castles for sale Château-du-Loir, France

Ref.4310 : Beautiful chateau for sale in the Loir Valley. Located slightly closer to Le Mans than Tours this property lies on the edge of a pretty Sarthois village with basic amenities. A short drive sees you with a choice of popular bustling market towns. A great location for a permanent or holiday home with plenty to see and do close by. With approximately 662sqm of living space over its three floors, this charming residence provides ample space for friends and family to relax and enjoy. With formal dining halls and numerous “lounges” there’s enough room for everyone to find their perfect place inside and with over 12 acres of parkland, paddocks and a vineyard not including the pool, guardian’s lodge and riverside frontage this property has it all. Ground floor: With direct access to the west side courtyard, the kitchen homes a breakfast table and plenty of workspace. Beamed ceiling and traditional quarry tiled floors compliment this nearly 20sqm room. From the kitchen we have an adjoining lounge with fireplace and fitted wood burner, the quarry tiled floor and light coloured beams give this 26sqm room a homely, less formal feeling, and it can also be used as a ground floor bedroom. In the short corridor next to this lounge/bedroom is the boiler room, a shower room and separate WC. Passing in front of the wooden staircase, we enter the formal lounge. A comfortable 38sqm double aspect room with glazed door and windows with views over the front lawns, main south entrance drive and West side courtyard towards the pool. With a stone fireplace, large original beams and quarry tiled floors this room is used as a lounge and dining as required. In the west tower with access from the lounge and external to the courtyard is the office, a circular room of around 15sqm. The original stone stairs leading to the upper floors and basement is located again just off this lounge in the south tower. A second smaller lounge of 26sqm is through the half-glazed door and is also double aspect with views over the park. An ornate stone fireplace and parquet flooring gives this room a more cosy feel to it with access to the East tower room with exposed tuffeau stone walls, quarry tiled floors, beamed ceiling and arched window providing a perfect room for reading and relaxing. Completing the ground floor is the “Grand Salon”, over 75sqm of quarry tiled space, exposed stone block walls, nearly 3m high ceilings and an impressive stone fireplace at the far end. Windows and door to the East side of the park with views out towards the vineyards. Perfect for formal dining and large enough for also a music room and soft seating as required. The 1st floor: access either via the wooden or stone staircases. The South two master bedrooms with views over the grounds both have bathrooms in their adjoining towers. The other 3 bedrooms share a family bathroom, this area could be modified into a self-contained suite as there is separate access to the grounds to the north. The “chapel” on this floor is original and could be converted into another large bedroom with en-suite facilities, or a TV room, artist room, etc. etc. The 2nd floor: again with access via either the wooden or stone staircases: houses a 30sqm billiards room, a tv lounge with WC, 4 further bedrooms (2 with en-suite facilities in their tower rooms), a 3rd bathroom and a storage room (could also possibly become a bedroom as required). Accessed via the stone stairs is a basement level with wine cave. Within the estate this property includes : Ancient troglodyte caves, with an old origional wine press and wine cellar Covered hangar of approximately 138sqm Goat sheds and an enclosed aviary. Stone built former stables and barn (total circa 110sqm) currently used as garaging, workshops and an office with attic space above Guardian’s lodge with lounge, kitchen and wc on the ground floor and shower room and two bedrooms above. With its own independent gas central heating system. Pool house with enclosed summer kitchen/bar area and covered dining. The surface area of the estate covers over 12 acres and is made up of several tree lined avenues, courtyards, paddocks, parkland and a vineyard (an agreement is in place with a local wine producer to harvest the grapes in exchange for some bottled wine). There are two gravelled and gated entrance drives and a 4x10m heated pool (liner changed in 2021). In addition, there is a separate parcel of land across the lane and cycle track to the south which borders the river with a small building providing options for fishing, etc. Cabinet LE NAIL – Touraine - Loire Valley – M. Tony WELLS : +33 (0)2.43.98.20.20 Tony WELLS, Individual company, registered in the Special Register of Commercial Agents, under the number 444 692 156. We invite you to visit our website Cabinet Le Nail to browse our latest listings or learn more about this property.

