castles for sale Manche, France

A Second Empire chateau set in a 40-hectare wooded estate in the Manche pasturelands. The property is surrounded by hedged pastures, offering a backdrop with a variety of landscapes and woodlands. The enclosed grounds are planted with centuries-old trees. Two paths lead from the entrance to the chateau, bordered by vast, neatly trimmed lawns. Gravel paths with concave or convex shapes form arabesques, while formal French box hedges have been planted to create a maze to the east. There is a large lake behind the chateau on the western side. The estate was named after a famous prelate, whose portrait still adorns one of the sitting rooms. A member of the Catholic League of France, he was a close friend of King Henry IV, with whom he regularly played chess. Built around 1860 during the Second French Empire, the current building replaced an earlier medieval stronghold, as evidenced by the 14th-century chapel. Today, the residence is typical of the large country houses of the industrial era, blending neoclassical and rationalist styles. The property also comprises an orangery, a chapel, a cottage and a bakery.

For sale exclusively in Normandy, this magnificent prestigious estate to renovate is located in a charming little village in La Manche, just 22 minutes from Bayeux, 30 minutes from the D-Day beaches, 40 minutes from Caen, and about an hour from Mont Saint-Michel. This 19th-century castle in the Anglo-Norman style extends over a plot of approximately 4.7 hectares, including a beautiful pond and character outbuildings, including a converted cottage.The village of Cerisy-la-Forêt offers shops and services accessible on foot from the property.The property, built in 1858, includes a castle, a guest house, stables, a garage for two cars, a large barn, several small outbuildings, and a pond. The grounds are divided into several parcels, including the main garden, which can easily be transformed into a beautiful park with walking paths winding among trees, flower beds, and rose bushes. The garden of the guest house is completely separated from the main garden. Additionally, the property includes three fields and a driveway leading to the lake. The main garden houses a collection of varied trees, including two giant sequoias, and offers stunning views of the 11th-century Abbey of Cerisy. Legend has it that this property was built by the abbey as a hunting lodge for the nobles.The main building, approximately 300 square meters of living space, consists of 12 rooms, 6 bedrooms, and 5 bathrooms and water closets, opens onto a majestic entrance hall with a wide staircase leading to the first floor.The ground floor features a large fitted kitchen, bright living rooms thanks to high windows, and beautiful high ceilings with old floorboards. From the kitchen, there is access to the total basement consisting of several vaulted rooms. There is a room dedicated to the boiler and oil tank, a cellar, and other storage rooms. On the first floor, a large landing distributes 6 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms and showers.The outbuilding, which includes the guest house, consists of a large living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and two bedrooms.A renovation budget is to be expected for the outbuildings and the castle.This description has been automatically translated from French.

Perched in the hills of the Vire Valley, with 22 hectares of land, a listed chateau from the 13th and 15th centuries. On the outskirts of the city, a long tarmac driveway lined with horse chestnut trees descends towards the property’s entrance. Gradually, the landscape becomes less and less urban and the lawns on either side of the road become more expansive. The road leads to a wrought-iron gate supported by two solid schist rubble columns, extended on either side by low walls topped with fencing. Nearby, a chapel stands on a hill. On one side, the driveway runs along the length of an outbuilding, which is used as a garage, before reaching a square tower. The chateau stands on a promontory, with, as its background, the woods, which blanket the flank of the small valley and fields that border the Vire River. The fortress was built along the edge of a cliff overhanging the river by about twenty metres. Impregnable to the north, it was protected to the south by walls, towers and a drawbridge, which were destroyed in the 19th century. Today, the edifice is composed of the vestiges of an imposing construction and a wing built at a right angle to the body of the main building. Constructed out of schist rubble stone, it was built over three levels, including the attic space. Hipped dormer windows punctuate the slate roof on the side facing the Vire River. To the south, the front entrance is framed by columns, which support a straight lintel and triangular pediment. A three-sided, slightly projecting, tower houses the interior spiral staircase. It is topped with a triangular dormer with an oval oculus. A second round tower with a pepperpot turret roof is attached to a corner of the building. The mullion and cross-window surrounds are in granite ashlar stone. On the exterior corner of the two main buildings, a square extension with a slate hipped roof was built over two stories.

A 16th-century manor listed as a historical monument with outbuildings, a lake and 10 hectares of grounds, 12 kilometres from the west coast of Normandy’s Cotentin peninsula. A small secondary road and then a country lane snake through fields up to the estate’s entrance. A driveway lined with tall trees leads to a courtyard, which is edged with the manor and two long, spacious outbuildings. Beyond the courtyard, there is a large lake beside farm buildings.