luxury real estate for sale Center, France (page 14)

A château and outbuildings with potential for 50 bedrooms, in the heart of the châteaux of the Loire Valley, 2 hours from Paris. Close to the surrounding walls, the property begins with its imposing 17th and 18th century château, which is extended by a 16th century wing with a chapel attached to it. The outbuildings, grouped around a vast shaded courtyard, consist of a large number of buildings which were either renovated or rebuilt in 1968. From the château, the view stretches first down into the grounds and then, beyond the surrounding wall, to the River Loire. To the side of the château, a vast grassy area extends into the woods, towards the ancient castle mound. There is a vast vegetable garden below. The grounds cover a total of 17 hectares.

To the east of Sologne, a long farmhouse on 4 hectares, with dwellings, outbuildings, garages, storage rooms, and an agricultural hangar. In a quiet area, the property is surrounded by woods and hedges without any overlooking views, invisible from the road, accessible via a forest path. The approximately 4 hectares of land are wooded and mainly grassy around the inhabited areas. The brick and half-timbered buildings, erected at the end of the 19th century, form a U-shape consisting of a main house and, on either side, two symmetrical buildings. One is a dwelling to be renovated and the other consists of storage rooms 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 would allow for the establishment of a professional activity or the residence of caretaker(s). The roofs are made of old flat tiles.This description has been automatically translated from French.

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 house with a garden and two garages in Tours, in France's Loire Valley, not far from the city centre. Set back from a calm street, the house is partly hidden by a magnolia. A gate in a rendered stone wall encloses a front court. An iron pedestrian gate framed between two brick pillars leads into the property. The house has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor in the roof space. Stone balusters run across the top of the facade. The rendered facade is punctuated with rectangular windows. A front flight of steps leads up to the entrance door. At the back, a garden stretches to a cul-de-sac that leads to two garages. Today, the house is divided into a ground-floor apartment, a first floor with two bedrooms, one of which has a bathroom and a lavatory and the other one of which has an adjoining office or walk-in wardrobe, and a second floor with two studio apartments. A basement extends beneath the building. The whole edifice could be turned back into a family home. Depending on your plans, a certain amount of renovation work would be required.

Located 1 hour and 30 minutes from Paris, at the edge of a village in the small Sologne region, there is a family château, surrounded by its outbuildings and a park of about 14 hectares. For 300 years, the château was part of the former fief of a family that built the current building in 1828. In 1855, the mayor undertook excavations on the site and uncovered Gallo-Roman remains, pottery, and a large quantity of coins dating from the 1st to the 4th centuries.At the entrance of the village, a small country road opens onto a long avenue of plane trees, which leads to a path covered by a forest canopy that gradually leads to the park planted with tall trees, at the center of which stands the château. A circular gravelled area allows vehicles to park.The building rises three levels high, with a main body flanked by two lateral pavilions. Facing east, the façade is animated by small-paned windows, equipped with solid wood shutters on the ground floor and wooden blinds on the first floor. The entrance door is distinguished by a glazed transom window. The roof is slate, and each pavilion, topped with a quadrilobate dormer, highlights the corner chain work through its projection. The château was built with stones that come from Burgundy. The façade and the gutters were restored in 1998.On the side, the outbuildings and the inner courtyard appear. A little away, a few beehives are visible. The park is mainly planted with multi-centennial trees, complemented by an orchard and vast meadows filled with wildflowers, bordered by a first-category river. The château overlooks the entire estate.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In Blois, at the top of a wooded park of nearly 7 hectares, a bourgeois house from the 18th century and its flowering garden. Set back from a little-used road, the property is sheltered behind a low wall and a white fence. Dated from the 18th century, flanked by its small wings of dependencies, the house evokes country cottages. It has a ground floor and an attic floor. The doors, windows, and dormers on the upper floor are framed with tuff-stone. The rest of the façade is plastered, and the slate roof was redone 10 years ago. On either side, the two wings include a press to the south and a cellar to the north. Their facades in stone are adorned with virgin vine while their roofs are covered with local flat tiles, contrasting with the house in the center. As is often the case in the region, the building has suffered from clay-related ground movements following the drought of 2018. In 2024, major structural work was therefore carried out, including the strengthening of the foundations by resin injection under the bearing walls and the installation of compression rods under the first-floor joists. A flower garden occupies the front of the lot. Two outbuildings are located at the back, including a garage facing the gate created for vehicle access. After the house, meadows descend to a winter stream and a country path. A large wooded parcel extends beyond.This description has been automatically translated from French.

