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Exclusive - REMAINS OF BELLE ÉTOILE ABBEY - ROMANTIC SITE - 18TH CENTURY HOTEL - 15TH CENTURY CLOISTER - 13TH CENTURY ABBEY CHURCH RUINS - IMH - STREAM - 20TH CENTURY COLLECTIVE BUILDINGS. FLERS, NORMANDY. Probably the result of a vow made during a Crusade, Belle-Etoile Abbey was founded at the beginning of the 13th century, shortly after the conquest of Normandy by Philippe-Auguste. In the hollow of a valley, along a stream, this abbey with a poetic name and a tumultuous history (looting, English occupation, illegal occupation, trials, etc.) saw 43 abbots pass through in 575 years until its dismantling in 1791. It presents architectural remains of the greatest interest, the ruins of the 13th century abbey church of which the porch and four large arcades of the nave remain, a wing of the 15th century cloister with a superb sculpted and armorial embouchure with beautiful sablières and an original framework bearing Gothic inscriptions; and a beautiful 18th century hostelry with the appearance of a manor house. The 18th century hostelry of great allure, with a symmetrical facade with seven bays under a large three-sided roof, very neat architecture in granite, stone chainages, stone bands highlighting the floors and windows. On the ground floor, a large central door with four leaves, three French windows on the ground floor, openings with segmental arches, the attic decorated with four stone dormers with triangular pediments; three very imposing chimney stacks, particularly beautiful and well-kept. Inside, the fittings are mainly from the 19th century, on the ground floor, hall with mosaic floor, wooden staircase with balusters, large door with 4 leaves, dining room, wooden fireplace, oak floor with herringbone pattern, kitchen with ground floor access, service staircase. Large living room, neo-Gothic fireplace, low paneling, ceiling with beams and joists, herringbone pattern floor. On the first floor, 5 bedrooms, including 4 with fireplaces, one part without floor, 19th century fittings. Secondary staircase leading to the second floor. On the second floor, 7 bedrooms, two with fireplaces. The 15th century cloister wing, begun according to the texts in 1496 but which seems about a century older, has a superb façade of eight sublime molded ogival arcades alternating with buttresses, forming a covered gallery of about 30 meters. On the first floor, the windows are decorated with an accolade, a door on the upper floor suggests an external wooden passageway, the flat tile roof was redone about 30 years ago and wooden parts restored in the best way. Inside the cloister, the gallery is decorated with a very beautiful stone slab floor, as well as sumptuous and extremely rare molded and armorial beams, including the arms of the dauphins of France, rare state of preservation of the 15th century wooden elements, wall plates and beams of the framework forming a whole entirely molded over the entire length. Windows with sash seats on the upper floor. Extremely rare remains of the 13th century abbey church, 4 large ogival arches, pillars with richly molded bases, ribbed vaults, triglyphs, polylobed columns, superb molded porch, remains of bays, sculpted faces. Stone shed-workshop in good condition, fiber cement roof. Large community courtyard in concrete with large bay windows, metal sheet roof. A large community building on the ground floor. Very pretty stream at the bottom of the park, terrace overlooking the whole, very beautiful hundred-year-old oak tree. The remains of the abbey are listed as Historic Monuments. Numerous scattered stone remains. 1.1 hectare park. Location, - 8km from Flers, all shops and services, train station, Paris 2h10 by train. - 63km from Caen. - 90km from the sea, Luc-sur-Mer, Cabourg. - 240km from Paris, 3 hours. Origin according to tradition of the name Belle-Etoile: "The Lord of Cerisy, Henri de Beaufou, had left for the Crusade, leaving his wife, Edicie de Romilly, at home, whose family was related to that of the Dukes. Several years passed without any message coming to reassure Edicie about the fate of her husband. She sometimes went to walk her dreamy sadness at the edge of the woods, near a spring called the Fairy Fountain, because the fairies came there, it was said, to dance in the pale rays of the moon. It was perhaps one of those sacred springs, so dear to our ancestors the Gauls. Perhaps also the great oaks, which rose on its banks, had seen the druids accomplish their mysteries there. Be that as it may, one spring morning, Edicie, sitting near the transparent water, addressed an ardent prayer to God for the return of the absent one. Suddenly, it seemed to her that a bright light trembled on the surface of the water. It was undoubtedly the reflected image of a star that shone in the depths of the firmament. But for the supplicant, it was salvation! And indeed, soon Henri de Beaufou was back. Escaped from the thousand perils of a very long journey, he could finally press his wife to his heart. Overwhelmed with joy, he wanted to give the nascent abbey the name of BELLE-ÉTOILE, in memory of the miraculous star. » Note on History: - 1216, foundation, rich endowment by a lord close to the King of England. - 1238, abbey church. - Cloister begun in 1496. - Plundered by the Reformed 2nd half of the 16th century - Report of the Parliament of Normandy orders its recovery from its ruins in 1600 - 1620, the Calvinists are driven out. - 1630, the Premonstratensians arrive and restore order to the functioning of the abbey. - 1791, dismantling, part of the library is in the departmental archives, the place becomes an industrial site "for the manufacture of rose cutters, alum, vitriolic acid, soap, cotton fabrics of all kinds". - 1818, the vaults of the abbey are reported to have fallen. - 1841, industrial exploitation is reported to have stopped. Price: 500,000 Euros agency fees included, fees payable by the seller. For sale exclusively at Denniel Immobilier - Antique Dealers in Buildings Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr
