castles for sale Mayenne, France

Elegant château, on outskirts of quiet village, in the department of Mayenne, in what what was once Haut-Anjou, a region renowned for its gentle way of life. Property with roughly 700 sqm living space comprising attractive reception rooms with parquet flooring, panelling, painted or coffered ceilings and elegant marble fireplaces. Courtyard, set slightly apart from château, with annex dwellings, 17 horse stalls, saddle room and 300 sqm farm building. Château, which occupies a slightly elevated position, overlooks a superb landscaped garden, woodlands, meadows converted to enclosed paddocks and a lovely pond, totalling 19,42 hectares.

In the Pays de la Loire region, 15 minutes from Laval, on over 16 ha, a striking 18th century listed castle, fully restored. A long driveway, bordered by trees and crossing the parkland’s grasslands and woods, leads from the village to the property. Entrance gates open on to a very wide courtyard, partially surrounded by a dry moat and laid out in front of the chateau’s regular, elegant facade. The outbuildings, set out around the courtyard, comprise stables, a dovecote, pigsties, a barn, a small corner pavilion, a caretaker’s cottage and, lastly, a chapel. A central parterre, displaying its original design, takes up a large section of the courtyard in front of the chateau. A copse of very old trees stands to one side. A regular, terraced, back garden, reached via granite steps, looks down on to the rear of the chateau. The first castle dated from medieval times. In the 16th century, its status was raised to that of a “châtellenie” (an officially recognised castle and its land). All that remains of these eras are the dovecote, the chapel as well as the castle’s two pavilions. At the beginning of the 18th century, these two pavilions were connected by a vast building. The chateau, the outbuildings and parklands underwent major restoration works in 2010. A good number of these features are now protected with French Historic Monument listing (by order dated 13 March 1989): the chateau and the chapel; the dovecote facades and roofs; the perimeter wall with its moat and its support walls; the facades and roof of the little, 18th century corner pavilion; the garden with its fencing and its towers as well as the shelter over the central well; the wood and, lastly, the large alleyways in the parklands. Nowadays economic activities, notably linked to culture and events, are held by the current owners. But the potential of the buildings, not all actually in use, and the existing parklands which extend over a total of more than 16 hectares, make it possible to envisage other development possibilities, especially as the town of Laval is near and Paris and Rennes are within easy reach.

Ref.3044 French 19th century chateau for sale in Haut-Anjou Situated in the Mayenne department, former district of the Haut-Anjou renowned by its mild climate, this chateau was built at the exit of a quiet village. Slightly elevated, the property dominates it nice English style park and a beautiful pond. A small city with shops and services is less than 7 miles away from there. Of about 700sqm of living space, it comprises: On the basement : a large old kitchen, boiler room, cellars and other rooms. On the elevated ground floor, accessible by a nice stoop: large vestibule (53sqm) with stairway, study (28sqm), large sitting room (50sqm), library (23sqm), dining room (39sqm), small kitchen in the former pantry, small dining room (25sqm), toilet and secondary stairway. Height under ceiling is about 4.20m. The ground floor offers beautiful reception rooms : all of them with oak parquet floors, panelling and beautiful woodworks with a décor of vertical folds. Beautiful painted or coffered ceilings and marble fireplaces. On the first floor : 7 bedrooms with oak parquet floors and decorated fireplaces, 5 bathrooms and shower rooms. On the second floor has pine parquet floors and can be converted. The chateau has benefited from important renovation works these last few years. A courtyard with stone outbuildings covered with slate roof comprises : On the east side, an old dwelling of 3 rooms. On the centre : a beautiful building with a comfortable dwelling with kitchen, toiler and on the first floor, a superb loft. Garage and shed. On the back: 17 horse loose boxes. On the west side : a building with a comfortable flat with sitting room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Tackle room and horse loose boxes. An agricultural hangar of about 300sqm. At the entrance, the gatehouse. It comprises a sitting room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms and bathroom Of about 47 acres, the land is nicely distributed around the chateau and slightly hilly. It is composed of a superb English style park planted with great ornamental trees designed by a great landscaper of the 19th century, some woods with beautiful paths, meadows with paddocks with wooden fences and a beautiful pond.

Ref.4176 : MAGNIFICENT LISTED CLASSIC CHATEAU 15th, 16th AND 18th C. IN MAYENNE DEPARTMENT. In the historic province of Bas-Maine, not far from Haut Anjou, this grand and sumptuous château is built in a beautiful natural setting. Just 3 km from a small market town, the surrounding countryside is cradled by the lacelets of the Vaiges, a tributary of the Sarthe. The château is within easy reach of major transport routes. The towns of Laval (TGV station, 1h15 from Paris), Château-Gontier and Sablé-sur-Sarthe (TGV station, 1h20 from Paris) are all 27 km away by car. This French window gives access to the residence, which includes : First floor: a welcoming 42 sqm vestibule, 1890 panelling, large and small 66 and 39 sqm salons, herringbone parquet flooring, marble fireplaces, 1779 panelling, 68sqm dining room, Versailles flagstone parquet flooring, 1880 Louis XVI panelling, fireplace, 18 sqm smoking room with Grez-en-Bouère marble fireplace, master's study used as a hunting room, 55sqm double-exposure kitchen with stone fireplace, storeroom with former staff dining room in mezzanine above, pantry with sink, spiral staircase in out-of-work tower, laundry room, débotté, china cabinet, shower room and 2 wc. First floor: 9 bedrooms (8 with fireplaces), large library with elegant fireplace, 2 shower rooms with wc, bathroom and 2 wc. Above: 12 bedrooms (old, mainly for staff use), a home cinema, a shower room with toilet and an attic. Cellar below, with boiler room. Total living area approx. 960sqm. The outbuildings include : Two large 16th-century L-shaped outbuildings, facing each other and symmetrical to the château. They were remodeled in 1777. The one on the right comprises stables refurbished in the 19th century, with 4 stalls, 3 boxes, marble troughs, brass sides and straw mat, herringbone brick floor, drain, lads' rooms and tack room. The other common building has all the features of a domestic dwelling of the time: large attic with beautiful old roof frame, kitchen with high fireplace, terracotta tiles, wooden partitions, wine-press cellar on wooden base, fruit orchard, orangery with beautiful frame; recent roofs. Seventeenth-century barn, original framework, slate roof with original hatchets and dormer windows, paved floor. Dovecote with imperial roof, topped by a skylight. Its large dimensions, thick walls and proximity to the moat indicate that it was once a medieval defensive tower; High-gabled chapel, rebuilt in the 15th century on 13th-century foundations, featuring a Gothic-filled main window; Crib; Restored, comfortable gardener's dwelling occupied by the janitor couple; Bread oven. A large, slightly elevated garden adorns the south facade. It still features elements of the 18th-century French garden: kitchen garden, orchard and rose garden. It is adorned with statues of Medici. Its geometric lines match the classicist architecture of the buildings. Topiary art is at its best here. At the far end of the garden, four green theaters. An adjoining wood, with its star-shaped paths following the original plan of 1783, completes the site. In the courtyard of honor, some twenty bigarad and lemon orange trees stand out, eleven of them exceptional for their size and age. The total surface area is 45.45 acres (18 ha 41 a 46 ca.)