castles with reception room for sale Le Mans, France

42-BEDROOM ACCOMMODATION ESTATE, LE MANS CIRCUIT - Fully restored princely Napoléon III-style chateau with accommodation complex, 42 bedrooms, 3,000 m² of living space, 8 hectares, in the countryside. 20 km from Le Mans, 18 km from the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit. Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire. Built for a princely family in 1882 on a T-shaped plan designed by Pierre-Félix Delarue (1795–1873), the chateau displays Napoléon III-style architecture, with a polychromy of materials evoking 17th-century French architecture: brick and cut stone with multi-pitched slate roofs and domes. This elegant chateau is sheltered by woodland in the heart of the Sarthe countryside. The entrance opens into a vast hall featuring a grand staircase with Neo-Gothic wood paneling. The large reception room (120 m²), decorated with wood paneling, opens through its original large bay windows onto a terrace with a double-flight staircase. The ground floor also offers a splendid Louis XV library with 18th-century “à la capucine” woodwork signed by Étienne Leroy (1724–1774), cabinetmaker in La Flèche. On the first floor are three suites and two salons, and on the second floor nine bedrooms with shower rooms. On the third floor, 11 bedrooms requiring restoration. Oak parquet flooring covers the floors from the ground floor to the second floor, and each bedroom features its own marble fireplace. Particularly remarkable are the superb 18th-century wood panelings in one of the first-floor bedrooms, decorated with trophies of musical and gardening instruments suspended by ribbons above mirrors framed with elegant leafy reed motifs. The attic beneath the roof is entirely convertible. In the basement, accessed via the service staircase, are the boiler room with newly renovated electrical installation, a storage room, and a professional kitchen. The collective accommodation annex, a vast 1970s building currently offering 35 beds and 28 bedrooms, is ideal for a collective accommodation project. On the ground floor: ten studio apartments and a professional kitchen. On the first floor: ten bedrooms and five bathrooms. On the second floor: three two-room apartments with kitchens and bathrooms, and two one-bedroom apartments with kitchens and bathrooms. The property also includes a large multipurpose hall of approximately 200 m², including toilets, backstage room, cinema room, and bicycle garage. Two offices of 50 m². Three-bedroom house. 60 m² billiard room. -Chateau surface area: 1,500 m². -Accommodation complex surface area: 1,400 m². Beautiful 18th-century walled vegetable garden with greenhouse and ornamental pond. Land area: 81,458 m². Location: -Countryside setting, without overlooking neighbors. -5 km from Écommoy, all services including train station. -23 km from Le Mans, TGV station, 1h30 from Paris Montparnasse station. Price: 1,500,000 euros agency fees included (agency fees payable by the seller). Fees to be paid by the seller. DPE blank. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Geohazards website: georisques.gouv.fr.

Réf. 4953 : Chateau with many outbuildings and guest houses in Sarthe department. Situated in the heart of the Haut-Maine region (now the department of Sarthe), this château boasts a rural setting, whilst being just a few minutes’ walk from local shops and an SNCF railway station, and less than 20 km from Le Mans. This makes it an ideal location for anyone seeking a more relaxed lifestyle than in the city centre, surrounded by open space, with great potential for events and business, given its proximity to the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit. The 15th-century main building was extended in the 17th and 18th centuries with two pavilions that project only slightly. With a total floor area of 475 sqm, it is spread over three storeys and comprises: on the ground floor, a pleasant gallery with cement tiles leads to a spacious 66 m² double living room with marble fireplaces and straight-grained parquet flooring, a moulded ceiling and a French-style ceiling, a kitchen, the start of the grand staircase, a sitting room in the tower, a study and a shower room. From the living room, there is access to a half-moon-shaped terrace overlooking the wide moat. on the first floor, six bedrooms, each with its own bathroom or shower room, featuring panelling, fireplaces and ornate trumeaux. above, a spacious room, three bedrooms and three shower rooms. Outbuildings : The outbuildings consist of numerous buildings, mostly dating from the 19th century. They comprise: I – In the main courtyard, surrounded by a moat, there is a boiler room, a laundry room and a summer kitchen. A small room in the corner turret. II – In the main outbuilding, stables with five stalls, a large garage, a workshop and a cellar. A spacious loft. III - A function building comprising a reception hall, a catering area, a full attic and, extending from this, pigsties and small attics. IV - The holiday cottages have not been in use for six years and will require cleaning as well as some improvements in places in order to resume commercial operation: Cottage No. 1 comprising a living room, kitchen, five bedrooms and three shower rooms Holiday cottage no. 2, above the cellar, comprising 2 bedrooms and a shower room Holiday cottage no. 3 comprising a lounge, dining room, kitchen, 4 bedrooms and two bathroom, Holiday cottage no. 4 comprising one room and a shower room, in a charming tower. V - Hamlet comprising various large rooms and garages, with independent utility connections. The château is situated on a site covering approx. 41 acres which 37 acres are enclosed. It is accessed via two different entrances, one of which passes through nearly 7,41 acres of woodland. The main courtyard, surrounded by wide moats and enclosed by a large ornate gate, is a reminder of the site’s defensive purpose. A French-style park, complete with two glasshouses, lies to the rear of the château. Beyond this, charming footpaths wind their way between watercourses and a small island, leading into an English-style park, which also features a large aviary covering over 1,000 sqm. The meadows are free of leasehold obligations.