Description
CASTLE BUILT FROM THE 15TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY 120KM FROM PARIS IN THE PERCHE - exceptional charm and allure - 5 main buildings - 18 bedrooms - 2500m2 built - south of the Perche - 8km from the A10 motorway junction - 41 hectares - good structural condition, to be fully restored internally. Listed as a historic monument in its entirety. On the edge of a small village in the Perche, 120km from Paris, 8km from the motorway, this exceptionally charming castle is made up of 5 main buildings dating from the 15th to the 20th century on the site of a castle burned during the Hundred Years' War. Two entrances, the first, on the village side, is through a high and long wrought iron gate and opens onto the old porch-loft now converted into a large living room. The second access, on the park side, is via a high crenellated porch dominated by the imposing tower of the "water tower". The impressive, richly decorated medieval gatehouse quickly appears after crossing the bridge spanning the canal, then the other buildings forming the courtyard. The heterogeneity of this ensemble reflects the long history of this place. The original medieval castle with a square plan surrounded by a moat was burned in the first half of the 15th century by the Earl of Salisbury, commander-in-chief of the English troops, then on his way to lead the siege of Orléans. Rebuilt at the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century, the gatehouse known as "the Keep" and the Saint-François tower remain of this medieval castle. This medieval castle was integrated into the ensemble formed by the other buildings in the 19th century by the destruction of one of its sides and the filling of part of the moat connecting it to the "new" castle. The main body of the current castle is a 16th, 17th and 18th century building. A first pavilion forming a porch-lounge adjoining a gallery was built at the end of the 16th century and was redeveloped in the second half of the 17th century with the addition of two small pavilions. This complex was raised by a floor in the 18th century. The closing of the porch-lounge to make it a large office will give it its definitive appearance. These buildings with the Louis XVI pavilion and the other outbuildings form a U-shaped courtyard with an unobstructed view of a splendid 41-hectare park composed in particular of a large 200-meter-long terrace overlooking a vast meadow on one side and separated from a wood of beautiful deciduous trees on the other side by a canal. The park also includes sumptuous embroidery of boxwood and yew trees trimmed in topiary, as well as a large driveway and a one-hectare vegetable garden. 5 main buildings: 1 - The "castle" closest to the village square, called "Le Pavillon du Bourg", 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. 2 - The castle called "the Keep", 15th, 18th, and 20th centuries. A 15th gallery, a residential part built in 1980 connected to an 18th century tower. 3 - The Saint-François tower, 15th century. 4 - The Louis XVI pavilion called "Renaissance house" and its tower called "the bell", 16th century, modified in the 17th and 18th centuries. 5 - The outbuildings, 16th-19th-20th centuries. Superb 16th century roof frames. Location: 120km from Paris, 16km slip road to Paris, 8km to Le Mans. 8km from Brou, shops and services. Mains water, sanitation partly connected and partly on septic tank. Historic Monument Protection: The castle, its outbuildings and its park: classified by decree of November 24, 1948 Price: 3,180,000 Euros including fees (of which 5.67% fees payable by the purchaser). Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr
