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Between Pacy sur Eure and Anet, magnificent 14th and 15th century Maison du Bailly, here hovers the shadow of Henri II and Diane de Poitiers, Henri IV and Sully. The first-rate renovations have not taken away the authenticity of the place, the architectural and decorative testimonies of these buildings through the centuries. In a seigniorial spirit, in peace, here a place of peaceful life, out of sight and well protected behind its enclosure. The converted and decorated outbuildings open up multiple possibilities to future buyers, such as guest rooms or commercial activities. come quickly, it's a real opportunity. Seller's fees - COMPTOIR IMMOBILIER DE NORMANDIE - Gilbert GENESTE - 06 61 19 05 67 - EI Sales agent RSAC No 380 973 909 - City of the registry: EVREUX - More information on www.cin.immo.com (ref. 14962 ) Marie NGUYEN - 07 77 96 31 87 COMPTOIR IMMOBILIER DE FRANCE - Plus d'informations sur cif-immo.com - « Les informations sur les risques auxquels ce bien est exposé sont disponibles sur le site Géorisques : www.georisques.gouv.fr »

L'Adresse Immobilier Chartres offers you in EXCLUSIVITY this superb modern architect-designed house, a true haven of peace by the river, combining design, comfort, and nature.Ideally located in a calm and green environment, close to the train station, with quick access to Paris Montparnasse (55 min) and Versailles (35 min), as well as the shops of Saint-Piat.The property's strengths:- Contemporary architecture with spacious, light-filled volumes,- Recent renovations, high-end fittings, and careful decoration,- Large bay windows offering an unobstructed view of the heated pool (11 m x 3.50 m, heat pump),- Wooden terrace, ideal for moments of relaxation and conviviality,- Private pontoon on the river with direct access for a boat or paddleboard.The house offers 4 bedrooms, including a spacious suite with two office spaces, perfect for remote work. It features two bathrooms, one with an Italian shower, two toilets (on the ground floor and upstairs), a utility room, as well as numerous storage options, including a large closet at the entrance. A loft covering the entire area of the house completes the ensemble.For parking, you will benefit from a carport for two vehicles, a large paved parking area, a charging point for electric vehicles, and a remote-controlled gate.A heart-stopping house where elegance and serenity meet, while remaining close to amenities and transport.Contact L'Adresse Immobilier Chartres now to arrange a visit and discover this exceptional property.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A renovated farmyard and its outbuildings, with 9 hectares of pastures and woods in the Touraine region. From a local road, a drive leads to the farmyard, which, built at the end of the 19th century, was renovated and overlooks the small valley. The buildings are primarily situated around a square landscaped courtyard and include: the main dwelling, a furnace room, a holiday cottage adjacent to the barn, a former sheepfold and an annexe dwelling that closes off the courtyard. Two outbuildings are also within immediate proximity: a bakehouse to the south and an agricultural storage building to the north, while the entrance gate, located in the south-eastern corner of the property, opens onto a gravel parking area. The main dwelling is oriented east-west, and all the buildings have pointed stonework walls, dressed tuffeau stone window and door surrounds and flat tile or slate roofs. All around, the tree-filled garden provides views of the property’s pastures and wooded areas, while the whole, contiguous property extends over 9 hectares in all.

A restored former hunting lodge from the 17th century and its immense outbuildings, surrounded by woods and a garden, over more than 3 hectares in the Loiret department. Along the edge of the small town, within a landscape scattered with woods, meadows, farmland and forests, the property overlooks the valley and is accessible via a private lane. The site, with approximately 3.5 hectares, is entirely enclosed by walls, while, sheltered from the wind, the outbuildings and former hunting lodge are located around an immense rectangular and verdant interior gravel courtyard. In addition, a cobblestone patio, partially enclosed by walls, is hidden behind a row of conifers and surrounds the 5 x 11-metre swimming pool. As for the hunting lodge, it was built in the middle of the 17th century and then later reorganised in the 18th and 19th centuries, at which time the barns were refurbished as well. Featuring woods of approximately 1.9 hectares, as well as a grassy and tree-filled garden, surrounded by hedges, a wide entrance and wrought-iron pedestrian doors provide access to the property’s courtyard and garden.

