castle for sale Rioz, France

An ancient fortified castle with medieval towers, old forges, garden, orchard and a swimming pool on the outskirts of a typical Franche-Comté village. The property is accessed via a 500 m long private drive from the centre of the village or from an independent road over a small bridge. The buildings are arranged around a courtyard bordered by the main building to the north, a large rectangular structure flanked by two round medieval towers. Opposite are the former forge master's house on one side and the building housing the old blast furnaces on the other. Between the two, there are the courtyard and a garden enclosed by the old fortress wall. To the north, the château opens onto a terrace with a swimming pool. An orchard can be accessed via a small bridge spanning the stream that runs through the parkland. The old château moat is filled by a permanent spring and forms a navigable lake. An English-style garden overlooking the surrounding countryside completes the ensemble.

- IN ITS JUICE - ELEGANT 18th C. CHATEAU OF GREAT APPEARANCE REMARKABLY PRESERVED - ON A SOUTH-WEST ORIENTED MOUND - VIEW - SUMPTUOUS DECORATIVE PROGRAM - RARE NYMPHEE ROCAILLE - 5HA- TO BE COMPLETELY RESTORED - MH REGISTERED - BESANCON - DOUBS. On a mound overlooking the village opposite the church, this very elegant castle stands on its large terrace lined with balustrades offering a beautiful view from all sides facing a majestic perspective. Built around 1745 and attributed to the architect and sculptor Claude-Damien Gardaire (1703-1771) author of the Agay hotel, Boitouset hotel, current archbishopric of Besançon, this residence is in a beautiful state of authenticity and has preserved its high-quality interior decoration elements, Versailles parquet floors, woodwork, door frames, 18th century regional marble fireplaces as well as a very spectacular Chailluz stone staircase decorated with monumental sculptures in the round. The rectangular castle has two large, almost identical symmetrical facades, one south-west overlooking the valley and the village, one to the north-east on the park side, formed by a central body slightly set back between two corner pavilions under hipped roofs. The quality of implementation is beautiful, the slightly arched segmental arch windows are highlighted with elegant keystone frames. On the park side, two bull's eye windows and a dormer window, on the village side, an elegant two-flight horseshoe staircase. Inside, a superb and very large entrance hall on stone slabs, a large flight of stairs with a very beautiful 18th century wrought iron banister, superb stereotomy in Chailluz stone, the first floor forming a large decorated hall of four spectacular life-size sculptures in the round in niches representing the allegories of Spring, Autumn, Summer and a flutist by Claude-Damien Gardaire (1703-1771), architect and sculptor who is also said to have given the plans of the castle and gardens. A superb series of living rooms on the south side, a large central living room opening onto a porch with two flights of stairs via a French window, low paneling, fireplace decorated with an oval medallion depicting cherubs, chevron flooring, three double doors in a row. A very beautiful living room decorated with Louis XVI period woodwork refinished in blue gray with superb door tops carved with medallions with antique women's profiles, garlands of flowers, laurels, 19th century fireplace, 18th century coffered floor. A small living room with 18th century woodwork refinished in blue gray, 19th century fireplace. A small unfinished apartment, two rooms on 2 levels, project for a small kitchen, bathroom. To the North-East on the south facade, a small living room with marble fireplace, beautiful 19th century Versailles fireplace woodwork. A small living room with single-storey access to the north gable, 20th century tiled floor. A small apartment, bathroom, 20th century service staircase. North facade, to the West, a living room without decoration, an old kitchen with tiled floors, a service corridor with stone slabs. Wc. A large kitchen with a stone slab floor with a fireplace decorated with a cast iron plaque in the shape of a portico dated 1698, a French window opening onto the courtyard side façade, large wood-panelled cupboards in the corridor. Upstairs, the vast hall opening onto the wrought iron banister is decorated with sumptuous and monumental sculptures in niches, checkerboard floor in two types of wood. A row of 18th century lounges, a large central lounge on the south side, superb 18th century woodwork, fir flooring, three large double doors. A living room decorated with 18th century woodwork, 19th century fireplace, pitch pine floor with large nailed slats, a neoclassical trumeau in the Regency style, large double door in a row. At the south-west corner a small living room with 18th century scalloped woodwork in beige trumeau tones in the Regency style, regional marble fireplace in Louis XIV 18th century style, collective toilets from the 1950s. . A sumptuous and very large living