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A chateau dating back to the 16th and 18th centuries with a swimming pool, nestled in grounds that cover two hectares in France’s Champagne region. The chateau was used as a country house in the 18th century. It was once the centre of the Saron fiefdom – from which the Bochart de Champigny lineage derived its family name from 1630 onwards. From the 17th century, it was a site of astronomical observations by Jean Bochart de Saron and Pierre Gassendi and, in the 18th century, by Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard Bochart de Saron, Roger Joseph Boscovich and Charles Messier. The archives of the French Academy of Sciences mention the chateau as a place used to observe the transit of Venus across the Sun on 3 June 1769, to determine the path of Uranus in 1781, and to observe comets. The chateau is surrounded by walled grounds that cover two hectares. The grounds include a vegetable patch and are dotted with age-old trees, including a 300-year-old plane tree and 200-year-old box and linden trees. A main court extends in front of the chateau, as does the garden, which an imposing wrought-iron gate separates from the village. A towpath along the River Aube demarcates the property’s lower section. Behind the edifice, a slope leads down to a pond. An outdoor swimming pool and a small greenhouse are hidden behind a large neighbouring 16th-century church and cannot be seen from the chateau.

Near Paris, a 17th century castle, in the heart of an exceptional romantic and botanical park of about 45 ha. A gate flanked by two lodges opens onto an alley that leads to the main courtyard. The castle consists of a main building framed by two wings at right angles, an extension called 'Le petit château' (the small castle) has been added to the south wing, which is slightly set back by an elegant small courtyard. To the north are the outbuildings, stables, water tower, chapel, service quarters and two greenhouses. On the west side, a lake adorns the largely walled park.

Magnificent 16th and 18th century property on 96 ha In Charente, between Angoulême and Limoges, exceptional real estate complex including a 16th cen-tury Logis and an 18th century Château, in perfect condition, with numerous outbuildings and farms, on a FREE estate of 96 ha! In total: 28 bedrooms including 10 suites, 20 bathrooms, 5 kitchens, 4 dining rooms and 6 living rooms! Very beautiful vaulted cellar. Superb swimming pool 12 x 14 m. 7 ha pond. To be seized because it is well below its value due to inheritance! Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Georisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr

One of the most beautiful castles in Provence. Please contact us directly to book your viewing of this true architectural gem of the Luberon.

OPTIMHOME - GAVARD Thibaut - 06 31 91 55 80 - For more information about this property : optimhome.com (Item 83003254551) OptimHome - The first of a new generation of home based estate agents. Offering an innovative concept adapted to meet the needs of both buyer and seller, our extensive network of independent agents work without the expense of a sales office and cover all regions of France. The benefit of this reduced operating cost is that OptimHome's independent agents can save you, their clients, money through low commissions. OptimHome, the estate agency network moving with the times. Les honoraires sont à la charge du vendeur. Les informations sur les risques auxquels ce bien est exposé sont disponibles sur le site Géorisques : www. georisques. gouv. fr. Contact your local agent, Thibaut GAVARD, QUINTIN, Optimhome Associate Estate Agent at 06 31 91 55 80 – More information on https://www.optimhome.com/conseillers/gavard (ref 559672)

Set in a private and tranquil setting this lovely chateau offering 530m2 of habitable space, dominates the landscape. Pananoramic views are available from all windows but are especially dramatic from the travertine-paved terrace overlooking the undulating country side. Situated around 35 minutes from Bergerac airport and not far from local amenities this property would suit anyone wishing to operate a touristic activity such as B&B, weddings, conventions or perhaps a spa or yoga retreat, cooking or art school. Currently configured as 5 apartments sleeping 26 people with a separate owner’s apartment, the possibilities are many and varied. There are 2 massive reception rooms with access directly to the terrace and a vast dining room with a huge fireplace and exposed beams, ideal for dinner parties or themed evenings. The massive terrace and pool would be perfect places to hold cocktail parties or celebrations especially at sunset. You will see by the floorplan, included with the photos, the current configuration of the property but this could easily be adapted for use by a large or extended family giving everyone individual living space. The chateau overlooks its 3.11 hectares (approx. 7.7 acres) of land and there are no close neighbours or overlooking. There is a well on the property not currently in use, There is a 13 x 6m, solar-heated pool, with a new liner surrounded by travertine paving ideal for kicking back and relaxing or hosting a fab soiree for friends, family and guests. Taxe fonciere is approximately 1430 euros, the property is heated by a wood burner and pellet stove and electric heaters. The chateau is partly double-glazed and on fosse septic. The property is for a reluctant sale due to serious health problems of both owners. Visits are available 7 days per week at [email protected] Les honoraires d'agence sont à la charge de l'acquéreur, soit 5,26% TTC du prix du bien. Les informations sur les risques auxquels ce bien est exposé sont disponibles sur le site Géorisques : www. georisques. gouv. fr. Contactez Sandra BROUHARD Entrepreneur Individuel, Agent commercial OptimHome (RSAC N°532 428 232 Greffe de BERGERAC) 06 45 57 15 49 https://www.optimhome.com/conseillers/brouhard (réf. 554854 )

