castles for sale Franche Comté, France

Between the former county of Burgundy and the Champagne region, at the entrance to a small village, a former priory listed as a Historic Monument, built in 1650 and having retained all its authenticity. With a living space of more than 3,000 m² (0.25 acres), it comprises beautiful reception rooms: galleries, a large kitchen, a large vaulted refectory, two chapter rooms, vestibules, etc. and around thirty bedrooms, including 5 master bedrooms, former dormitories adjoining the abbey church rebuilt in the 19th century. Wing used as outbuildings. The property is in a fairly good state of repair but requires major works to bring it up to standard and make it more comfortable. The priory is surrounded by pleasant wooded parklands and meadows spanning approx. 4 ha (13.5 acres), including a caretaker's cottage. Other non adjoining meadow of 55 ares approx. Wing used as outbuildings. The property is in a fairly good state of repair but requires major works to bring it up to standard and make it more comfortable. The abbey is surrounded by pleasant wooded parklands and meadows spanning approx. 4 ha (13 acres), including a caretaker's cottage. Other non adjoining meadow of 55 ares approx. Energy class: N/A Climate class : N/A Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the GeoHazards website: www.georisques.gouv.fr.

Between Besançon and Vesoul, on the heights of a village in undulating countryside, a castle dating back to the 15th century, rebuilt in the 19th century, set in approx. 1.8 hectares of parklands with unobstructed views. Comprising three wings around an inner courtyard and approx. 315 m² (3,815 sq ft) of living space, it comprises ten or so main rooms, including five bedrooms and three bathrooms. Dovecote, caretaker's cottage, garages, outbuildings... Two other buildings away from the castle with adjoining land. Spacious, very luminous, in a quiet, nuisance-free setting. Location: A dozen kilometers from Rioz (shops and services), approx. 30 kilometers from Besançon (TGV train station), 20 kilometers from Vesoul, 120 kilometers from Dijon, 150 kilometers from Basel airport. Energy class : G Climate class : G Estimated annual energy costs for standard use: between €7.940 and €10.742 per year. Prices indexed to January 1, 2021. Housing with excessive energy consumption: Class G. From January 1, 2028, the performance level is between classes A and E. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the GeoHazards website: www.georisques.gouv.fr.

Appreciate the present moment, Admire nature and the environment, Add to this, without any pretension, elegance, luxury, and serenity. Whether you are active, very active, or simply seeking tranquility and space for yourself and your family, you will find what you are looking for in these surroundings. This magnificent property features a fully renovated Château, tastefully decorated with high-end amenities and noble materials, showcasing the craftsmanship of regional artisans and French savoir-faire. Located 30 minutes from an airport, 5 minutes from the TGV station, 1.5 hours from Lausanne, and 2 hours from Paris, it is a privileged place that offers the seclusion of the countryside while remaining close to the city. Set on a private, fully enclosed park of nearly 2.45 hectares, its 11 rooms, sunny terrace, heated pool, and independent cottage to be restored will become the perfect place to live. Spread over four habitable levels, the Château features an entrance hall, a fully equipped kitchen, a dining room, 3 living rooms, and 5 en-suite bedrooms, including one with a private lounge and dressing room. A gym, a game room, an office, a wine cellar, a heated garage of over 150 m2, as well as a workshop, a boiler room, and a laundry room complete the property. Separate from the Château, you will find a charming 100 m2 cottage, with the structural work and roofing already renovated, which can be developed into a secondary residence with a potential of over 220 m2 of living space. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/ Agency fees payable by vendor - Les informations sur les risques auxquels ce bien est exposé sont disponibles sur le site Géorisques : www.georisques.gouv.fr

Rare are these places where refinement, elegance and perfection come together. With deep respect for the place and with passion, this long-forgotten residence has been completely redesigned. Surrounding himself with the best local workers, carefully selecting each element, the building regained its splendor. Here, no fault, just beauty, just quality. It is in the heart of the Jura, in a town near the TGV station which connects Paris at 2 hours, and Lausanne at 1h30 that this property will offer a unique living environment to its new lovers of the place. Built in an enclosed park of more than 2.4 hectares colored by its 500 trees, this castle stands proudly. Flanked by its round tower and its pepper pot, tinted with its two-tone ocher and gray stones, it has a beautiful appearance. The front steps lead to a molded wooden double door which opens onto a beautiful vestibule. The cuisine immediately makes an impression. Its exposed stones and slabs blend with the soft tones of the furnished elements for a perfect match. Continuously, the dining room and living room are tinged with warm colors which bring a cozy feel to the spaces. The numerous openings offer breathtaking views of the park. An office completes this level. On the 1st floor, a parental space includes a splendid bedroom, a living room, a bathroom and a dressing room. A second bedroom with its bathroom is housed there. The upper level consists of 3 bedrooms all equipped with their own bathroom and a large games room. On the garden level, a second living room and a kitchen provide useful additions. Workshop, boiler room, laundry room will complete the premises. Car enthusiasts will be served by the heated garage of more than 150m2. The exteriors share the varied species of several hundred trees and plants. A terrace of more than 150m2 gives access to a heated swimming pool which fits perfectly into its environment. Independently of the castle, a thatched cottage to renovate offers many additional possibilities. Carefully renovated and pampered by its owners, this castle on a human scale symbolizes the quintessence of French prestige and elegance. ENERGY CLASS: C; CLIMATE CLASS: E Estimated average amount of annual energy expenditure for standard use, established based on energy prices for the year 2015: EUR5,743/year, heating and electricity. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Georisks website for the areas concerned. Contact: Alexis Monterrat 0649103904

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.

An 18th-century chateau with around two hectares of grounds near Luxeuil-les-Bains in France’s Haute-Saône department. From the village’s main road, a tall wrought-iron gate and two wooden pedestrian gates lead to a driveway that stretches over roughly 50 metres. This drive is lined with linden trees. It leads up to the chateau’s main entrance. The chateau has a rectangular main section that was built at the end of the 18th century. It has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor in the roof space. An extension on the east side of this original main section was built in the 19th century. It has a ground floor and a first floor. A former dovecote, two garages and a swimming pool complete the estate. The prior of the village’s former abbey, founded in the 6th century, lived in this chateau. Behind the edifice, there is a tree-dotted garden that covers almost two hectares and is enclosed with a stone wall.

- 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

In a quiet village in the Gray area, overlooking the Saône, 19th century property comprising a castle with a central tower covered in glazed tiles, flanked by a return wing and a gallery, with approx. 520 m² (5,153 sq ft) of living space comprising twenty or so main rooms including vast reception rooms and ten or so bedrooms, and an independent house with approx. 245 m² (2,456 sq ft) of living space comprising a dozen or so main rooms including 10 bedrooms, most of which have a shower room. Beautiful features: fireplaces, trumeaux, 19th century tiled floors... Cellars, garages, workshop... Land of approx. 7900 m² with inner courtyard, garden with trees, swimming pool, parking. Direct access to the Saône with pontoon. Energy class: C Climate class : C Estimated annual energy costs for standard use: between €2.958 and €4.437 per year. Prices indexed to August 15, 2015. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the GeoHazards website: www.georisques.gouv.fr.