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Aux portes de Montrésor, l'un des plus beaux villages de France, ce manoir est au coeur de 20ha avec un étang, une ravissante chapelle et de nombreux communs. Cette propriété est un lieu de réception avec ses deux grandes salles d'une capacité de 80 à 110 personnes, toutes deux équipée d'une cuisine professionnelle.La maison principale et les communs font usage de gîtes avec une grande capacité de couchage. Le Manoir d'une superficie d'environ de 215 m2 est en très bon état avec au rez de chaussée, une cuisine équipée, une salle à manger avec cheminée et un salon avec cheminée. A l'étage 3 belles chambres avec une salle de bain et WC, et enfin au dernier étage deux chambres et une salle de douche. La longère dispose d'une grande pièce à vivre de 50m2 avec une cuisine ouverte, et de 3 chambres à l'éatge et une salle de douche et WC. Une magnifique chapelle consacrée en 1885, parfaitement restaurée avec des peintures qui racontent l'histoire de ce lieu enchanteur. La première salle de réception avec sa cuisine professionnelle, bénéficie d'un salon et de deux chambres et une salle de douche. Dans la seconde salle de réception également équipée d'une cuisine professionnelle, les combles sont aménageables en chambres additionnelles. Un immense garage complète ce bien.Un lieu idéal pour une activité de réception et de gîtes.

Ref.3912 : Magnificent chateau for sale 30 km from Chambord. This exceptional castle is built in the Grande Sologne region, on the border of the wine-growing Sologne, the bocage plateaus of the Touraine Méridionale and the Berry. It stands in the middle of a private and preserved forest that is not disturbed by any easement. A village offering the first services and shops of necessity is 5.5 km away. Romorantin-Lanthenay, capital of the Sologne region and a resource town (SNCF train station), is 16 km away. The towns of Blois and Vierzon are respectively 35 km and 45 km from the property and have excellent road and rail links as well as a wide range of services. Built at the end of the 15th century by the architect Jacques de Persigny for Lord Philippe du Moulin as a reward for having saved the life of King Charles VIII during the Battle of Fornoue in 1495, this castle has a quadriform plan, surrounded by a moat and flanked by circular towers at each of its corners. It consists of two buildings, the dwelling and the manor house, which are accessed by a drawbridge, now dormant, defended by an entrance gatehouse with a postern and flanked by two towers. THE LODGE : With a living area of approx. 420sqm, the dwelling is arranged around a central stairway situated in the square tower. It spans 5 stories as follows: Ground floor: lounge with monumental stone fireplace, painted beams, dining room with monumental sculpted stone fireplace, chapel, pantry with service stairway to the basement; First floor: bedroom with adjoining bathroom and wc, library, toilet and wc; On the 2nd floor: 2 bedrooms with monumental stone fireplace and adjoining bathroom or toilet and wc; On the 3rd floor: corridor leading to 3 bedrooms, one of which has a cathedral ceiling, storage room, bathroom with toilet, separate toilet; In the basement: dining room, kitchen, boiler room, pantry with service staircase. THE MANOR : The manor house, although it has retained certain defensive elements from the Middle Ages such as crossbars, machicolations and barbicans, is betrayed by the presence of mullioned windows and worked dormers, which characterise a Renaissance residence. It is distributed as follows: Ground floor: library with fireplace, stone slab floor, spiral staircase in the tower, guard room with monumental stone fireplace and pointed ceiling, boiler room in the corner tower; 1st floor: bedroom, toilet with WC, bedroom with en-suite bathroom, other room in the tower. Second floor: above the entrance châtelet only: bedroom with fireplace, bathroom and toilet in the right tower of the châtelet; 3rd floor: above the entrance châtelet only: bedroom with cathedral roof, bathroom and toilet in the right tower of the châtelet. The outbuildings face the entrance châtelet and form a U-shaped courtyard. They comprise : A half-timbered, polychrome brick caretaker's cottage with flat tiles comprising: dining room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, bathroom with toilet, another room with a single access from the outside. Above, attic with 3 rooms suitable for conversion. Basement under part. Water, electricity and heating by means of a wood-burning stove are present. A house known as the 'vegetable garden', built of bricks under tiles, comprising various rooms for storing equipment, vegetable store and garage. Attic above. Former stables with 6 stalls and a garage that could house several cars. Above, 9 bedrooms, most of which have a toilet, a bathroom. Electricity, water and heating are present in this building, but work will be necessary to make it habitable. Behind these 3 main buildings are : A building, housing fruit trees, a honey house and a laundry, adjoining the vegetable garden house. A laundry. An orangery. Harmoniously distributed around the castle, the grounds are mainly composed of forest and a few meadows that protect the site. Numerous paths and small private footpaths make it easy to stroll around. In the park, the vegetable garden with its numerous flowerbeds adds a more delicate dimension to the property. This beautiful ensemble perfectly illustrates the picture that is painted of our beloved Sologne as an undisputed reserve of biodiversity, which offers peace and serenity where one can escape in complete tranquillity between forests and waterholes. The whole, subject to a simple management plan, has a total surface area of almost 98.8 acres (40 hectares) in one piece, which is not disturbed by any easement. Cabinet LE NAIL – Loiret - Sologne – Mr Baudouin LE GRELLE: +33 (0)2.43.98.20.20

