manors with terrace for sale Chateau-gontier, France

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.

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 : Once through the stone gateway, a beautiful driveway 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 grounds, covering an area of 7,595 sqm, are planted with century-old ornamental trees (cedar, sequoia, purple beech, chestnut, lime, etc.), creating a lovely atmosphere, as well as an orchard (apple, pear, peach, plum, redcurrant and blackcurrant trees) yielding bountiful harvests. You will notice that the property is situated on the edge of a hamlet. All the life of this manor house takes place at the front, in the courtyard, in the garden and by the swimming pool, where life is good and the atmosphere is full of charm. The grounds, partly enclosed by walls, provide a secure environment. To enhance its family-friendly appeal, the property also features a 9-by-4.5-metre swimming pool fitted with a Desjoyaux salt filtration system dating from 2010. Cabinet Le Nail: +33(0)2.43.98.20.20 CPI 5301 2018 000 028 835 - CCI de la Mayenne We invite you to visit our website Cabinet Le Nail to browse our latest listings or learn more about this property.

A 16th-century manor with outbuildings, in 6 hectares of grounds in the south of the Mayenne area, in wooded countryside. A drive lined by trees and copses winds through the grounds of the estate to a courtyard. After several steps, the manor stands 30 metres below, on the hillside. It is built with lime rendered rubble stone and made up of two sections slightly offset from one another but linked by a staircase tower standing outside the main structures and topped by a pepper-pot roof. The edifice includes a garden level to the south, a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor in the attic level, beneath slate, gabled roofs. There are two mullion windows on the north facade, while the southern one boasts two buttresses as well as a roof punctuated by two wooden mullioned dormer windows framed by pilasters and topped by tuffeau stone triangular pediments. The manor has four bedrooms each with an en suite bathroom and lavatory. Two further bedrooms could be envisaged, also with en suite bathrooms and a sauna. In the past, the property was used for a bed and breakfast business. Opposite the residence, overlooking the paved courtyard, a restored outbuilding houses two very large bedrooms with en suite bathrooms and lavatories, with the possibility of converting a further 90 m². To the east of the residence, a small building serves as a summer kitchen and a utility room. It opens onto a slate-paved courtyard which, in the summer, becomes an outdoor dining area beneath a pergola. To the south, there is a swimming pool with natural stone decking that is sheltered from the wind by small, old stone walls. In the shelter of the tall trees, the Quick pitch covering of the tennis court has recently been renovated. Above the main residence and converted outbuilding, a former barn is used as a woodstore and garage. Several cars can be parked on a secluded landscaped area. The 6 hectares of grounds have been harmoniously created. There is a wide variety of trees, some of which are planted in rows, as well as an orchard. Large meadows surround the rest of the property.