To the east of Sologne, a long farmhouse on 4 hectares, with residences, outbuildings, garages, sheds, and an agricultural hangar. In a quiet location, the property is surrounded by woods and hedges with no overlooking neighbors, invisible from the road, accessible via a forest path. The approximately 4-hectare area is wooded and primarily grassy around the inhabited zones. The brick and timber-framed buildings, erected at the end of the 19th century, form a U-shape comprising a main house and, on either side, two symmetrical buildings. One is a living space to renovate, and the other consists of sheds and garages. The whole forms a coherent estate, open to the forest. At the entrance of the property, a large agricultural hangar with an apartment could accommodate a professional activity or the residence of caretakers. The roofs are covered with old flat tiles.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A grand 18th-century house with an outbuilding and garden, nestled 25 minutes from the town of Vendôme, in France’s Centre Val de Loire region. The house has a courtyard and a garden on an enclosed plot that covers around 5,000m². From a village road on one side of the property, a metal gate leads onto a path that takes you to the main court and the outbuilding, which stands in the grassy, tree-dotted garden. In front of the house, there is a second court with vegetation. It faces one of the village’s squares. The main court faces north and south and the pavilion, at a right angle to the house’s main section, looks westwards. The stone elevations are coated with rendering. All the home’s windows are set in surrounds of red brickwork. The hipped roofs are covered with slate tiles, except for one of the outbuilding’s roof slopes, which is covered with flat tiles. The imposing dwelling has kept the attributes that make it typical of classic upper-middle-class houses of its time. Its reception rooms are adorned with mouldings, fireplaces and chevron parquet.

A 15th-century house listed as a historical monument with a timber-framed facade of masterfully carved beams, nestled in the historical heart of Blois, opposite the city’s cathedral. The centuries-old house – “La Maison des Acrobates” – is listed as a historical monument. It is doubtless the oldest civil dwelling that still stands in the heart of Blois. It combines timber-framed architecture with expressive sculptures and subtle symbolism. Its remarkable facade of wooden beams with cob filler and brick is typical of the 15th century. There is a ground floor, two upstairs floors with corbelling and a third floor in the roof space. A spiral staircase links the levels together. Apart from the top floor, each level is taken up by a single room. On the ground floor, there is, on one side, a large front window – the token of a former shop here. And on the other side, there are two studded wooden entrance doors: one leads straight to the house and the other one leads to a corridor that takes you to the neighbouring house at the back. Small-paned casement windows, probably enlarged in the 18th or 19th century, bring natural light into the upstairs floors. On the third floor, two gabled dormers frame a hipped dormer, which is bigger, upon a slate roof. The back windows look out at the court of a neighbouring townhouse.

A 16th-century, three-storey house, exuding understated elegance, in the historical city centre of Orléans. The house was built in the 16th century on a street next to the Orléans Cathedral. Over the years, shops, taverns and neighbourhood boutiques have been transformed into dwellings, while the street on which the house stands was one of the first streets in Orléans to be paved and pedestrianised. Today, you can park a vehicle beneath the cathedral, less than 50 metres away. As for the rectangular dwelling, which stands on the corner and is topped with a slate gable roof, it has kept its original architecture and features four storeys over a vaulted cellar. Facing east and north, its understated and partially asymmetrical exteriors are covered in plaster with ashlar stone window/door surrounds and quoins, whereas an old wooden door and rectilinear windows, in an array of sizes, fitted with colourful stained glass or small panes, cadence the first three floors of the dwelling.