Beautiful volumes and an exceptional environment for this property within walking distance of the center of Amboise. Entrance hall leading to an A/E kitchen, dining room, 60m2 living room with patio and fireplace insert. Parental suite of 30m2, a bedroom, a studio that can be independent of almost 40m2. Upstairs, a bedroom, a TV lounge, a bathroom. Lots of storage space, bay windows in each room opening onto the terrace. Swimming pool heated, garage, workshop... Pleasant garden of more than 4000m2

Ref.3920 : French chateau for sale in the centre of France. This charming property is located on the border of the Indre and Cher departments, in the natural region of Berry, only 2h30 from Paris. It is built in a beautiful hilly and wooded environment out of sight. The main shops and services are 5.5 km (3 miles) away and Vierzon with its SNCF train station (Paris in 1.5 hours) is 15 minutes away. Motorway access is available in 10 minutes. Built at the beginning of the 19th century, this pleasant building consists of a central body flanked by two single-storey side pavilions. Two rectangular towers frame the building and give it a more substantial appearance. With a living area of approx. 575sqm, it is distributed as follows: On the ground floor: a vast entrance hall with a stairway and toilet, which leads to the right-hand side, a lounge (36sqm) with a ceiling height (HSP) of 3.66 m, a dining room (50sqm) (HSP 3 m), a kitchen and a scullery with a boiler room, storeroom and toilet. To the left is another lounge (3.45 m high) with adjoining study and in the tower a shower room and wc. On the first floor: 5 bedrooms, one of which is a master suite with its own anti bedroom, dressing room and bathroom/wc, 2 other bathrooms or showers and wc. On the second floor: a bedroom with its own shower room and wc, a large cinema or games room, a space with bathroom, sauna and hammam. The outbuildings are harmoniously distributed throughout the property and consist of : A guest house with open kitchen, living room and toilet. On the first floor, a bedroom with shower and toilet. This one is judiciously opened on the orangery which is used as a living room. Underfloor gas heating. In the extension a greenhouse with water, electricity and heating. A building facilitating the management of the property with a wood/mechanical workshop and storage. Above, a convertible attic. Adjacent to this, a shed housing 4 boxes with tack room, a henhouse and a garage for a tractor. Two sheds, one housing a garage and workshop, the other used for storage. The chateau is built in a magnificent park where nature is skilfully tamed. One finds there both the symmetry and the worked forms of the French park and the wilder and less rigorous aspect of the English park. This combination of landscapes, which extends over more than 19.76 acres (8 hectares), creates a theatre of greenery composed of boxwoods, water circuits, arched hedges, an English river and a rose garden, forming a veritable arboretum. A few meadows to let animals graze complete this ensemble, which is free of any rental. Cabinet LE NAIL – Loiret - Sologne – M. Baudouin LE GRELLE : +33 (0)2.43.98.20.20