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 68-hectare hunting ground with a comfortable house, a gîte, outbuildings and 23 hectares of lakes, tucked away in France’s Sologne province. You reach the property via a quiet road. An electric gate leads onto a forest driveway that takes you to the house. On the right, there is a gîte. From the road, you cannot see the house, which is hidden behind a heather brushwood hedge and broad-leaved trees. The specially designed house is an original construction with a ground floor and first floor. It was built in the 1970s with materials that are typical of France’s Sologne province. The dwelling faces west, looking out at a 17-hectare lake – an outdoor space that creates a unique atmosphere and provides soothing natural light. The roof is covered with old tiles. There is a third dwelling too – a long building that needs to be renovated and is set back on the hunting ground. The hunting ground is made up of moorland, lakes and forests. A 34-hectare wooded section of this hunting ground has a special French legal document for forestry (“Plan simple de gestion”) that describes, maps and schedules work on it. A tennis court completes the property. This tennis court has not been used for a long time and needs to be renovated.

In the center of Tours, between courtyard and garden, a 19th-century townhouse and its converted annexes. The building dates from 1850. Located on a one-way street, it is built over three levels, including a converted attic, on a cellar. To the west, on the street side, the facade made of light brick and tuffeau decorations features six rectangular openings. At the first level, they frame a double arched wooden carriage door and an opening with a triangular pediment supported by sculpted consoles. At the second level, protruding from the carriage door, a corbelled balcony with a wrought iron railing adds rhythm to the facade. It is complemented by a cornice with dentils and corbels, beneath a slate roof. At the third level, two dormer windows with curved arches punctuate the roof. On the garden side, the annexes are covered with wooden cladding, and the roofs are made of zinc and slate. The interior spaces are bright, with light wooden floors and white walls. The house at the back opens onto a landscaped courtyard with converted annex buildings and a small garden. A boiler room and two cellars occupy the basement.This description has been automatically translated from French.

Located 2.5 hours from Paris, in the land of Talleyrand, an entirely restored manor, its heated pool, and its garden. A poplar-lined driveway leads to the manor, surrounded by meadows and woods. Dated from the 15th century, it showcases the characteristic silhouette of typical Berry houses. The building rises over two levels, under a high roof of flat tiles. On one side, a square tower with a four-sloped roof has been recently erected, in keeping with the spirit of the main structure. On the opposite corner, a round tower topped with a pepper pot is original. A veranda connects the main body to a lower returning wing. The courtyard facade, plastered, is pierced with small window panes. A bay window with angled panes precedes the central door. The whole, currently operated as guest rooms, has been carefully restored. The pool adjoins a pavilion with a living room and kitchen, as well as a summer dining room. The park of about 1.3 hectares opens up to the surrounding countryside.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A manor with holiday cottages, reception rooms, all fully renovated, in landscaped grounds, 15 minutes from Blois, in the middle of the countryside. This vast complex of buildings, set in an enclosed park covering 8 hectares, has recently undergone a complete and high-quality restoration. The Renaissance manor, which is dominated by its staircase tower, has retained its original character. Set perpendicularly, there is a long series of outbuildings housing three holiday cottages. A barn has been converted into a reception room, as has a nearby modern, glazed greenhouse with a roof. Two other holiday cottages complete the considerable accommodation capacity of this property. The swimming pool to the rear is set in a fenced in area. Slightly further away, exhibition spaces have been created in glazed metal modules. They form a modern cloister, which could easily be repurposed, particularly for receptions. The grounds are partially enclosed behind high walls and towers, of which the walls are listed as a historical monument. The wooded grounds include shaded trails.

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.

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.

Located 1 hour and 30 minutes from Paris, in a village in the northern Loiret, a fully renovated character house, its garden, and its outbuildings. Built in the 19th century, in 1850, the property bears witness to an ancestral agricultural tradition, focused on vineyards and saffron. In the village, several homes with monumental doors evoke life from times past, before the rise of cereal and fodder crops. Access to the house, situated on a small square set back from the main street, is through one of these imposing porches or through a door that opens directly into the living house. The porch serves as a link between this house and two outbuildings, forming an L-shape on a plot of approximately 600 m². A small terrace, an enclosed garden with walls, and a perfectly functioning well complete the property. The facade was built with stone rubble joined with lime. Its wooden semicircular windows are placed on decorative columns topped with capitals. Approximately 180 m² in size, it is raised over two levels topped with attics under beams, shaping an L at one corner of the lot. A lower extension is occupied by a kitchen. The interior has undergone careful restoration in recent years to provide comfort and modernity, with home automation for heating and alarm, while preserving old elements: exposed stone and beams, stone fireplace, cast iron radiators.This description has been automatically translated from French.

