A third-floor apartment, with a garage, in Lille in an Art Deco style building from 1925 - ref 859376
A third-floor apartment, with a garage, in Lille in an Art Deco style building from 1925.
This property is located in Lille, France's fourth biggest city, situated in the heart of Northern Europe. It is also a melting pot for businesspeople and builders, a major tourist, cultural and heritage destination, the regional higher education capital and a host of major sporting events. The apartment can be found in a district near to the Palais des Beaux Arts fine arts museum, which is one of the city's emblematic monuments. It is also close to the Sciences Po Lille and Centrale Lille higher education establishments, as well as Rue Nationale, one of the city's main thoroughfares. Shops, services, activities and amenities are all within a short walk. The nearest station on Lille's metro network is 2 minutes away on foot, while Paris and London, respectively one and two hours away via the Eurostar, can be reached from the high-speed TGV train station, 10 minutes away. By road, the border with Belgium is 15 kilometres away, Brussels is within 110 kilometres' reach and Paris is 220 kilometres away.
The apartment is located on the third storey of a stone building built in 1925, situated on Boulevard de la Liberté, a thoroughfare created in 1860 as part of Haussmann's urbanisation programme in the Second Empire period. Today, it is lined with plane trees and runs past the fine arts museum as well as Lille's prefecture, providing easy access to the city-centre. The seven-storey building was designed by architect Charles Sarazin and possesses an Art Deco inspired facade, which boasts strict geometry characterised by sober lines and embellished with stylised patterns as well as decorative ironwork, and combines concrete, stone and brick.
The main entrance to the residence is via a large, glazed door, equipped with an intercom. At the rear of the entrance hall, the inner courtyard and cellars can be reached via a large, Art Deco inspired, wrought-iron gate. To the right at the back of the vestibule, there is an elevator to all the storeys, except for the seventh floor, encased in a metal hoist-way. A distinctive feature of the building is the excellent condition of its communal areas. A 14-m² former maid's room on the seventh floor and two cellars in the basement are also included in the property.
The apartmentOnce through the entrance door, a large hall including plenty of cupboard space leads to a dining room with a marble fireplace and a lounge, also boasting a red marble fireplace with white veining topped by an overmantel. The apartment is generously bathed in light through wide windows fitted with wrought-iron guard rails. The ceilings, which are considerably high, boast mouldings, while the flooring combines mat, waxed, herringbone wood flooring in the main rooms plus black and white tiles in the entrance and separate fully fitted kitchen, which stands next to a corridor situated to the rear of the building. Three of the four bedrooms boast wood-stripped flooring and overlook the peaceful inner courtyard. The property is completed by two bathrooms equipped with showers, a lavatory, a wealth of large storage spaces plus bookshelves.
