A former mill to be renovated, with a guest's house, meadows, parkland and a pond in more than 5 hectares of grounds, in the Charolais area in Burgund
A former mill to be renovated, with a guest's house, meadows, parkland and a pond in more than 5 hectares of grounds, in the Charolais area in Burgundy.
This property can be easily reached, either via high-speed TGV train to Le Creusot station 30 minutes away or by the A6 and A79 motorways. It is also very well connected to the Central Europe Atlantic Road network, which passes by 2 kilometres away.
As a result, Paris can be reached in 2 hours by TGV, Lyon in 1 hour 45 minutes and Geneva in 2 hours 30 minutes by road. At regional level, the towns of Chalon-sur-Saône, Mâcon et Moulins are around 1 hour away by car. All essential everyday shops and services can be found in the neighbouring village, while the towns of Paray-le-Monial and Charolles are located 15 minutes away by road. The Charolais area is home to the famous cattle breed of the same name and boasts peaceful countryside punctuated by Romanesque bell towers as well as gently rolling hills dotted with hedgerows.
The property can be reached via three separate entrances from the country road or communal lane that run alongside it. At the entrance, a guests' house stands before the former mill, which is the main dwelling, located on the banks of the stream. The outbuildings, nestled among the foliage away from view of the other edifices, complete the property.
The land, through which a stream runs, is spread over more than 5 hectares around the buildings and is made up of a former vegetable garden, undergrowth, a pond and meadows. The mill has stood here for some time. In bygone days, it was surrounded by vast ponds, one upstream and one downstream, whose presence was recorded in the 19th century on the Napoleonic land registry.
Its vocation initially predisposed it as a public place and point of passage, though its layout and architecture developed over time up to the 1960s, when it underwent its most recent restoration, transforming it into a family home and leisure residence.
The millIts original structure most likely dates back to before the French Revolution. In the courtyard, a 19th-century raised platform, with stone supporting walls, created a difference in elevation, making it possible to gain access directly into the first floor of the building. The massive, three-storey tower was most probably also built during this period. The main section has a ground floor and an upper level beneath the rafters, topped by a roof of flat tiles.
The ground floor
A glazed entrance hall, with exposed beams and joists, overlooks the stream as well as grounds and leads to the reception rooms plus wooden staircase that climbs up to the bedrooms on the first floor. The almost 30-m² lounge boasts elegant Italian ceramic tiled flooring, as well as exposed beams and a stone fireplace. Next to it, there is a dining room and a kitchen with chessboard patterned tiled flooring. Lastly, the utility rooms are made up of a scullery, a fruit store, a storeroom and a boiler room.
The first floor
This level can be reached via the winding wooden staircase in the entrance hall or directly from the courtyard. A corridor leads to three bedrooms, each with a washbasin and wood stripped flooring. A vast, more than 30-m² suite is made up of a bathroom, a separate lavatory and a bedroom overlooking the grounds and the stream.
The second floor
A wooden staircase leads from the corridor to the top level of the tower, made up of a more than 20-m² office with chessboard patterned tiled flooring. From this high point amidst the trees, there are wide-ranging views of the grounds and surrounding countryside.The guests' houseThis edifice elegantly and harmoniously stands at the entrance to the property, with a cellar and a ground floor topped by a recently renovated hipped roof made ...
