An 18th century country manor house with an adjoining workshop, conservatory and walled garden in a village in the heart of the Nièvre department - re
An 18th century country manor house with an adjoining workshop, conservatory and walled garden in a village in the heart of the Nièvre department.
Situated in the heart of the Nièvre department, in the western part of the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region, the property is located in a village with all the amenities and shops you might need for everyday life. The Beuvron runs through the municipality, which is dispersed, and the majority of its land is woodland, meadows and arable farmland. The villages of Chevroches and Varzy, which have been awarded the "Cités de Caractère" label, are around 20 minutes away, while the towns of Corbigny and Clamecy are 25 minutes away. The foothills of the Morvan can be reached in 35 minutes and the edges of its regional nature park in just 30 minutes. Nevers can be reached in 1 hour and Paris in 3 hours.
The house is built in the south-east corner of the grounds, set back from a peaceful village street. Part of the building can be seen from the paved courtyard that runs alongside it, providing several access points to the house. You can either enter via the garden or via two other passageways that lead to the first floor. On the garden side, the house shows its original character, that of a multi-storey dwelling with an irregular layout, in fine limestone which has all been rendered except for the ashlar corner ties. Most of the windows, which are rectangular in shape and of varying sizes, are framed in ashlar. The roofs of the various buildings are predominantly four-sided and covered with Burgundy tiles, with the exception of a mansard roof covered with slate over the attic. Built in stone, the building has four storeys, with a ground floor divided between a large living area and another, more technical area. The first floor is entirely devoted to communal areas and the second floor groups together areas to have privacy and rest. There is also an attic at the top of the house. A recent veranda, which is all glass and black metal, sits at the base of the oldest part of the house and opens directly onto the garden. Lastly, a small one-storey house with an attic and cellars, probably dating from the 19th century, flanks the eastern side of the house and forms an extension that connects to it. Topped by a gable roof with Burgundy tiles and enhanced by notable masonry features still present on its stone facades (notably the window frames), it houses a unique room that has been completely restored.
The house
The garden-level floor
It comprises two parts: one includes a boiler room and a room used as a cellar, the other groups together a number of living areas, including a living room, accessed from the courtyard or from the inside, which has been renovated while leaving it with a rustic feel, with its octagonal terracotta floor tiles, sections of wall with exposed brickwork, oak beams and joists. A passageway leads to a long, through, barrel-vaulted kitchen, which has retained its Burgundy stone floor tiles. Beyond these two rooms, a wide corridor with a staircase to the first floor leads to the small adjoining house. Finally, accessible via the same corridor, the veranda, with views of the garden from all sides, is an ideal space for working, relaxing or a mix of both.
The first floor
Once you have crossed the threshold of the door leading to the garden staircase, a corridor with old terracotta floor tiles leads to several rooms: a bedroom with marble fireplace on the same floor, a shower room with small terracotta tiles and a view over the garden, and finally a discreet, tiled fitted kitchen, which has retained its solid, sober old hearth in moulded white stone and its ceiling with exposed beams. Beyond this there is the main room on the first floor: a bright, welcoming living room where wood dominates, with a floor covered in hexagonal terracotta tiles, a ...
