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Exclusive - VERY ELEGANT AND EXQUISITE EARLY 18TH CENTURY CHATEAU 2.5 HOURS FROM PARIS - Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon (1667-1742) - On a paradise island in the middle of the Marne - Enchanting garden. 5 hectares, 6 bedrooms. Chaumont - Haute-Marne - Grand-Est. 2.5 hours from Paris, this very elegant and exquisite early 18th century château attributed to the architect and sculptor Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon (1667-1742) stands on an island resembling Paradise in the middle of the Marne in a magical garden of rare refinement designed by Bouchardon himself in 1736. This château, erected as a marquisate in 1745, is imbued with all the refinement of the 18th century, with the particularity here of presenting a rare homogeneity between the château and its garden - the work of the same artist, Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon belonging to one of the greatest dynasties of French artists of the 18th century who worked at Versailles for the king. Tastefully restored around 1960, it is today in very good condition, its exceptional garden, one of the most beautiful in the region, restored around 1970 is today in superb maturity, and is open to the public on certain occasions. The architecture in light limestone ashlar, typical of 18th century classicism with its perfectly balanced symmetry, offers two identical facades, between courtyard and garden, ideally oriented East-West, thus bathing the castle in sunlight all day long. All the rooms of this castle are on the raised ground floor, which is accessed by two large double-flight balustraded staircases, one on each facade. This raised ground floor layout allows superb views of the garden from all rooms through very large windows generously letting in light. A series of arcades on either side of the courtyard monumentalizes the facade. Once past the large balustraded staircase, we enter the courtyard side hall, with a cabochon floor, which leads to a very beautiful gallery decorated with woodwork on a cabochon floor, sequenced by double doors. Facing the hall, the gaze crosses the large living room to admire the French garden overlooking, whose perspective is delightfully traced in the axis of the grand staircase which allows us to find the garden to the East. The large living room bathed in light by its large French window towards the garden, is adorned with a very large and beautiful marble fireplace from the 18th century. It opens onto the large dining room decorated with a very beautiful marble fireplace on a cabochon floor. Kitchen, utility room, small dining room, winter dining room, corridors, linen room-dressing room, a very beautiful library lounge decorated with oak paneling with Corinthian pilasters and capitals, beams and joists, 16th-17th century stone fireplace; access to the South and West terraces overlooking the park by a large double door. A kitchenette in a closet. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 toilets; including a very beautiful bedroom decorated with woodwork, marble fireplace, paintings embedded in the woodwork, dressing room, very beautiful onyx bathroom 1970. Guest toilet, dressing room, numerous cupboards, ground floor access to a discreet covered garage on the north gable. Garden level, south-facing winter garden on the edge of the stream, kitchen, numerous workshops, large car garage, boiler room, vaulted wine cellar, two staircases leading to the first floor. Large attic of approximately 350m2 empty to be converted. Oil central heating, radiators. DPE G The French garden to the east is the work of Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon (1667-1742) in 1736, it is structured by a central axis and punctuated by yews trimmed into topiaries, trimmed boxwood, framed by hedges and curtains of hornbeams and a bower. A large and majestic 18th century gate between two pillars provides access to the castle in the axis of the perspective. The contemporary garden to the west, courtyard side, is marked by the large Bouchardon arcades, the large medieval dovecote, pollarded trees, ivy clipped on chains, a succession of green rooms leading along the delightful river bank to an orchard, a vegetable garden, a farm ruin with a garden terrace, hornbeam hedges as doors, games of partitions and perspectives, an open-air theater, all punctuated by 100 varieties of roses. A small forge, boathouse. A stream winds the south side of the property, bordering a pavilion with stone pilasters under an imperial roof of chestnut shingles. 5 hectares (including 3ha of park, and 2ha of meadow rented as pasture to an agricultural college) Detached house at the entrance of the property, restored 15 years ago, rented as a gîte, income of approximately 4000e/year. Ground floor: kitchen, dining room, wood stove, living room with fireplace, bedroom, bathroom. Electric heating. Approximately 120m2 on the ground floor. First floor to be converted, electricity prepared. Location: By road: Paris 250km (2h30) via the A5 motorway 20km. Chaumont, train station and town center 3km, first services 1km. By train: Chaumont train station 3km (8 minutes by car) then Paris 2h20 Price: 986,240 Euros including fees (including 6.71% fees payable by the buyer). Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr
