manors with pool for sale Sable-sur-sarthe, France

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.

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.