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.

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.

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.

A property designed for events with two reception halls, a convertible barn and 2.5 hectares of grounds with lakes, 15 minutes from the town of Amboise in France’s Loire Valley. A country road runs through fields and forests to the hamlet where the property lies. The edifices here were once farm buildings. But over the course of the centuries they have been converted into dwellings. They include a former tithe barn that dates back to 1570. Indeed, this former tithe barn is a token of the hamlet’s origins. The country road first runs alongside a barn and past a vast parking area. It then leads to a gravel drive with a tree-dotted garden on one side and a lake on the other. In the property’s inner court, there is a first dwelling on one side and a second dwelling on another side. The former tithe barn extends the latter. This former tithe barn has been converted into a reception hall for 120 people. A few hundred metres away, another drive, closed with an iron gate, runs alongside a lake up to a building with a wooden frame and timber cladding. This building houses a second reception hall. It has an 80-person capacity and includes a kitchen and lavatory. Behind this second reception hall, there are three wooden chalets on a vast lawn. The property is rented out for events and accommodation. Its reservation schedule is usually full, booked up as much for summer gatherings as for end-of-year festivities.

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.

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.

A chateau made of tuffeau stone, with outhouses, a swimming pool, a tennis court and almost 4.5 hectares of grounds, just a few minutes from the city of Tours. From a narrow one-way road, an iron gate between two tuffeau stone pillars leads onto a driveway. This drive runs through a wood to a parking area beside a vast lawn. On one side stands the south-facing chateau. The first references to the edifice date back to the 15th century, but the chateau in its current form dates back to 1720. The chateau was severely damaged in the Second World War, but was later rebuilt. It is made of tuffeau stone. The edifice has a central main section with a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor in the roof space. This main section has a huge triangular pediment with a bull’s-eye window in the middle. It is crowned with a hipped slate roof. On the garden side, the roof has four arched dormers with volute ailerons. And on the other side, there are three gabled dormers facing the inner courtyard. On the south side, a flight of steps leads up to a broad terrace edged with finely crafted stone balusters. The east wing is made of rubble stone coated with rendering. It has a ground floor and a first floor in the roof space. The roof is a mansard slate roof. On its garden side, this roof is punctuated with dormers that are identical in style to those on the main section’s roof. On its courtyard side, it has two dormers with triangular pediments between two arched dormers. The other windows of the east wing are of different shapes and sizes and are fitted in tuffeau stone surrounds. A large covered entrance area with a paved floor leads to the inner courtyard. Opposite, there is a west wing: a single-storey structure made of tuffeau stone. Its facade is punctuated with three wooden double doors. This wing has a three-slope slate roof. At the back, the inner courtyard is framed between two wings. This outdoor space extends, over different levels, across a terraced garden up to two small towers: a chapel and a former dovecote. The grounds cover almost 4.5 hectares. They are dotted with trees of different varieties. Paths lead to the swimming pool and outhouses on one side and to a tennis court and a small log cabin on the other side. There are several bubble-like treehouses in the trees.

In Touraine, a longère and its outbuildings, to restore, on a wooded estate of 45 hectares with a pond. At the edge of a wood, a path leads to the house, hidden behind large trees. Facing south, the main facade is rendered, with stone chain work and a two-slope slate roof, pierced by four Jacobin dormer windows. The windows and French doors on the ground floor, fitted with small pane woodwork, are protected by wooden shutters. Two garages are closed by wooden doors, partly glazed on the upper part, topped with slate cladding. On the north side, ventilation dormers or dogs' dormers provide additional lighting. The interior is to be completely re-arranged. On the side, an outbuilding closes the courtyard. An old well is still visible. The estate covers about 45 hectares, mainly wooded, surrounded by neighboring fields. A 1.5-hectare pond occupies one end of the estate.This description has been automatically translated from French.

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 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.

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.