listed castle for sale Chartres, France

Situated in the heart of the Perche region of Normandy, just 1.30 hours from Paris and 10 minutes from a motorway exit, this unique property is 30 minutes from Nogent-le-Rotrou station, offering direct access to Paris Montparnasse in 1 hour 50 minutes. Set in a 22 hectares estate, this remarkable property comprises a number of authentic historic buildings, including a 16th, 17th and 18th century château, a 15th century medieval châtelet, a 15th century tower, a 16th and 18th century manor house and 16th century outbuildings. All surrounded by a magnificent formal garden. Other outbuildings include a watchtower, a wash-house, a sheepfold, a coach house and a water tower. Listed as a Historic Monument in 1948, this property is a real heritage treasure. The chateau Built of white stone and orange-coloured bricks, on a base of sandstone, this castle is covered in slate (renovated in the 1980s) and has an oak roof structure. A bell tower crowns the property. Spanning around 730 m², the château has 20 main rooms spread over three levels. As soon as you enter, you are greeted by a series of vast reception rooms, adorned with fireplaces and painted wood panelling. A magnificent wooden staircase leads to the two upper floors, which contain 15 bedrooms of varying sizes, as well as 5 bathrooms and toilets. The châtelet This 15th-century building is predominantly built of white stone on a sandstone base, while orange bricks adorn the gallery and rotunda, with stone surrounds. A twentieth century extension blends harmoniously into the ensemble, with rendered facades and a slate roof that was redone in the 1980s.The main facade, with its two towers and drawbridge pediment, is linked to the house by a gallery with an ‘inverted ship's hull’ frame. Together, the châtelet and the house cover some 260 m², with 11 rooms including a chapel, a guard room, 6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. One of the towers also hides a dungeon. The Saint-François tower Built in the 15th century, this tower of white stone and orange bricks is set on a sandstone base and topped with a slate roof.The interior is arranged over four levels, served by a stone spiral staircase.The ground floor features a room with a fireplace and exposed beams, while the upper floors offer vaulted rooms and fireplaces, all in a unique medieval setting. The Renaissance manor house This elegant Louis XVI-style pavilion, with its tower nicknamed ‘La Cloche’, boasts flint and orange brick facades and Renaissance-style white stonework. With a total floor surface area of approx. 370 m², of which 136 m² is currently converted, it comprises a dining room with fireplace, a kitchen, a vast lounge, as well as a bedroom and bathroom on the first floor. The domed ‘La Cloche’ tower is linked to the pavilion by a footbridge.It has a painter's studio in the basement and rooms with fireplaces on the upper floors. The outbuildings These comprise a large, bayonet-shaped brick and stone building with a flat tile roof featuring large dormer windows. The complex spans around 1,085 m² on two levels. The ground floor comprises three enclosed 150 m² (1,615 sq ft) garages that can be used as reception rooms, linked to another adjoining 100 m² (1,076 sq ft) reception room. Upstairs, a 250 m² space under a ship's hull roof offers vast potential. The property also includes a stable with 2 boxes, 3 stalls, a tack room and a garage for horse-drawn carriages. This exceptional estate, with its rich architectural heritage, its formal garden and its 22 hectares crossed by a river, is a real gem in a unique, grandiose setting.However, all the buildings are in need of complete renovation. Property presented by Hugues de Jessey +33 (0)6 60 12 33 33 With agency fees: €3,180,000 Excluding agency fees: €3,000,000 6% agency fees payable by buyer. Energy diagnostics not applicable to MH listed buildings. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr

CHATEAU WITH SUMPTUOUS RENAISSANCE AND 18TH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE 60 KM FROM PARIS - One of the most beautiful gardens in Île-de-France - Superb decorative interiors - Gallery - 26 hectares free of lease - Fully listed Historic Monument - Vexin, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France. 60 km from Paris, in a beautiful preserved valley of the lush Vexin region, this Renaissance chateau built around 1540 and enlarged around 1710 and 1780 is nestled within an enchanting setting of Italian-style gardens, among the most beautiful in the surroundings of Paris. On the honor courtyard, the 1540 Renaissance façade is adorned with a rich décor of pilasters, capitals, and foliage scroll friezes, making it one of the finest examples of Renaissance architecture in private hands. A grand staircase leads to the large entrance hall of the chateau. On the right, the medieval keep with its two watchtowers has been preserved and also embellished with Renaissance decoration. To the west, the extraordinary gardens inspired by the Villa Gamberaia in Tuscany, among the most beautiful in France, unfold across three Renaissance terraces through a play of perspectives featuring boxwood parterres, yew topiaries, lime-tree avenues, and flowing water features. The secret garden with its statue of Neptune and its four squares of black and white tulips. The greenhouse garden with its 24 squares of tree peonies, hellebores, and “Black Parrot” tulips. The Moon Garden, wonderfully composed after that of the Gamberaia, is inspired by Andrea Mantegna's early 16th-century painting “Virtues and Vices” preserved at the Louvre. Architecture here is created by nature itself: the portico is formed from yew trees, and the half-moon shape is made of water. A cascade flows through the garden from north to south. The Sun Garden on the upper terrace is composed of a checkerboard pattern, blooming in spring with 40,000 daffodils and yew-shaped chess pieces. To the south, a superb classical façade built around 1710, of outstanding architectural quality, features five ground-floor arcades framing the staircase of the Renaissance gallery opening onto the park. The large pediment is decorated with a Rococo cartouche. The interior combines sumptuous Renaissance volumes with high-quality 18th-century decorative interiors. Inside, this residence bears witness to the splendor of the Renaissance through two salons with vast fireplaces, one featuring a remarkable sculpted ceiling, a large Renaissance gallery, and a Renaissance staircase with straight flights, barrel-vaulted and decorated with moldings and pilasters. The refinement of the 18th century unfolds in the staircase hall, particularly open, luminous, and theatrical, with cabochon flooring and a highly elegant wrought-iron banister. A small salon, a dining room decorated with wood paneling, a spectacular office-library extending over two floors with a balustraded skylight. A library. A small dining room. On the second floor, 7 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 WCs, and a large 100 m² salon adorned with a marble fireplace. In the bedrooms are several beautiful decorative features including wood paneling, alcoves, and 18th-century marble and limestone fireplaces. On the third floor, a beautiful southwest-facing bedroom, WC, bathroom, and vast attics. Two spiral staircases. A caretaker's apartment on the garden level restored in 2023–2024, 100 m², 2 bedrooms, living room, entrance hall, bathroom. Extensive outbuildings, barns, monumental wine press, footbath. 5 entrances. Septic tanks. Approximate developed area: 2,300 m². Oil-fired central heating. Mains water supply. Natural spring-fed gravity water system. 26 hectares in one block and free of lease in total, including 4 hectares of walled gardens. EBTS label; Grand Prize for Gardens 2015. Historic Monument protection: The chateau, excluding the classified sections: listed by decree dated 4 June 1926. The façades and roofs: classified by decree dated 20 June 1945. The chateau park, including the built structures and enclosure walls and excluding the statuary, as well as the façades and roofs of the outbuildings and the two original removed turret elements of the chateau (see plan attached to the decree) (cad. B 1676, 640, 643): listed by decree dated 13 December 2006. OPTIONAL: A beautiful 18th-century farmhouse restored in 2023 of approximately 500 m², 5 bedrooms, large kitchen open onto nature and the indoor swimming pool. Brand-new swimming pool. 8,000 m² free of lease. (Price: 790,000 Euros agency fees included, including 4.76% payable by the buyer; option available only in addition to the chateau). Price: 4,460,000 Euros agency fees included (including 4.76% agency fees payable by the buyer). Not subject to DPE. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Geohazards website: georisques.gouv.fr.