manors for sale Hastings district of Caen, France

In Normandy, between Bayeux and Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, near to the beaches and main D-Day Landing sites, a 19th-century manor house, with an orangery, 16th-century stables and outbuildings, on 5 hectares of land, two of which can be built on with planning permission. A small country road heading to Port-en-Bessin-Huppain winds through the village of Commes and along the edge of the estate. The medieval style tower and Norman house built with stone and timbered framing on the one hand and the stone estate keeper’s house on the other hand act as a wall marking the entrance to the manor’s estate, which can be seen on the right. The west-facing orangery is slightly set back from the manor house itself. The estate is completed by the stables at the rear of the plot. The manor house has three storeys, including an attic, and is made of rubble stone. The harmony and symmetry around the grand entrance on the main façade, which is split into three sections, is what characterises the overall architecture. The gabled roof in natural Spanish slate has three fancifully shaped gable dormers topped by a pinecone decorative feature. This symmetry can also be seen in the way the façade is punctuated with rectangular, ashlar-framed stone cross-windows illuminated by stained glass in a range of colours and shapes. In the middle of the ground floor, the double entrance door stands in an arched opening dotted with many architectural features. The entrance is framed on each side by a narrow window as well as a buttress and is topped by triangular terminal, supported by two columns, adorned by a pinnacle on which there is a statue of a guard dog holding a coat of arms depicting the date of the most recent renovation in 1900. The more complex rear façade can be seen from the road. At the corner stands a square tower that is the same height as the manor house. There is also a semi-hexagonal tower, topped with crenelations, in which there is an entrance door.

A 16th-century manor house and its wooded garden in the Suisse Normande region, 15 minutes from Falaise. Opposite the imposing 12th-century church of Saint-Martin, a wrought-iron gateway adorned with fine lance-point balusters and flanked by a Caen stone pillar topped by a gendarme opens onto a tree-lined driveway. A courtyard and terrace surround the manor house, which has an adjoining outbuilding on one side. On the opposite side, a gate leads to the back of the property and the garden planted with hundred-year old trees.

Between Caen and the sea, Deauville Sotheby’s International Realty, exclusively offers you this stately mansion from the end of the 16th century inherited from the Lord of Rubercy, Jacques 1er de Baillhache, who had this work enclosed by walls and a double ditch built. The elegant Baillehache pavilion, with its high pyramidal roof and slender chimneys, borders the 'King's path' which even in Caen and by the sea. Entrance to the mansion is through a magnificent solid wood door and leads into the reception hall with high ceilings. The ground floor, bathed in light through large triple-glazed windows, offers a beautiful contemporary fitted and fitted kitchen and its wood stove, a dining room with its Caen stone and travertine fireplace, a library with fireplace and a splendid living room of more than 50 m² with parquet floor and its mass stove and heated floor. A spectacular stone staircase and vaults leads us halfway to an office to be finished, then on the first floor a master suite with bathroom (under development) and dressing room, a bedroom with shower room, a bathroom and another bedroom. The second floor offers a large room of 45 m² that can be converted into a bedroom, game room or home cinema. The attic of more than 100 ² on the ground could be done up. A stone staircase with independent access leads to an apartment with a small living room, a bedroom and a bathroom and a large room that can also be transformed into an apartment. The outbuildings offer the old convertible stables of 400 m², the old barn of 700 m² and an old press with its original wheel on a park of nearly one hectare. Spectacular architecture, permanent light, beautiful high ceilings, large rooms, grounds enclosed by Caen stone walls and a park of nearly one hectare make this property a unique and rare place.