seaside manor for sale Manche, France

In a village in Cotentin, by the sea, a manor, its outbuilding, and its 2-hectare park have been restored. In a hamlet a few hundred meters from the town, a small road runs along the low hedge of the property’s garden. In the distance, a turret topped with a slate roof watches over a white wooden gate. Once passed, a gravelled path runs alongside a bench wall topped with a gate. After a second gate, the path leads to the house and an inner courtyard. The house, made of exposed white stone, has two levels plus an attic, under a recently renovated slate roof crowned with tall chimneys. The facades are rhythmically spaced with regular bays, featuring consistent openings and restored white wooden shutters. A pediment adorned with cabbages and Renaissance heraldic figures is pierced by a window, decorated with a bracket and a coat of arms. The oldest part includes the remnants of a chapel of a 12th-century presbytery. The house consists on the garden level of an entrance, a kitchen and its service rooms, a dining room, two living rooms, a bedroom, and a bathroom; on the upper floor, a master bedroom, four other bedrooms, a shared bathroom, toilets, and a washroom; in the attic, a loft and two uninsulated rooms. The main building is extended by various more recent extensions. At the back, a volume punctuated with large windows is topped with stone balusters. A returned wing and outbuildings close off the inner courtyard. The latter houses a garage, a workshop, and storage spaces, while the upper floor is divided into two apartments and a large common lounge. The roof is slate. Beyond the courtyard, the land forms a large enclosed park of 2 hectares, comprising meadows, gardens, and vast lawns bordered by large trees of varied species planted in the 1950s. Around the house, the lawns, vegetable garden, and flower beds structure an ornamental garden that gradually opens onto the landscape.This description has been automatically translated from French.