1 hour and 15 minutes west of Paris, between Chartres and Rambouillet, a restored 17th-century village house and its enclosed garden. The street-facing facade, made of dressed stone, limestone rubble, and flint, is two stories high under a gabled roof with flat tiles, pierced by a hanging dormer. Invisible from the street, another zinc roof extends over the rest of the house. Two openings protected by green wooden shutters punctuate the facade on the elevated ground floor, sheltered from view due to the slope of the street. A small semicircular wooden door leads directly to a vaulted double cellar, while another, larger, oak-panelled door conceals a small walled garden where the entrance to the house is found.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A 12th century castle, remodelled in the 19th century, with 25 ha in the heart of the Loir Valley countryside, north of Tours. This estate is in a wild, wooded setting, with a view over the surrounding countryside. It is reached via two driveways, one reserved for visitors and the other for tradespeople. The first is a long avenue, with woods and meadows on either side. It is barred halfway along by gates, flanked by tall pillars, and is dotted with old streetlamps, lighting the way to the entrance courtyard in front of the castle, with the keep looking on. It precedes the old chapel, the top section of which is now converted into a bedroom, followed by a house that could be used as a caretaker’s cottage and, lastly, the castle. Driveways lead from the entrance courtyard to the rear where there are carparks and meadows, delimited by hedges. A pathway gives access to the south-facing, swimming pool area, surrounded by safety fencing and partially enclosed by old walls. A driveway goes down on the west side to the outbuildings, comprising an annexe house and its small outbuildings, a 350 m² building, with an area given over to physical well-being on the ground floor, a barn and its workshop, a building housing five horse loose boxes and a tack room, and another building that could take cars, although it is currently fitted with six horse loose boxes. Meadows beyond the outbuildings could accommodate horses. Woods border the property.

One hour west of Paris, on the border of Eure and Yvelines, there is an impressive contemporary manor and its garden spanning over 1 hectare. Built at the center of the park, at the end of a path lined with apple trees, the residence consists of a main body and two asymmetrical wings returning at right angles. Raised over two levels and flanked by two square towers, the dwelling is punctuated by numerous windows and dormer windows. The building is organized around a courtyard paved with large slabs, where a heated swimming pool has been set up. The roofs are made of flat tiles, topped with glazed ceramic finials representing animals. These ornaments come from the potteries of Mesnil-de-Bavent, a renowned Norman factory. The façades are made of fieldstone, enhanced with Vosges sandstone around the window frames and at the corners, while the gutters and downspouts are made of copper. Some of the construction materials come from the old farmhouse that once occupied this land: the stones, tiles, and framework have been salvaged, sorted, and reused. The north wing includes a barn of about 100 m², with an automatic door. In the garden, near the bank, a brick house of about 50 m², raised over two levels, currently serves as a storage place.This description has been automatically translated from French.

Between Tours and Vendôme, a fully renovated former mill, with outbuildings and 1.3-hectare tree-filled grounds. From the centre of the village, a narrow street leads to the property. There are two entrance gates, one to the front and one to the rear of the buildings. The first opens onto a parking area and a car port where two vehicles can be parked. A drive runs through part of the grounds, through which the River Brenne flows, and leads around the former mill to a patio enclosed by a wooden fence with a gate in front of the building, which is made up of two edifices and was built with rubble stone covered with rendering. The different sized windows have brick frames, which is typical of the region, and the large patio doors on the ground floor let light stream generously into all the rooms. A former lean-to standing against the gable end has been transformed into a summer kitchen and is glazed on three sides. Five bedrooms and a vast office space are spread over the first two floors. The attic level forms a single room and the whole building has recently been fully renovated. Next to the mill, an outbuilding with a bread oven could be converted, as could the brick outbuilding alongside the narrow street. Opposite the mill, a barn is used for storing gardening material and also serves as a workshop. The banks of the mill race have been planted with flower beds and the grounds are very well kept, with a variety of trees, a range of landscaped spaces, lawns and a vegetable garden.

