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Manor Craon (53)by cabinet le nail

ManorCraon (53)
Price :
$1,449,700
($3,085 / m²)
Surface470 bedrooms6 bathrooms3 land19.5 ha

Ref.46030 : French listed manor house for sale in Pays de la Loire.
This manor house is located in the Haut Anjou region of southern Mayenne. The historic town of Craon is 6 km away, with most shops and services. Château-Gontier is 25 km away, with all amenities. The TGV train station in Laval takes you to Paris (320 km away) in 1h15. Nantes Atlantique international airport is 1h25 away.
Craon is a town of 4,500 souls located in the southern and western part of the Mayenne department. It was originally a medieval fortress, protecting the Breton border with its 1,600 m of walls. The last remnants of the ramparts disappeared in 1820. Today, you can still admire Craon's Halles, built in 1850 (listed as a Monument Historique), which bear witness to the town's rich economic past, as well as its castle.
Numerous other sites offering a wide range of activities are less than 20 minutes away, including the Robert Tatin museum, the Refuge de l'Arche, the Mayenne valley...
Built in the 14th century and enlarged during the Renaissance, this authentic manor house has remained unchanged since Henry IV.
Acquired as an endangered historic monument some twenty years ago by the current passionate owners, it has since benefited from extensive restoration work respecting its architecture, with the assistance of recognized professionals.
The manor house comprises a 14th-century wing, extended by a 16th-century main building set at right-angles. The walls are built of shale and sandstone rubble, rendered in sand and lime. Bays are framed in sandstone or tufa stone. The building has an Angers slate roof.
Facing North/South, it spans 470 Ssqm, served by a spiral staircase in the corner tower, and a second service staircase. It comprises :
First floor: large living room (70 sqm) with access to the spiral staircase, dining room (40 sqm), kitchen (31 sqm), small living room (32 sqm), bakehouse with staircase leading to 1st floor (27.5 sqm), laundry room (8 sqm), bathroom with shower (10 sqm), separate toilet.
1st floor: 5 bedrooms (44, 40, 34, 18, 13 sqm), landing (26.5 sqm), 1 bathroom with shower and toilet, 1 shower room with toilet.
2nd floor: 1 large attic bedroom (46 sqm floor area), 1 bathroom with shower, 1 separate toilet, attic.
The architectural quality of the interior is faithful to the exterior: travertine floors, sand and lime rendered walls, exposed beam ceilings, windows with interior wooden shutters, monumental fireplaces, etc.
Distributed around the dwelling, the outbuildings form a courtyard and comprise :
A/ A large L-shaped, stone-built, slate-roofed outbuilding comprising: barn (88 sqm), 2 workshops (54 and 29 sqm), former stable (69 sqm) with attic above (69 sqm).
B/ Former stone pigsties with slate roofs, including boiler room.
C/ In the 14th-century wing, accessible from the outside, a storeroom with electric water heater and buffer tank.
The property is accessed via an avenue of lime trees, which opens onto a monumental wooden gate framed by a bower.
The courtyard is adorned with potted shrubs and boxwood. Beyond are box hedges and grassy flowerbeds, from which ancient hedgerows branch off.
The manor house stands in the center of its parkland (3.21 acres / 1.3 ha), which includes an ancient moat (500 sqm) and meadows (44.47 acres / 18 ha). The ancient bocage layout is echoed by century-old oak trees. The total surface area is 48.27 acres (19 ha 53 a 50 ca).
The following parts are classified as Historic Monument : the dwelling with its outbuildings and moat (cad. ZD 6, 34, 35): classified by decree on March 3, 1997.
This property is a historic monument (allowing fiscal tax cuts if you pay taxes in France).
Advertiser reference : NA4-2007Le Figaro Properties reference : 84722290

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