room, possibly forming a ballroom, crossing North-South decorated with 18th century woodwork with Regency style decorations, exceptional suite of six doors including four double doors facing each other, two very beautiful fireplaces, one in Regency style from the 18th century in regional marble, the other 19th century also in regional marble, wide slatted floor. To the South-East, an alcove bedroom forming a fun box, 18th century marble fireplace in Regency style trumeau with music trophy from the Louis XVI period. Service staircase on the South-East gable. North-West corner small antechamber living room decorated with very beautiful 18th century woodwork, hidden door, double door opening onto the large through living room. Two small service mezzanines. Sumptuous and very rare original oak frame with an impressive volume, triple triangulated by three levels of tie beams, flat tile roofing typical of Franche-Comté, almost waterproof. 18th century tiled floor. Very beautiful and high vaulted cellar. Forced air heating system with outdated heater. Oil central heating partially in the castle, without guarantee of operation. Park of 5 hectares free and partly enclosed by walls. Very beautiful nymphaeum decorated with 18th century rockeries in the style of Chinoiserie. The facade decorated with a palm tree under a triangular pediment, a semi-circular door. The interior is decorated with an extraordinary polychrome rocaille decoration of gravel and shells, featuring vine scrolls, pineapples, rocaille vases, Chinese pagodas, rocaille petrifications, trellis evoking a kiosk with overhead lighting. Two symmetrical outbuildings in the courtyard, one old, the other 20th century, garages, staff quarters in its original 18th century style, sink and stone floor. Kennel. Pavilion forming a tower at the entrance. Beautiful entrance pillars. Terraced garden, stairs. Tight. Registered Historic Monument: Entire main building; old stables and farm (facades and roofs); so-called cave factory, in its entirety; park, fence walls and gates. Situation, - 20km from Besançon. - In a small village, first shops and services, bakery, town hall. - 14km all shops and services. - 400km from Paris, 4 hours by car, 2h45 by train. - 200km from Geneva. 150km from Lausanne. 170km from Basel. - 100km from Dijon. - Price: 857,600 Euros fees included (including 6.72% fees payable by the buyer). Historical note: This remarkable castle is located in the Ognon valley, rich in castles from this period and the work of Claude-Damien Gardaire (1703-1771), in fact Besançon was only attached to France in 1678. occasion of the Treaty of Nymegen, a parliament taking place there, the parliamentarians had private mansions built in the city and vacation castles in the countryside; it is one of these that we are dealing with. Claude-Damien Gardaire (1703-1771), son of a carpenter, became a sculptor then an architect, having great success with the Bisontine elite, he notably created his masterpiece the Hôtel d'Agay, also known as Hôtel Boitouset, current archbishopric of Besançon which is perhaps one of the most original civil buildings in Eastern France in the 18th century due to its turbulent facade. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr

SOLE AGENT - SUMPTUOUS VIEW - 13TH CENTURY KEEP 33 METERS HIGH - 1820 GENTILHOMMIERE - SUPERB AND VERY PRECIOUS HUNTING PAVILION 1870 - ELEGANT 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN MODEL FARM - 12TH-16TH CENTURY CASTLE - 15TH CUVERIE - 19TH CHENIL - VERY NICE 19TH CHENIL - VERY NICE 19TH CENTER ORANGERY - LISTED MH - VESOUL - HAUTE-SAÔNE - BURGUNDY-FRANCHE-COMTE. At the top of a hill with an admirable view several dozen kilometers due south, in a loop of the Saône, this property presents, on a 12th century fortified enclosure, remarkable and very diverse architectural elements of high quality ranging from a dungeon XIIIth century of 33 meters having sheltered relics of crusades to a sumptuous hunting lodge around 1870 looking like goldsmith jewels, all in an admirable state of authenticity and conservation. The 13th century dungeon of cylindrical shape, offering a view up to Vesoul 20km away, remarkably preserved, in large limestone equipment. Well, cross-vaulted room. Stepped doors. Latrines, cushions. Stone staircase in the thickness of masonry 3 meters wide. Formerly covered with a conical roof 30 meters high on an exterior wooden walkway that burned down in 1792, it is now topped with a roof terrace with a walkway, battlements, a polycarbonate dome. It would have housed treasures brought back from the Crusades until the Revolution, in particular 'standards taken from the Saracens'. The elegant manor house built in 1820 for an Empire general stands next to the keep on a large south-facing terrace with a superb view, it features elegant limestone architecture under a four-sided fish-scale roof. On the ground floor, a hall with cement tile floors, a large kitchen, a living room with a marble fireplace, a dining room. Upstairs, three large alcove bedrooms in the style of the 18th century, a