House Maillot (89)

A 19th century, large, luxurious home, surrounded by parklands dotted with outstanding trees, in the middle of Sens.
Sens, an hour from Paris by train (Paris-Bercy station) or by road (A5/A6 motorway), is a town of art and history with a rich past linked to its status as an archbishopric. Saint-Étienne cathedral, the archbishop’s palace and the covered market are just some of the town’s outstanding monuments. The proximity of the Ile-de-France region makes Sens a dynamic town, with a rich economic fabric.
This property looks out over Les-Promenades and its vast open-space, planted with impressive trees. It is also near to all of the town’s amenities. The train station is just 10 minutes away.
This large, luxurious home, constructed in the 1870’s, is surrounded by its parklands, completely enclosed by walls. Once through the large wrought iron gates, a few stone steps, flanked by lawns, lead to the front door.
The sober and elegant, stone facade is adorned with moulding and has numerous openings. Its slate roof features soberly embellished roof dormers. A porch runs alongside the facade overlooking the south-facing parklands. The many French windows make this house easy to move around.
Magnificent, listed plane trees, hundreds of years old, take pride of place in the 3,000 m² of parklands.
The large, luxurious homeThis house spans approx. 320 m² of living space over two levels, constructed over cellars and under an attic floor.
Ground floor
A vast vestibule, paved with Burgundy stone featuring inlaid decoration and ornamental stone marquetry, provides access, on one side, to a study with its fireplace, followed by a vast bedroom, with a marble fireplace, illuminated via three windows and a French window. This bedroom, with its bathroom, its toilet and its dressing room, opens on to the porch. At the end of the vestibule, a large lounge, with a fireplace adorned with a trumeau mirror, has direct access to the terrace. It is followed by a dining room, with a marble fireplace, also adorned with a trumeau mirror. This room opens out on to the parklands via French windows. A pantry and a kitchen, with its old floor tiles and its door leading outside, complete this level with the vestibule, housing a stone stairway. All the reception rooms have herringbone pattern parquet flooring as well as decorative panelling and moulding.
First floor
A large landing, illuminated via a window, leads to a through corridor, providing access to three north-facing bedrooms, one of which has its own bathroom, and two south-facing bedrooms. All the bedrooms are very bright and are enhanced with parquet flooring. They have a wash-hand basin (one has a shower) and a fireplace. At the end of the corridor, a lounge-library features walnut wood panelling, adorned with mirrors, a fireplace and two south-facing windows. Opposite is a toilet. A stairway in one of the bedrooms goes up to the attic, the floor of which is laid with terracotta tiles.
Cellar
A stairway goes down from the vestibule to the cellars, the floor surface area of which corresponds to that of the upper floors. The cellars on the west side open on to the gardens. These vaulted cellars are used for several purposes: one is a wine cellar, another is tiled with a bar unit, others house machinery, including the boiler and the oil tank, and then there are miscellaneous storage areas for tools and utensils used in the garden and the house.