HouseParon (89)

Price :

$657,000

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Surface238 m²bedrooms7 land4.9 ha

A former chapel that was converted into a family home in 1950, located on the site of a miracle and over the vestiges of a monastery. The chapel was built on nearly 49,370 m² of land, a large portion of which is located on the hillside, which ensures that the property’s unobstructed views will last in perpetuity. With two entrances, the property is accessible via an initial double gate, which opens onto a drive bordered by lime trees. This drive leads to the former chapel that has been converted into a dwelling, as well as a cottage, the whole encircled by a garden, one end of which provides a panoramic view of the city. In addition, there is a second double gate, a little further below, which opens onto a drivable track leading to the garage and covered swimming pool, located in an immense former greenhouse that has been divided in two, not far from which stands a woodshed.
A deconsecrated site of worship with a slender silhouette that has conserved its bell tower with its pointed, tented roof, the main building, built out of plaster-coated rubble stone, has three storeys over a crypt and is topped with a steep slate gable roof, which is, in turn, punctuated by skylights. With arched small-paned windows and doors topped with glazed fanlights and safeguarded by white wooden louvred shutters, the dwelling is accessible via a natural flagstone forecourt. On the bell tower side, which crowns one of its gable ends, the building is extended by a pointed stone wall incrusted with stained glass windows inserted into rounded stone niches, vestiges of the former monastery. On the other side, a forepart, topped by a small patio protected by a stone balustrade and accessible from the first floor, contains a conservatory that provides panoramic views of the city, traversed by the Yonne River, as well as the surrounding countryside.