Just 1 hour and 30 minutes from Paris, in the small Sologne region, an old wine estate has been redeveloped within an 1.8-hectare park overlooking the vineyards. The access to the property is preceded by vast expanses of forests, ponds, and vineyard plots. The estate, located on a gentle hill, overlooks the vineyards. Three distinct entrances marked by double gates lead to the main house, the park, and the outbuildings. A driveable path gradually ascends towards the houses through the well-kept park, planted with tall stems of various and colorful species, revealing some resting areas with seating and ornaments, vases, and stone statues. The main house is bordered by a stone terrace on its north façade. Small brick walls delineate floral flowerbeds. Close to the wine cellar, there stands an old icehouse buried under vegetation. A delicate place that offers breathtaking views of the surrounding countryside. Several outdoor locations, covered with stone paving, allow for full enjoyment of the site.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A charming village dwelling with an interior courtyard, farmhouse and garden, along the banks of a river, in a lively village not far from the chateau of Chambord . Located in the middle of a village, but well enough set back in order to be immersed in total peace and quiet, the property, enclosed by old walls and hedges, is sheltered from view and completely invisible from the street. Turned towards its interior courtyard with an annexe farmhouse, followed by a garden, which descends towards the Beuvron, the famous river of Sologne, the house is accessible either directly from the street or via a pathway – with a deed of easement – through the next-door property, which leads to the interior courtyard. As for the main dwelling, with a floor area of approximately 192 m², it is built out of stone and covered with an old tile roof, while the courtyard, with nearly 400 m², includes several annexe buildings, such as a woodshed, storage rooms, a climate-controlled wine cellar, as well as a farmhouse with approximately 110 m² that faces a landscaped garden. It should be noted that all of the buildings are in excellent condition and still bear many of their ancient decorative details. In addition, another building, located on the other side of the street and facing the main dwelling, is large enough to accommodate several vehicles, while an upstairs floor of approximately 60 m², awaits its reconversion.

On the edge of the Brenne natural park, a hunting enclosure of 240 hectares, with a pavilion to renovate, a farm, woods, ponds, and fields. From a departmental road, a drive leads to the domain's gate. Once passed, the path continues through the woods to reach the hunting pavilion and the farm, with a guardian's house further on. The facades of the various buildings are made of rendered stone, with straight or arched openings, and roofs made of flat or mechanical tiles, with two, three, or four slopes. The ponds are scattered throughout the property and the cultivated fields are grouped in the same area.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In Touraine, on a wooded estate of 45 ha with a pond, a long house to restore, and its outbuildings. At the edge of a wood, an avenue leads to the house, hidden behind large trees. Facing south, the main facade is rendered, with stone chainings and a two-sided slate roof, pierced by four Jacobin dormer windows. The ground floor windows and French doors, framed with small-paned joinery, are protected by wooden shutters. Two garages are closed off with wooden doors, partially glazed at the top, topped with slate cladding. On the north side, ventilation dormers or doghouse windows provide additional lighting. The interior needs complete reorganization. On the side, an outbuilding closes the courtyard. An old well is still visible. The estate covers approximately 45 ha, primarily wooded, surrounded by neighboring fields. A 1.5 ha pond occupies one end of the estate.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A renovated 15th-century manor, with an outbuilding and 1.5-hectare grounds, located near the birthplace of Ronsard in the Loir River Valley. Dating from the Renaissance, the property, neither a national or regional historical monument, is currently located in a protected area and originally formed a hamlet with the surrounding enclosed properties. From a small country lane, a drive leads to one of the property’s five separate entrances. Once past the main entrance, there is a small pavilion, which was converted into a guesthouse, followed by the two-storey, rectangular manor house. Originally from the 15th century, its central building is topped with a local tile gable roof and punctuated by tall cross-windows. Flanked on one side by a stairway tower with a modillion frieze and a slate roof, on the manor’s other gable end, stands a more modest one-storey building topped with an ancient tile roof. With plaster-coated walls, the manor is decorated with an ashlar stone cornice under the eaves as well as tuffeau stone window and door surrounds. In addition, the frames for the house’s single- or double-glazed cross-windows have all been replaced and are safeguarded by interior shutters. Behind the house, 14 cellars have been hollowed out of the hillside, some of which once contained mushroom beds of varying depths. According to local legend, they also once communicated with the nearby Possonnière manor house where Pierre de Ronsard was born. Lastly, the property’s grounds also include a formal garden, an Italian-inspired garden, a landscaped garden, pinewoods, a dry riverbed and a pasture.

In a village 30 minutes from Tours, a master house, its garden, and its numerous outbuildings. Located on one of the village's main streets, the residence made of tuffeau is built over two levels plus an attic. On each side, an iron gate gives access to a grassy space on one side, and to a passage under a stone balustrade terrace leading to a courtyard lined with many workshops; then to the garden on the other side. Facing north-south, the street-facing façade is pierced with tall windows that illuminate the reception rooms on the ground floor and the bedrooms on the first floor. Marble fireplaces, ceilings adorned with rosettes, woodwork, and parquet floors have been preserved. Extending from the building in an L-shape, a building raised to one floor in the attic divides into a room to be restored with a room on the upper floor and a large workshop with three tiled rooms, accessible from the courtyard. The garden then extends, bordered on one side by three other outbuildings housing two workshops and an open garage, and on the other by a stone wall against which a tuffeau shed is built.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A renovated village house with authentic charm, a guesthouse and a tree-dotted garden full of flowers, nestled in the south of France’s Touraine province. The property’s two houses share a courtyard and garden on a walled plot that covers around 1,100m². From a village road that runs alongside the main house, a low wooden gate leads onto a drive that takes you to a courtyard between the two dwellings. From a village square, a second gate, which is tall, made of wrought iron and framed between tuffeau stone pillars, leads onto a gravelled driveway that takes you into the garden. The different buildings are separate from one another. They face east and west. There is a main dwelling, a guesthouse and a small outbuilding. Exposed stonework forms the elevations, dressed tuffeau stone forms the window and door surrounds and flat tiles cover the roofs. Each building has a terrace. In front of the guesthouse, there is a lush lawn embellished with many clusters of flowering plants and dotted with trees.

In Touraine, a 16th-century manor rehabilitated by J.-B. Astier de Villatte, along with its guest house, ornamental garden, and swimming pool. Accessible through a large oak door leading to a paved courtyard, the house is built of tuffeau over three levels, topped with a gabled roof of tiles and flanked on its east side by an imposing staircase tower. Built in the 16th century on older foundations, the residence underwent a complete rehabilitation at the end of the 2000s by Jean-Baptiste Astier de Villatte. The volumes have been rethought, while some openings have been modified or created to refine the perspectives and light inputs. The walls, plastered with lime, are punctually covered with enamel tiles, a signature of the decorative architect. The French-style ceilings, painted and delicately floral, converse with terracotta tiled floors, with shapes and patterns specifically designed for each room. Custom oak joinery is created, while furniture is designed, manufactured, and installed specifically for the space. At the rear of the house, on the garden side, a large tuffeau barn, topped with a slate roof, opens at the end of a paved stone path from Chauvigny. The restoration here is decidedly contemporary, with large volumes bathed in light thanks to wide openings with metal frames. The floors are laid with tomettes and the doors and frameworks are in oak. Between the two bodies of buildings, a classic-inspired garden structures the perspectives. It is planted with cypress trees, olive trees, rose bushes, and fruit trees. It organizes the transition to a relaxation space between the terrace, pool, and lawn. The property also includes two vaulted cellars, a well, and two outbuildings.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A stately 18th-century property with outbuildings, a swimming pool and landscaped grounds, in a residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Tours. Nestled within a residential neighbourhood in a town along the banks of the Cher, the dwelling is situated on carefully maintained landscaped grounds of nearly 4,500 m², planted with plenty of trees and flowers, which includes a large covered patio, swimming pool, greenhouse and two outbuildings. From the street, the property is accessible via a wrought-iron gate supported by two stone pillars, which opens onto a gravel drive that runs alongside part of the grounds and one of the dwelling’s wings, in the direction of the two outbuildings used for vehicle parking. As for the U-shaped, two-storey dwelling, composed of an 18th-century central building framed by two wings, it surrounds, in the back, a grassy courtyard, scattered with pruned box trees, and accessible via an opening flanked by two tuffeau stone pillars on either side, which are then extended by low stone walls. With tall rectangular, small-paned windows, the house’s tuffeau stone exteriors are topped by a slate gable roof, which is, in turn, crowned by gable dormer windows, whereas its eastern wing includes a large picture window, in the same style, as well as several additional rectangular windows. Last, but not least, the dwelling’s interior has been well conserved with hardwood floors, fireplaces, wood panelling and tuffeau stone walls, while the eastern wing’s gable end has been converted into a garage, the plaster-coated rubble stone exterior of which is accessible via wooden double doors.

