listed castle for sale Voulon, France

Magnificent early 17th-century château, listed as a Historic Monument, built on an H-shaped plan. A fine example of french Mannerist architecture. Featuring an elegant enfilade of reception rooms. The 41-hectare estate includes a 12th and 15th-century keep, late Renaissance formal parterres, a grand tree-lined walk, a 500-meter canal, an orangery, kitchen garden, dovecote, menagerie, orchard. Sold partially furnished. Energy class: NA/NA.

SOLE AGENT. In the heart of the countryside, this castle has been standing there for centuries. Known since medieval times, it was in the 17th century that this fiefdom evolved to find the volumes that are those of the current buildings. Composed of a rectangular main building oriented along a north-south axis, it sports in the southwest corner a large round tower topped with a pepper pot, while a small rectangular pavilion set at right angles to the east extends the dwelling to the north. The interior garden is surrounded by many outbuildings, and offers an old dovecote in the middle. Listed as a Historic Monument, many restoration works were carried out on the main building. While mostly habitable (approximately 450 sq.mt), it still retains large convertible space that can be adapted to any project. On ground floor, the heated part offers a guard room with fireplace and stone floor (46 sq.mt) (height under ceiling : 4.45m), a room with wooden staircase and stone floor (12 sq.mt), a kitchen with terracotta tiles and access hatch to the cellar (16 sq.mt), a large dining room with terracotta tiles (40 sq.mt) (height under ceiling : 4.13m), a shower room-WC and storage room, a large living room with terracotta tiles and fireplace (50 sq.mt) (height under ceiling : 4.16m), a small living room with terracotta tiles and fireplace (35 sq.mt), an old entrance with terracotta tiles (11 sq.mt), a small bedroom (former boudoir) with terracotta tiles (10 sq.mt). In the unheated part, there is a corridor with terracotta tiles, a room used as a storage room, with terracotta tiles and fireplace (25 sq.mt). At the end of the corridor, a wooden staircase, access to the underground, an old kitchen with terracotta tiles with fireplace and vegetable garden (29 sq.mt), and the boiler room. On first floor (height under ceiling : 4.75m), in the heated part, there is a master bedroom with pine parquet flooring and fireplace (33 sq.mt), a bathroom/WC (4.50 sq.mt), a dressing room (4.80 sq.mt) with access to the second floor, a room above the boiler room, a landing with parquet flooring (16.60 sq.mt), a bathroom/WC above the kitchen (13 sq.mt), a large distribution corridor with terracotta tiles (43 sq.mt), a bedroom with terracotta tiles, a bedroom with parquet flooring (23 sq.mt), a bedroom with parquet flooring and fireplace (32 sq.mt), a bedroom with parquet flooring (23.50 sq.mt), a storage room with fireplaces on parquet flooring (19 sq.mt). In the unheated part, you have a landing with terracotta tiles, a room with parquet flooring and a fireplace, a room in the tower with a fireplace, and terracotta tiles (30 sq.mt), a staircase leading to the second floor (in the tower). The second floor contains, at the top of the stone spiral staircase, a room with parquet flooring and a fireplace (30 sq.mt), and another attic room above with exposed timber framing. Floor, timber framing, and roof were redone in 1996. The château is heated by a Viessmann oil-fired boiler (2019). Part of the ground floor is equipped with underfloor heating. The single-story caretaker's house offers modern comfort. It consists of a 15 sq.mt kitchen, a 25 sq.mt living room, two bedrooms, a bathroom, toilet, boiler room, and an entrance onto the outside of the enclosure. It has oil-fired central heating. Spacious outbuildings complete the building: a stable with four horse boxes, an old farmhouse awaiting restoration, a straw shed with a bread oven, a large covered courtyard, a large barn, and an old roofless dovecote. A large perimeter wall awaiting restoration partially encloses the park. It is complemented by a private driveway, an orchard, and a meadow to the side. Note the presence of three wells with pumps on the property. Set in a peaceful and quiet setting, this ensemble is located just 10 minutes from all shops and services, 1 hour from Poitiers and Niort (TGV and motorway stations), and 1.5 hour from Nantes (airport). Sale price including fees : 954,000 euros. Buyer's fees. Fee : 6 % VAT of the price excluding fees. Sale price excluding fees : 900,000 euros. Energy class : N/A. Climate class : N/A. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Georisques website : www.georisques.gouv.fr

In South Touraine, an exceptional 100-hectare estate dominated by its 15th-century fortified château, flanked by a well and surrounded by 18th-century L-shaped outbuildings that have been converted into living quarters. Adjacent to this is the former farmhouse, organised around a square courtyard and extended by an entrance porch and an outbuilding. A beehive with 1,800 hives faces the château. The entire property is listed in the Inventory of Historic Monuments and is ideally situated just 10 minutes from all amenities, shops, the motorway, the TGV station, the hospital... The château, comprising a large main building flanked by round towers at each corner, has a floor area of 409 m². The ground floor comprises an entrance hall, a large living room, a small sitting room, a dining room, a kitchen, a utility room, a boudoir and a spiral staircase tower. On the first floor, a large landing leads to two large bedrooms measuring 31.5 and 40 m², another bedroom and two shower rooms with toilets. On the second floor, there is a landing, four bedrooms, a bathroom, a shower room and toilets. In the basement, are the vaulted cellars. The south-west outbuilding has been converted into a pleasant home comprising, on the ground floor, an entrance hall, a spacious 98 m² living room, a kitchen, a study and a further room. The first floor features a large landing, seven bedrooms, a shower room and a toilet. The attic on the second floor offers potential for conversion. The north-east annexe, converted into a dwelling, comprises on the ground floor an entrance hall, a double garage and storage rooms. Upstairs are a living room, a kitchen, six bedrooms and a bathroom with a toilet. The attic on the second floor is also suitable for conversion. The former farm comprises a 187 m² main house featuring, on the ground floor, a living room, a dining room with kitchen and a bathroom. On the first floor: four bedrooms; and on the second floor: a convertible attic. The farm buildings also include a 33.5 m² one-bedroom flat, a barn, a covered courtyard and outbuildings. A 300 m² outbuilding completes the estate. The 2.45-hectare grounds feature a driveway leading to 32 hectares of woodland and are surrounded by 65.7 hectares of farmland. Sale price including fees : 1,730,000 euros. Fees at seller's expense. Energy class : N/A. Climate class : N/A. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Georisques website : www.georisques.gouv.fr