facade adorned with mullioned windows, a bretèche that allowed to defend the main entrance to the courtyard, in stone archway, hammered coat of arms, its towers connecting the facades. The interior restoration does not lack authenticity either with its ancient frescoes, its French ceilings, its monumental fireplaces and vaulted rooms, while acquiring all the comforts of modern houses. Come and visit also its large weapons room of more than 100 m 2 decorated with frescoes from the 16th century. The castle is built on more than 40ha of land and woods, in a preserved natural setting offering truly spectacular views. You will also enjoy the large swimming pool and the poolhouse. An annex, former common form today three complementary housing. A splendid dovecote and a vast agricultural canopy complete the whole.