manors with pool for sale Chateau-gontier, France

Ref.4343 : Beautiful french manor house for sale in Pays de la Loire This property is located in Mayenne, in the former historic province of Anjou, on the borders of Brittany and not far from Maine. In the heart of the countryside, the immediate surroundings are pastoral and wooded. A small, historic, medieval town provides services just a few kilometres away. A leisure/camping centre with a 123– acre (50-hectare) lake offering a wide range of activities is just 15 minutes away by car. This former 16th-century manor house, strategically located on the border with Brittany, served as a collection centre for the gabelle tax. At the time, the seigneury included around ten farms and covered more than 247 acres (100 hectares). Today, it is a pleasant residence, extended by a dwelling in the 19th century. The building is built of rubble stone, covered with ochre-coloured rendering. The window surrounds are of tufa stone or brick, and the quoins are of red stone. The whole building is covered in slate. The house is built east-west. The interior of the manor house is accessed via a doorway topped with an accolade and fireplaces. The total floor surface area is approx. 540sqm and comprises 2 sections that are as much interconnected as they are independent: the manor house and the dwelling. THE MANOR HOUSE (285 sqm) : Ground floor: entrance hall (16sqm), 2 lounges (33 and 36 sqm), kitchen (23 sqm), boiler room, pantry and toilet; the whole is laid out around a magnificent wooden spiral staircase in Gothic style. 1st floor: master bedroom (35sqm) with shower and bathroom, dressing room and toilet, recreation room (26.5 sqm), bedroom (23 sqm), shower room and toilet. 2nd floor: 2 bedrooms (20 sqm each) and shower room with toilet. The interior of the manor house is typical of its era and has retained its defensive features. Thick walls with several openings, exposed beams and joists, terracotta floors and monumental fireplaces. THE DWELLING (255 sqm) : Ground floor: en suite: games room with staircase and wc, access to covered swimming pool (9x4m heated by heat pump), dining room, kitchen, small sitting room with staircase, 2 bedrooms, 2 shower rooms with wc. First floor: 4 bedrooms, 4 shower rooms with wc. This part of the house, which dates back to the 19th century, has been perfectly fitted out for entertaining. It has plenty of sleeping capacity and shower rooms in good condition. The adjoining rooms bring this part of the house to life, as they communicate perfectly with each other. It's easy to imagine the conviviality that reigns here, moving from one living room to another without having to push a door open. The property has been completely restored since it was handed down in 2 campaigns of work; first the farmhouse in the 2000s, then the manor house in 2006-2007. The two parts are independent in terms of heating, electrical system, sanitary facilities and water supply. The property as a whole offers good accommodation capacity, which can be used on a day-to-day basis as well as occasionally during the year for entertaining guests. The work that has been carried out is of a very high standard. The restoration work carried out by the current owners some twenty years ago was carried out in its entirety and with great care. The original architectural quality has been respected and even enhanced. To the south-east of the property is a slate-roofed outbuilding. It comprises two rooms of 90 and 40sqm, used as a shed and garage; close to the dwelling a building with two garage spaces; to the west of the manor house, 2 buildings, probably former pigsties, with slate roofs. The entire property is surrounded by hedges. Some of the trees that make up the park have been planted by the current owners, and the vegetation is beautiful and starting to grow. There are oaks, lime trees, chestnut trees and many fruit trees. The green setting around the property provides a pleasant area for maintenance. There is an orchard to the south of the property and a chestnut grove to the north. Well in the grounds. The total surface area is 3.47 acres (1 ha 40 a 76ca).

A 17th century manor house and its 25 ha estate on the banks of the Mayenne . From a small road leading along the picturesque banks of the river to Château-Gontier, a gate provides access to the stately almost 400 m long driveway of the property, bordered by a double row of tulip trees. A courtyard and two formal rectangular gardens face the manor house to the south. To the east flows the river Mayenne. To the west, the wooded hillside gently slopes down. To the north, there are a technical building and a garage, farm buildings, a stream, woodlands and ponds. The property is unoverlooked.