In the heart of the Luberon, near l'Isle sur la Sorgue and the village of Gordes, only 30 minutes away from the TGV station, this 11th century medieval castle that has been fully renovated with refinement and respecting its history invites you to discover its peaceful environment. On the hills, oriented South, exceptionally protected from the mistral and overlooking a magnificent valley planted with olive, cherry and apricot trees with the Rhône in the background and the majestic Mont Ventoux behing the ramparts, this property bears witness to the past centuries and will delight lovers of properties with meaningful prestige. Fully renovated with great taste, very modern with a choice of high quality materials. It comprises, over several levels, 5 luxurious suites, a living room, a dining room, a fully equipped kitchen, a pantry, a laundry room and a cellar. The property also includes a separate 810 sqft apartment including a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and 2 bedrooms. The numerous gardens/terraces in belvedere of 43 000 sqft and the heated swimming pool, all overlooking the surrounding valleys, contribute to the calm and serenity of this site which is part of the historical heritage of the Vaucluse. This property will be ideal to recharge your batteries with family and friends. Perfect also as a second home. This property could also be suitable for a B&B and receptions. 12 cars can be parked in the private parking outside the property. Agency fees payable by vendor - Montant estimé des dépenses annuelles d'énergie pour un usage standard, établi à partir des prix de l'énergie de l'année 2015 : 986€ - Les informations sur les risques auxquels ce bien est exposé sont disponibles sur le site Géorisques : www.georisques.gouv.fr - François LE TROQUER - Agent commercial - EI - RSAC 881 715 031

Only 30 minutes away from Aix-en-Provence, in the heart of a 73 hectare forestry estate, discover this castle and its old farmhouse. Extended in the 19th century from the watchtower dating back to the Templars, the castle stands in a dominant position and comprises a magnificent banquet hall with a monumental fireplace, several spacious living rooms with high ceilings as well as a superb rooftop terrace. The farmhouse comprises a dining room, a kitchen, 5 bedrooms including one on the ground floor, each with a shower or bathroom, and a studio with a separate entrance. The property also includes a single-story house with a living room, a kitchenette and a separate bedroom with a shower room/toilet. The whole property needs to be renovated. Enchanting setting for this historic estate, very quiet and enjoying a panoramic view. Exceptional property. Agency fees payable by vendor - Montant estimé des dépenses annuelles d'énergie pour un usage standard, établi à partir des prix de l'énergie de l'année 2021 : 2730€ ~ 3730€ - Les informations sur les risques auxquels ce bien est exposé sont disponibles sur le site Géorisques : www.georisques.gouv.fr

MONTMERLE-SUR-SAÔNE. Close to the banks of the Saône, this 18th century property was renovated in 2011. Established on two levels, the first floor offers a kitchen, dining room, several reception rooms as well as an office and shower room. Accessed via three staircases, the first floor comprises seven bedrooms, a shower room and three bathrooms. The nearly two hectares of wooded grounds include a tennis court. Additional features include an indoor swimming pool with relaxation area, a guest house with private garden, a garage and a greenhouse. Agency fees payable by vendor - Montant estimé des dépenses annuelles d'énergie pour un usage standard, établi à partir des prix de l'énergie de l'année 2021 : 9530€ ~ 12960€ - Les informations sur les risques auxquels ce bien est exposé sont disponibles sur le site Géorisques : www.georisques.gouv.fr

At the gates of LYON 01, near all access / XIX family property in stone on 3 levels. It offers 650 m2 approximately, beautiful reception rooms, fireplaces, paneling, kitchen, living room, 14 bedrooms, bathroom & shower, toilet, office. S / full basement with workshop, cellar, laundry room. Chapel. Magnificent park of 3 ha, pool, stunning views and quiet assured. Beautiful location 2 minutes to all amenities. Ideal family home, professional activity (hostelry ...) l. PRICE: 1,500,000? REF: TEL 3420 06 72 55 94 80

