Castles with pool for sale Douchy, France

This period property is located in the Yonne department 140 km from Paris, between 1.5 and 2 hours by car, 1h20 by train, and 1h30 from Orly Airport. Accessed by means of a long drive, it is set in about 2.4 hectares of walled grounds bordering a peaceful road to one side and the forest to the other. Set around two courtyards, the buildings dating from the 18th century and remodelled in the 19th century include a main house, a caretaker’s lodge, outbuildings, an immense barn, stables and a dovecote. The park is planted with remarkable trees and features a walled vegetable garden and a swimming pool. Renovation is required to exploit the full potential.

This very peaceful late 18th century chateau was progressively remodelled until the 20th century to comprise today a rectangular main building flanked by two Mansart-style pavilions. Featuring freestone facades, slate-tiled roofs and dormer windows, the main building offers about 500 sqm of living space including spacious panelled ground-floor living and reception rooms, 1st floor suites, and a top floor comprising a compact studio apartment, further bedrooms and a laundry room. The pavilions, one of which is fitted and self-contained, each offer about 150 sqm of living space. An extensive annex in the 6 hectares of wooded landscaped grounds includes former stables, a tack-room, a clock-tower, former staff apartments and magnificent vaulted cellars. Partially restored to create self-contained accommodation as well as showers and cloakrooms for the swimming pool set to the rear, this offers great further potential for conversion. With a tennis court.