On the outskirts of Amboise, in a dominant position, a 17th-century manor, its outbuildings, and its park of 2.5 hectares. The manor and its park, supported by powerful retaining walls, overlook the Loire Valley. Access by car is through a monumental gate. Built in the 17th century and modified in the 19th century, the main house is preceded by a courtyard. Located in the northwest corner, the building occupies an L-shaped plan, with each wing extended by a pavilion slightly projecting. The whole is raised over two levels, topped by a mansard roof illuminated by dormer windows. The façades, rendered and adorned with stone corner chains, are pierced by large openings, protected by shutters. A few bull's-eye windows punctuate the façade. On the garden side, the openings are flanked by solid shutters or fitted with bars. The roof of the central wing is made of fibrociment, while that of the side pavilions is made of slate.In front, a set of outbuildings is backed against the rock that gave its name to the estate. A French garden extends from a terrace to a pleasure pavilion. The rest of the park has a rural atmosphere, with a pasture overlooked by a wooded area.This description has been automatically translated from French.

Just 20 minutes from Tours and a few kilometers from a sought-after town, an 18th-century longhouse and its outbuildings, on nearly 5 hectares of land. A path leads to the property between meadows and wooded areas, away from other homes but close to two lively towns. A long tree-lined driveway crosses a meadow to the barn's porch. The longhouse then reveals itself, behind a vast green courtyard that serves three buildings. A typical construction of the Touraine region, the main house, made of rubble under a tiled roof pierced with dormer windows, is raised over two levels. The spacious reception rooms on the ground floor have retained their original features, while four bedrooms and two bathrooms occupy the attic. A guest house includes two rooms and a shower room. A barn is divided into two spaces.This description has been automatically translated from French.

20 minutes to the east of Tours, a former outbuilding, transformed into a pleasant family home with a garden. An iron gate opens from the street onto a gravelled parking area that leads up to the courtyard in front of the entrance to the house on one side and to the garden at the foot of the slope on the other side. This former outbuilding has been fully transformed and was enhanced by an extension in 2005. While outside only the brick window frames and a part of the building pay witness to its past, inside the partially exposed stone walls are well-preserved and combine with modern architecture. It has been designed as a family home, with six bedrooms ready to welcome new occupants, large west-facing windows and a vast reception room that opens onto the garden. There are three cellars in the hill slope and a flight of steps leads to a wooded area at its summit.

In the Berry countryside, a 16th-century manor surrounded by moats and its 22-hectare estate. From a small country road, a private driveway leads to the property, which is set away from any immediate neighbors. The house gradually reveals itself amidst meadows and ancient trees, including a towering hundred-year-old cedar. Dated from the 16th century and rising two levels topped with attics, the manor is built of coated masonry, reinforced at the corners and around the openings by frames made of barite stone, extracted from nearby quarries. The building is flanked by two towers. The entire structure is crowned with a steep roof covered with flat tiles for the main house and slate for the four-sided tower. The other tower, circular, rises two levels and is topped with a conical slate roof. Many openings are protected by painted wooden shutters. To the south and west of the manor, four outbuildings with simple volumes and two-pitched tile roofs recall the estate's former agricultural vocation. Two of them are converted into housing and a guesthouse, while the other two are used as storage or workshops. The entire manor is surrounded by moats, some of which still hold water. The estate covers approximately 22 hectares in one piece, consisting mainly of meadows, a nearly 6-hectare wood, and a pond.This description has been automatically translated from French.