Lovely château situated privately in 12 hectares of woodland & meadows with a lake, orchard and guesthouse The château is a property consisting of a manor house with: Ground floor, a hall, library (38M2), music room (37M2), study, bedroom (14,4M2) with en suite shower room, a dining room (40M2), kitchen (37,5), scullery, laundry room and toilet. First floor: landing and 7 en suite bedrooms. Rooms average 20M2, not counting the ensuites. 2nd floor: 6 bedrooms, bathroom, attic. Cellar with boiler room. Pond and gîte nearby. Outbuilding for storage and 12 ha of surrounding land. This wonderful and romantic Château is situated in the middle of 12 hectares of woodland and pastures. The entrance is everything one would expect: a monumental gate and a drive up to a covered area to unpack and get out of your 'carriage'. The park around has got the old trees and meadows to wander around in. The orchard is a little bit further away and has got a view over the lake on the other side of the castle. The woodlands around make the property very private. Inside the castle you will find a large part of the floor in pisé: the traditional (and sustainable!) stones for creating a long lasting floor. You will find this in the hall, the dining room and the kitchen, all to the left of the entrance. The rest of the floors are made of wooden floorboards. To the right of the entrance you will find the library (with french doors), the music room and the office in the tower. But also a downstairs bedroom with ensuite, the utility room (ironing, washing, storage of bedlinen) a second utility with professional dishwashers and storage, the servants staircase and the toilets for the guests. There are seven generous bedrooms on the first floor of which six have ensuite bathrooms and one with a bathroom on the corridor. There even is a family bathroom. The second floor can also be used but will need an update: some painting and minor improvements. This floor is used to house more guests if the Château is rented for weddings or larger groups (conferences, team meetings etc) Two of the three gîtes are fit for families and there is a gîte for a couple.

This beautiful mansion house with its ashlar and brick facade dates from the early 19th century. Nestling in 0.95 ha of enclosed parklands with century-old trees and a pond, it is situated in the heart of a village of 3,500 inhabitants with all amenities, 25 km south of Blois and 2.5 hours from Paris on the A10 motorway. A 2,000 m² plot is available for building. The property comprises three buildings: 1. The main house 2. the caretaker's cottage and 3. the pavilion. 1. The main house comprises - approx. 340 m² of living space on three levels, - a dry cellar covering the entire surface area of the building and - an attic. The ground floor is accessed via an external stone stairway with eleven steps, or via a wheelchair-accessible ramp at the side, out of sight. The stone floor in the entrance hall leads to the lift and staircase serving the two upper floors. On one side of the ground floor: two adjoining lounges with oak parquet flooring, one of which has a monumental fireplace, walnut panelling and a painted half-timbered ceiling reminiscent of certain Loire châteaux. On the other side of the entrance hall, a dining room with a Murano chandelier and woollen fitted carpet adjoins a large kitchen (to be fitted out) with its larder. Also on the ground floor: a toilet. On the 1st floor are four large rooms for conversion, with 3.50 m high ceilings. Three of these rooms have beautiful waxed oak parquet flooring, and the 4th has fitted woollen carpets. With a total floor area of around 110 m², you could create a beautiful private flat. The 2nd floor offers four children's or guest bedrooms with en suite bathrooms. The attic, accessible via a foldaway staircase, is an ideal storage area. The slate roof and chestnut beams are in excellent condition. 2. At the entrance to the park is the caretaker's cottage (or gîte for 4 people). It spans 110 m² on two levels: - Ground floor: a study, a large living room with an open-plan fitted kitchen, a sitting area with a fireplace, a toilet and a private 25 m² south-facing terrace. - First floor: two bedrooms and a spacious bathroom with bath, shower and WC. 3. At the far end of the grounds is the pavilion, the former stable which has been converted into a studio flat for two people: - large main room with fitted kitchenette, - shower room with walk-in shower, WC - private parking and terrace. This unit is accessible to PRMs. Technical and practical information Total renovation carried out in 2011. The three buildings are connected to the city's wastewater network Underground electricity cables and fibre-optic network No oil, no gas Heating - In the main house: air-water heat pump and reversible air conditioning - caretaker's house: reversible air conditioning - in the pavilion: electric underfloor heating Double glazing on the 2nd floor of the main house, the caretaker's cottage and the pavilion. Over-glazing on the 1st and ground floors of the main house Insulation on the 2nd floor of the main house, caretaker's cottage and pavilion: 30 cm of glass wool. Electric hot water is produced individually in each of the 3 buildings. Property tax: €4,300/year