bathroom, wc. On the second floor, four bedrooms, wc. On the ground floor next to the small village castle (forming a cellar on the dungeon side), there is indeed a difference in level between the two facades, a large vaulted kitchen, large cast iron fireplace with the cipher of the Empire general who built the house in 1820, pastry oven, vegetable garden, two large rooms. Well of 29 meters! Vaulted wine cellar. Heat pump heating. The sumptuous hunting lodge built around 1870, looking like a goldsmithed jewel like a reliquary hunting from the Middle Ages, nestled at the bottom of the park, and standing on the Saône on the 12th century rampart with a splendid South-West view, it sports a particularly valuable neo-medieval building, limestone stereotomy, mullioned window, polylobes, stepped windows decorated with stained glass in superb condition, overhanging roof in polychrome glazed tiles to a spectacular effect. Interior decor painted and emblazoned by Joseph Garret, large stone fireplace, ceiling with beams and painted joists. This pavilion was completely restored in 2000-2001. Facing this pavilion, a delicious orchard with espaliered trees. The model farm built around 1820 offers superb Italian architecture, inspired by the farms of Piedmont, with a square plan around a large interior courtyard. In a remarkable state of preservation, it has very large spaces, large arcaded garages, large covered awnings, a forge, a bakery, a press, a dryer, two beautiful accommodations, a workshop. A threshing floor. Very nice stone floors. Very beautiful neoclassical frames with original trellis. The kennel built around 1850 with elegant symmetrical architecture, a central body flanked by two low wings, three single-storey French doors facing South-East, transformed into accommodation around 1980, a kitchen, a bathroom, a bedroom. The 15th century winery has a superb volume under the framework. A tower adjoining the pepperbox roof. Near this winery, the beautiful access from the hill, to the elegant 18th century wrought iron gate between two pillars. The small 12th-15th century castle overlooking the village below the manor house, nestled on a 12th century rampart of which we can see the wall and the machicolations. A beautiful tower topped with a pepper shaker. A kitchen, a beautiful vaulted bathroom, four bedrooms, a beautiful stone spiral staircase, several fireplaces, amusing volumes. The elegant orangery-greenhouse built around 1850 offers an architecture of five large windows facing south in front of the greenhouse. A large entrance porch. Very nice volume bathed in light facing south. This building is to be restored. On the terrace overlooking the Saône, an exceptional hundred-year-old tulip tree from Virginia. 11 hectares of one block and free, including 5 agricultural hectares on loan for cancellable use. Access from the top of the hill via a very beautiful 18th century wrought iron gate between two pillars. Low access on the village side via a beautiful 19th century gate leading to a beautiful staircase with two flights of steps. Property tax, 2000 Euros. City water ; well of the fortified castle. Sanitation, manor house: septic tank, kennel: septic tank; farm: septic tank. Heating of the manor house, two heat pumps. Current consumption 5000e/year Insurance 7000 Euros/year. MH tax deduction at 100% because open to the public. Historic Monument Protection: 'Facades and roofs of all buildings; pavilion called billiards; farm ; round ; body of building called Petit Château. » are listed Historic Monuments. Electricity is provided by Sicae. Situation, - Overlooking a village, on the hill opposite, a listed church with glazed tile roof opposite. - First services, supermarket 5km away. - Vesoul 30km, all services. Paris 3h30. - Besançon 60km. - Dijon 90km. - Paris 350km, 3h50. SPECIAL CONDITION: The manor house, the garage at the foot of the tower, and the South-West terrace are subject to a reservation of enjoyment clause for the benefit of the seller until her death. This clause is non-negotiable. Price: 857,600 Euros agency fees included (including 6.72% fees payable by the buyer). Exclusively at Denniel Immobilier - Antiques in Buildings Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr

A 14th century mansion, with outbuildings and a swimming pool, on 2 hectares of land in Franche-Comté, near Vesoul, in a village on the banks of the Saône River. In a quiet village street, an entrance gate and wicket gate lead through the stone boundary wall into a garden surrounding the L-shaped mansion with a square tower. The mansion has three levels, the last of which is an attic in the roof space. An abundance of Virginia creeper adorns the south-facing façade and the two west-facing elevations. Extending from a long covered patio that you can reach via the kitchen, there is an imposing barn looking out onto meadows and woodland. Opposite the covered patio, another outbuilding houses an old bread oven. To the rear of this building, a second patio, also covered, overlooks the surrounding area and is adjacent to the swimming pool.