5 bedroom Chateau for sale with Income Potential in Le Mans, Pays de la Loire
This 16th century property in the Sarthe department is situated between Tours and Le Mans, in the Loire valley, built in a commanding position overlooking the valley towards the village. Easily accessible with nearby autoroute access and a choice of market towns within a 10 minute drive, makes this ideal as a permanent or holiday base from which to explore this popular part of France.
The manor house dates b...
This 16th century property in the Sarthe department is situated between Tours and Le Mans, in the Loire valley, built in a commanding position overlooking the valley towards the village. Easily accessible with nearby autoroute access and a choice of market towns within a 10 minute drive, makes this ideal as a permanent or holiday base from which to explore this popular part of France.
The manor house dates back to the 16th century and a square lodge called a "Pavillon" which we understand was a former keep dating back prior to the Hundred Years War. A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility, often used as a stronghold or small court for local matters.
The property comprises two main buildings: the manor house and a two storey pavilion with a square floor plan. Both have been tastefully renovated and now offer comfortable, modern living in historic surroundings.
The manor provides circa 300m2 of living space shared over 3 floors. The ground floor (with ceiling height of 3.2m2) has a large (43m2) main living room with wooden framed quarry tiled flooring, and original tuffeau stone open fireplace. This double aspect room enjoys views over the garden with plunge pool and the valley towards the village. Stone steps lead up to a second smaller living room (21m2), used today as a TV snug, with another open fireplace, this time more ornate, quarry tiled floor and vaulted ceiling with original beams and access to the tower room. A circular room recently renovated.
To the other side of the main living room is the dining hall (35m2), also double aspect, with period open fireplace, quarry tiled flooring and beamed ceiling. A serving hatch provides a practical access to the kitchen. Passing through a small boudoir with WC one arrives in the kitchen of 14m2 with patterned tiled flooring, beamed ceiling and original stone fireplace transformed into extractor ventilation for the modern oven and matching elements.
A side door from the kitchen leads directly to the outside with access to the laundry/boiler room below.
The spiralled wooden stairs lead up to the 1st floor where there is the master suite with 30m2 of bedroom, walk in wardrobe and private 20m2 bathroom. On this floor is also a second suite of circa 20m2 with private bathroom and a third bedroom currently used as an office of 11m2 and access to the attic recently refurbished to provide extra storage space.
The spiralled staircase also leads down from the ground floor to the garden/basement level. Here there is another living room with bar (34m2) and internal (as well as external) access to a guest suite with a 13.5m2 bedroom, tower room and shower room with WC.
Outbuildings : The keep offers roughly 90m2 of living space over two floors. The ground floor has been converted into a guest apartment with a living room of 15.5m2, stone tiled floor and a 11m2 bedroom, double aspect with door to the outside. There is a well-appointed kitchen of 10m2 with views over the vine, a shower room with WC and hallway with an original bread oven and a stone arch leading to the stairs to the 1st floor.
Here there is an open plan high-ceiling vaulted room of 47m2 with quarry-tiled floor, windows overlooking 3 sides and a large period open fireplace. There is a small room off this one with access to an attic area.
In addition, there is a 30m2 garage with mezzanine area (10m2) and a wooden store in front of the former kennels. The total area of the plot is over 1.5acres with a courtyard providing ample parking, part walled formal gardens and established mature trees, a large water basin (used as a plunge pool), vegetable garden with vine and greenhouse, troglodyte caves and a small woodland with chestnut trees.
The property is private and not overlooked. There is one near neighbour (below the level of the property). The views to the front are over farmland towards the village and to the rear is extensive woodland.
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