In the Pays de la Loire region, 15 minutes from Laval, on over 16 ha, a striking 18th century listed castle, fully restored. A long driveway, bordered by trees and crossing the parkland’s grasslands and woods, leads from the village to the property. Entrance gates open on to a very wide courtyard, partially surrounded by a dry moat and laid out in front of the chateau’s regular, elegant facade. The outbuildings, set out around the courtyard, comprise stables, a dovecote, pigsties, a barn, a small corner pavilion, a caretaker’s cottage and, lastly, a chapel. A central parterre, displaying its original design, takes up a large section of the courtyard in front of the chateau. A copse of very old trees stands to one side. A regular, terraced, back garden, reached via granite steps, looks down on to the rear of the chateau. The first castle dated from medieval times. In the 16th century, its status was raised to that of a “châtellenie” (an officially recognised castle and its land). All that remains of these eras are the dovecote, the chapel as well as the castle’s two pavilions. At the beginning of the 18th century, these two pavilions were connected by a vast building. The chateau, the outbuildings and parklands underwent major restoration works in 2010. A good number of these features are now protected with French Historic Monument listing (by order dated 13 March 1989): the chateau and the chapel; the dovecote facades and roofs; the perimeter wall with its moat and its support walls; the facades and roof of the little, 18th century corner pavilion; the garden with its fencing and its towers as well as the shelter over the central well; the wood and, lastly, the large alleyways in the parklands. Nowadays economic activities, notably linked to culture and events, are held by the current owners. But the potential of the buildings, not all actually in use, and the existing parklands which extend over a total of more than 16 hectares, make it possible to envisage other development possibilities, especially as the town of Laval is near and Paris and Rennes are within easy reach.

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Stunning château with 17th and 19th origins last restored in the 1990's, this beautifully decorated and maintained chateau is full of elegance and character and has many authentic original features. The property enjoys dominating bucolic views over the beautiful surrounding countryside and is set in a park with magnificent ancient trees, box hedge gardens, flowering borders and a box hedge labyrinth. The chateau offers a total of 1400m² living space including 10 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 2 dining rooms, 2 reception rooms, library, 2 offices, 2 kitchens, and a butler's room. Charming 'Cour d'Honneur' (inner courtyard) with outbuildings including stables, tack room and workshop with a salt swimming pool in the centre. 2 bedroom guardian's cottage and 3 bedroom guest cottage with garage. Grounds of 26 hectares of parkland, gardens and orchards, and 3 wells. The property now sits unfurnished. There is also potential to create more living space in the main chateau and to convert the outbuildings. Conveniently located 20 minutes from Bergerac airport.

30km from Vendôme and 20km from Chateaudun, beautiful 16th century property, in a quiet area of 7 hectares (meadows, woods and lake). It is made up of old elements (terracotta tiles, beams, staircase, etc.), large living room of 67 m2 with tiled floors and fireplace, 7 bedrooms, one of which is on the ground floor with a shower room. Office, two large rooms to renovate, vaulted cellar, geothermal heating. Numerous outbuildings over 500 m2 (garage, workshop, barns). Virtual tour available.

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Beautiful 16th century property on the Cote Roannaise, comprising an elegant château and its outbuildings on 1.3 hectares of land. Covering an area of approx. 630 m², the château is on a human scale and immediately habitable. Beautiful reception rooms on the garden level, including a succession of elegant lounges, a dining room with superb wood panelling from a former château in St André d'Apchon and a living room with a recent, high-quality flagstone floor, in keeping with the style of the welcoming entrance vestibule. A pantry/laundry room links the formal dining room to the spacious main kitchen, which also has direct access to the courtyard. There are two toilets and a boiler room, as well as an additional kitchen for the south-east terrace. First floor: six bedrooms, four of which have en suite shower rooms. Bathroom and toilet. Second floor: five bedrooms and a large attic. An outbuilding attached to the chateau contains a cellar, several garages and, upstairs, a workshop and a T3 flat awaiting renovation, ideal for a caretaker-gardener or gîte rental. Attractive wooded parklands with fruit trees, ornamental trees, beautiful 11 m x 5 m swimming pool with double security (curtain wall and fencing) and ponds on either side of the elegant entrance gates. 15' from the A89 at St Germain-Laval (exit 32) / 1h10 from Lyon / 1 h from Clermont-Ferrand. Nearby shops in Lentigny and Villemontais or Roanne. This property benefits from an interesting historical traceability and offers you the opportunity to leave your mark on the history of this beautiful residence on the Cote Roannaise. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr A property offered exclusively by Mercure Rhône-Alpes / Forbes Global Properties.