To the south of Mayenne, in the bocage, a 16th-century manor house and its outbuildings on 6 hectares. A tree-lined path winds through the park of the estate leading to a courtyard serving the manor situated on the hillside, offering a wide view of the surrounding countryside from which the steeple of a church stands out in the distance. Built from exposed stone with lime render, it consists of two main buildings connected by an external staircase tower topped with a pepper pot. The building includes a garden level that opens to the south, a ground floor accessed from the courtyard, a first floor, and a second floor under the eaves. The slate roof is gabled. Two windows pierce the north façade. Two dormer windows with wooden mullions and transoms adorn the south façade. They are framed by pilasters and topped with triangular stone pediments made of tuffeau. The manor has 4 bedrooms, each with its own bathroom and private toilet. Two additional bedrooms are possible, also with their bathrooms as well as a sauna. The property previously operated as guest rooms. In front of the main house, surrounding the paved courtyard, a restored outbuilding still hosts two very large bedrooms and their bathrooms with toilets. An additional space of about 90 m² could be developed. To the east of the main house, a small building serves as a summer kitchen and laundry room. It opens onto a slate courtyard that becomes a dining area in the summer under the shade of a pergola. To the south, the swimming pool, surrounded by natural stone paving, is sheltered from the wind by several old low walls. Hidden by tall trees, the Quick tennis court has just been redone. Upstream from the main house and the converted outbuilding, an old barn serves as a woodshed and garage. A landscaped area allows parking several cars out of sight. The 6-hectare park is harmoniously designed and planted with a variety of trees, some in alignment, and an orchard. Large meadows surround this ensemble.This description has been automatically translated from French.

Ref.4800: 15th- and 19th-C. manor house for sale in the Sarthe department, with outbuildings and a swimming pool Set amidst the rolling countryside of the Sarthe region, and in the immediate vicinity of a charming town boasting a wide range of shops and leisure activities, stands this elegant manor house and its delightful grounds. Ideally situated between Le Mans, Laval and Sablé-sur-Sarthe, it enjoys excellent transport links, with the A11 motorway just 6 minutes away and the TGV stations at Sablé and Le Mans 20 and 35 minutes away respectively, ensuring easy access. The manor house comprises a section built in the 15th-C., featuring an octagonal tower with a machicolation—a feature typical of manor houses in the Sarthe region—and listed in the *Répertoire des manoirs de la Sarthe: XVe et XVIe siècles*. A south-facing wing was added in the 19th-C., along with L-shaped outbuildings.  The perfect family home, it is spread over three floors connected by a beautiful wooden spiral staircase in the tower. The 330 sqm manor comprises: - Ground floor: entrance hall leading to a lounge and a dining room with parquet flooring, marble fireplaces, lime-washed walls, and a spacious living room with exposed beams, terracotta tiles and a large stone fireplace with a bread oven. Adjacent to this, a small study opens onto a pleasant enclosed courtyard. The dining room leads to a recently fitted Schmidt kitchen with a stone worktop and a wood-burning stove, extending into a fully modernised utility room and laundry room with terracotta tiled floors, as well as a shower room. This latter room also serves as a pool house. - Upstairs: a wide hallway leads to 5 bedrooms, one with an en-suite bathroom, two with a separate toilet, and a shower room. Beautiful original features: transom windows, fireplaces, parquet flooring and terracotta tiles... - Above: 3 attic bedrooms, a very recently fitted bathroom with bath and shower, and 2 attics. - Beautiful vaulted cellars beneath the 19th-C. wing. Outbuildings : Adjoining the house is a conservatory used as a games room, as well as a workshop. There is a cellar running the full length of the property. At the rear stands an outbuilding that once functioned as a stable and a cellar, still showing a few traces of habitation (a fireplace and a vegetable rack). Land : Beyond the stone gate, a charming path lined with well-maintained oak trees leads to the main façade, its courtyard and a pleasant south-facing terrace, shaded by a magnolia tree. The 7,595 sqm grounds are planted with century-old ornamental trees (cedars, sequoias, purple beeches, chestnut trees, lime trees, etc.), creating a lovely atmosphere, as well as an orchard (apple, pear, peach, plum, redcurrant and blackcurrant trees) yielding fine harvests. You will notice that the rear courtyard, situated to the north, belongs to a neighbour who does not live there. All the life of this manor takes place arround the front of the property, in the courtyard, in the park, in the garden, and by the swimming pool, where life is good and one feels so at ease, facing south. To complete the family-friendly feel, a 9-by-4.5-metre swimming pool, fitted with a 2010 Desjoyaux salt filtration system, rounds off the property.