CastleBlois (41)

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$2,057,400

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Surface560 m²bedrooms8 land7.7 ha

Ref.4439 : Spacious 16th and 19th C. noble residence with 4 separate guest lodgings in wooded park of 19 acres.
A private and secure edge of village setting hidden from view offering a secluded setting to enjoy the abundance of wildlife and nature at its best within the private woodland. A stroll into the local village with a choice of shops, restaurants, and only a short distance further to a train station with links to Blois, Tours and Paris.
This family sized noble home provides comfortable accommodation of roughly 560sqm in the main residence on three floors with large basement level below.
The formal entrance hall (19sqm), with ceiling height of 3.6m, accessed via the stone steps from the front lawn, with elegant tiled floor and panelled ceiling provides distribution to the rear corridor along with the two lounges on either side. To our right is the first reception room 23sqm, today used as a lounge but most probably the dining hall as it has direct access to the kitchen. An elegant double aspect room with feature marble fireplace with window above (smoke ducting to one side, permitting a central fireplace and window above), original wood half-panelling on the walls, ornate plaster work on the ceiling and herring bone parquet flooring. This room also has direct access to the corridor leading to the stairs etc. The kitchen (22sqm) is well appointed and features red and white harlequin flooring, the original stone fireplace, double aspect views with doors to the exterior as well as corridor and rear lobby with basement access.
The other side of the entrance hall is a second lounge also of 23sqm with double aspect windows including another centrally located above a working marble fireplace (there are 4 such fireplaces in this property with hand wind operated shutters) and herring bone parquet flooring and plaster-worked ceiling. The entrance doors into the two receptions rooms are directly opposite in the hallway and with their windowed central fireplaces permit an impressive cross view of the property from each side and the hallway. The music room (27sqm) to the North West side of the property has an impressive marble fireplace, herringbone parquet, double aspect with direct access to the south exterior as well as linking internally. Taking the door to the corridor (19sqm) we pass the wc and arrive at the foot of the stairs, a soft spiral winding up to the uppers floors.
The 1st floor offers a family bathroom, wc, five bedrooms each with marble fireplaces (two with windows above) and two with ensuite shower rooms. The bedrooms are 15sqm, 19sqm x2 and 23sqm x2 all with views and three double aspect.
The top floor provides a TV room (could be bedroom) of 20sqm is vaulted with exposed beams and parquet flooring. There are 3 further bedrooms, two of 19sqm and the third of 23sqm, all with parquet flooring. A large dressing room with bathroom of 22sqm and wc complete this floor.
The basement level accessed via the rear lobby covers the whole of the ground floor area (140sqm) with seven storage rooms including boiler room and one with the original well within.
The outbuildings include :
4 separate self-contained guest lodges (two 1 bedrooms, a 2 bedroom and a 3 bedroom) all restored and used for tourist lets ;
a restored original greenhouse ;
Orangerie 31sqm attached to a storage room and original stables 41sqm ;
wood store ;
“Chai” a wine fabrication/maturing/storage building circa 200sqm over two floors with reception hall above and underground wine cellar 19m deep.
Over 7hectares (21+ acres) of private land with formal park and gardens, tree lined avenues, gravelled parking, swimming pool, mature trees, orchard and sizeable woodland (home to a family of 10 deers, the owner tells us).
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