Ref.4192 : RESTORED CHATEAU IN THE NORTH TOURAINE - LOWER SARTHE REGION Located between Tour and Le Mans with excellent access to Paris by both autoroute and train, this chateau built on a defensive position on top of a hill overlooking the countryside below and beyond. The remains of an ancient fortress (the construction of which took place from the 12th to the 16th century), a large medieval tower, a Renaissance wing, the foundations of two other towers and an adjoining Louis- Philippe chateau have been completely restored and offer today approximately 600sqm of comfortable accommodation over 4 floors. The ground floor offers a period “guard’s room” of 35sqm with ceiling height of 3.3m stone fireplace, tiled floors and original beams, this leads to an internal hallway with wc and a choice of doors to either the fitted kitchen with direct access to the terrace with stunning views over the valley, or through a door into the tower with stairs leading to part of the cellars or up to the 1st floor. The final door leads us along a glazed corridor to the Louis Philippe chateau section of the ground floor. Here we discover, a large double bedroom with en-suite facilities, the double aspect dining hall of 26sqm and ceiling height of 3.6m, an entrance hall (11sqm) with ornate flooring, lounge with solid parquet flooring (29sqm), double aspect “Napoleonic” library (29sqm) with marble fireplace, bureau also with marble fireplace 30sqm and an open hall with stairs to the upper floors. The 1st floor in the Renaissance wing has a very impressive 84sqm entertaining hall with mistral gallery within it’s 5.5m ceiling height. In the large medieval tower we have 3 floors with large circular 5.8m diameter 4m high ceiling bedrooms and en-suite on each floor. The remaining section of the 1st floor offers 3 further large bedrooms with en-suite facilities. The 1st floor in the Louis Philippe Chateau wing provides 4 large bedrooms 3 of which have en-suite facilities and above the former staff accommodation offers 4 separate rooms. The stables, today used as workshops, storage, 2nd kitchen and laundry are underneath the renaissance reception hall and the original vaulted cellars below. Within the grounds is a 4 car carport and new pool house next to the pool. There is a former water tower ripe for restoring if required. Over 4 hectares of private enclosed and gated park with mature specimen trees, an established orchard, gravelled courtyard, large lawn area, paths and hedging and a modern design heated salt-water swimming pool. Cabinet LE NAIL – Touraine - Loire Valley – M. Tony WELLS : +33 (0)2.43.98.20.20 Tony WELLS, Individual company, registered in the Special Register of Commercial Agents, under the number 444 692 156. We invite you to visit our website Cabinet Le Nail to browse our latest listings or learn more about this property.

Ref.3869 : Magnificent chateau for sale between Le Mans and Tours. Easily accessible by motorway (15 minutes), this property is located between Le Mans and Tours, in a preserved environment. This beautiful castle, currently undergoing restoration, has retained all its exterior architectural character. The property comprises a castle, an annex house, outbuildings and approx. 25 ha (82 acres) of land. The 15th and 19th century castle, with approx. 680sqm of living space, comprises: - Ground floor: entrance in the spiral staircase tower, hallway, large lounge and small lounge, dining room, study, kitchen, scullery, study, toilet, lift leading to the basement and ground floor. - On the first floor: 9 bedrooms, including 4 bedrooms and 2 suites restored, and 4 bathrooms restored, wc. - Second floor: 6 bedrooms and shower rooms. In their original state. - Large basement with boiler room, cellar and utility rooms. The outbuildings include : A 4-room annexe adjoining the castle. A large building with a floor surface area of approx. 175 m² (1,615 sq ft) comprising: on the ground floor: 3 large rooms, 1 of which has been converted into a sports room with a sauna, various rooms and a studio flat; on the first floor, former bedrooms (11), shower rooms and toilets. (1) A barn (2) with workshop A restored secondary house with a living room, 2 bedrooms, a study, a bathroom and its outbuildings. (3) A building with 6 boxes and a tack room. (4) Swimming pool (13 x 6 m) The land extends over a surface of 63,35 acres offering an opened view to the surrounding countryside. The English style park is planted with beautiful trees such as oaks, cedars … . Cabinet LE NAIL – Touraine - Loire Valley – M. Tony WELLS : +33 (0)2.43.98.20.20 Tony WELLS, Individual company, registered in the Special Register of Commercial Agents, under the number 444 692 156. We invite you to visit our website Cabinet Le Nail to browse our latest listings or learn more about this property.