listed castle for sale Rouen, France

CHATEAU WITH SUMPTUOUS RENAISSANCE AND 18TH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE 60 KM FROM PARIS - One of the most beautiful gardens in Île-de-France - Superb decorative interiors - Gallery - 26 hectares free of lease - Fully listed Historic Monument - Vexin, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France. 60 km from Paris, in a beautiful preserved valley of the lush Vexin region, this Renaissance chateau built around 1540 and enlarged around 1710 and 1780 is nestled within an enchanting setting of Italian-style gardens, among the most beautiful in the surroundings of Paris. On the honor courtyard, the 1540 Renaissance façade is adorned with a rich décor of pilasters, capitals, and foliage scroll friezes, making it one of the finest examples of Renaissance architecture in private hands. A grand staircase leads to the large entrance hall of the chateau. On the right, the medieval keep with its two watchtowers has been preserved and also embellished with Renaissance decoration. To the west, the extraordinary gardens inspired by the Villa Gamberaia in Tuscany, among the most beautiful in France, unfold across three Renaissance terraces through a play of perspectives featuring boxwood parterres, yew topiaries, lime-tree avenues, and flowing water features. The secret garden with its statue of Neptune and its four squares of black and white tulips. The greenhouse garden with its 24 squares of tree peonies, hellebores, and “Black Parrot” tulips. The Moon Garden, wonderfully composed after that of the Gamberaia, is inspired by Andrea Mantegna's early 16th-century painting “Virtues and Vices” preserved at the Louvre. Architecture here is created by nature itself: the portico is formed from yew trees, and the half-moon shape is made of water. A cascade flows through the garden from north to south. The Sun Garden on the upper terrace is composed of a checkerboard pattern, blooming in spring with 40,000 daffodils and yew-shaped chess pieces. To the south, a superb classical façade built around 1710, of outstanding architectural quality, features five ground-floor arcades framing the staircase of the Renaissance gallery opening onto the park. The large pediment is decorated with a Rococo cartouche. The interior combines sumptuous Renaissance volumes with high-quality 18th-century decorative interiors. Inside, this residence bears witness to the splendor of the Renaissance through two salons with vast fireplaces, one featuring a remarkable sculpted ceiling, a large Renaissance gallery, and a Renaissance staircase with straight flights, barrel-vaulted and decorated with moldings and pilasters. The refinement of the 18th century unfolds in the staircase hall, particularly open, luminous, and theatrical, with cabochon flooring and a highly elegant wrought-iron banister. A small salon, a dining room decorated with wood paneling, a spectacular office-library extending over two floors with a balustraded skylight. A library. A small dining room. On the second floor, 7 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 WCs, and a large 100 m² salon adorned with a marble fireplace. In the bedrooms are several beautiful decorative features including wood paneling, alcoves, and 18th-century marble and limestone fireplaces. On the third floor, a beautiful southwest-facing bedroom, WC, bathroom, and vast attics. Two spiral staircases. A caretaker's apartment on the garden level restored in 2023–2024, 100 m², 2 bedrooms, living room, entrance hall, bathroom. Extensive outbuildings, barns, monumental wine press, footbath. 5 entrances. Septic tanks. Approximate developed area: 2,300 m². Oil-fired central heating. Mains water supply. Natural spring-fed gravity water system. 26 hectares in one block and free of lease in total, including 4 hectares of walled gardens. EBTS label; Grand Prize for Gardens 2015. Historic Monument protection: The chateau, excluding the classified sections: listed by decree dated 4 June 1926. The façades and roofs: classified by decree dated 20 June 1945. The chateau park, including the built structures and enclosure walls and excluding the statuary, as well as the façades and roofs of the outbuildings and the two original removed turret elements of the chateau (see plan attached to the decree) (cad. B 1676, 640, 643): listed by decree dated 13 December 2006. OPTIONAL: A beautiful 18th-century farmhouse restored in 2023 of approximately 500 m², 5 bedrooms, large kitchen open onto nature and the indoor swimming pool. Brand-new swimming pool. 8,000 m² free of lease. (Price: 790,000 Euros agency fees included, including 4.76% payable by the buyer; option available only in addition to the chateau). Price: 4,460,000 Euros agency fees included (including 4.76% agency fees payable by the buyer). Not subject to DPE. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Geohazards website: georisques.gouv.fr.

Just an hour from Paris, in the heart of a well-preserved village in the Beauvais region, the Château de Troissereux, set behind its moats and canals, boasts one of the most remarkable examples of Renaissance architecture in the Hauts-de-France region. Built in the 15th and 16th centuries and attributed to the Italian architect Sebastiano Serlio, this château, listed as a Historic Monument, offers a rare combination of historical authenticity, architectural elegance and poetic landscaping. () The complex features brick and ashlar stone architecture, organised around a majestic main courtyard. The famous ‘Tour du Temps’, a unique alchemical tower housing a spiral staircase and a listed medieval clock, gives the site an absolutely unique identity. () The estate is surrounded by a listed park of approximately 12 hectares attributed to Bernard Palissy, criss-crossed by long canals, featuring moats, remarkable trees dating back several centuries and an exceptional natural ecosystem that is home to numerous migratory birds. () The château retains many period features and spacious reception rooms: salons, a library, a dining room, boudoirs and apartments, offering a refined setting for a family home, a reception venue or a high-end events project. A rare historic property, combining heritage, nature and the art of living, in a privileged setting in the immediate vicinity of Beauvais and its international airport. This property is presented by Sandrine Connell – EI Estate Agent – +33 (0)7 84 42 15 76. Full details available on request. Information on the risks associated with this property is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr

Close to the Bay of Somme, a 17th-century castle, listed as a historic monument, extended by a park with outbuildings, woods, and an orchard. Far from all prying eyes and slightly elevated, the castle with its classical architecture, situated at the edge of a forest, overlooks a landscape of fields and rabbit warrens, beyond the roofs of the hamlet. All around, a country garden consisting of expanses of lawn and ornamental trees forms a green setting. A fully restored pigeon house from the 15th century stands on the main lawn with its polygonal silhouette. Several outbuildings add to the estate: adjacent service buildings extend from the house, and at the far end of the park, down below, there is an old farm, now transformed into a distillery, as well as a caretaker's house that allows for separate occupation. The park, about 3 hectares, surrounds the buildings. It includes vast lawns followed by an orchard, primarily planted with apple trees, and a wooded area.This description has been automatically translated from French.