An 18th-century dwelling with a large garden and outbuildings, nestled in a calm spot in a charming village in France's Loir Valley - ref 809768
An 18th-century dwelling with a large garden and outbuildings, nestled in a calm spot in a charming village in France's Loir Valley.
The property lies in a village in France's Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region, by the border with the country's historical Maine and Touraine provinces. The valley of the River Loir, which extends around it, is a small wine-growing area that draws many visitors. It lies 40 kilometres north of the famous Loire Valley. The climate here is mild and conducive to producing the wines Co^teaux du Loir and Jasnie`res. Bercé public forest is only ten kilometres from the property. It covers over 5,000 hectares and offers more than 280 kilometres of walking trails. The local village has shops and amenities for everyday needs, as well as primary schools. There are two small towns less than a dozen kilometres away. They offer supermarkets, secondary schools, medical centres and cultural and sport facilities. The property stands near the village square and not too far from an outdoor activities centre on the nearby lake Lac de Varennes. Close by, there is also an original canteen, designed by the famous architects Wogenscky and Le Corbusier and listed as a historical monument. Paris is 250 kilometres away and the cities of Le Mans, Tours and Vendôme are respectively 50, 40 and 45 kilometres away. Motorways take you to these cities quickly. A slip road, less than 15 kilometres away, by the town of Montval-sur-Loir, gets you onto the A28 motorway. There are high-speed train stations in Le Mans and Vendôme from where you can get to Paris in respectively 55 and 45 minutes by rail. There is even a direct train link that takes you from Le Mans to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in just 1 hour and 40 minutes.
The property is located in the centre of the village, but it is set back enough to enjoy absolute calm. The whole plot is enclosed with old walls and hedges. It is not at all overlooked. The home does not face the street. Rather, it faces an inner court and a tree-dotted garden, which face south-east. You step straight into the house through the entrance door, although you can also enter it from a large covered entrance area in the middle of a barn that leads straight to the court, the garden, the workshop and the different outbuildings. The house is rectangular. It is made of tuffeau stone and is crowned with a gabled slate roof. Its quoins, cornices and door and window surrounds are made of exposed tuffeau ashlar. The edifice is framed between outbuildings. A vaulted cellar extends beneath part of it. You reach this cellar from outside. The house offers a 192m² floor area. It has kept many historical decorative features, including French-style beamed ceilings, terracotta-tiled floors, cornices and tuffeau stone fireplaces.
The house
The ground floor
From the street, an entrance door leads into a corridor with a staircase. On one side, this corridor connects to a large, bright bedroom with a shower room and lavatory. Straight ahead, the corridor leads out to the inner court. On the other side, the corridor connects to a lounge with a stone fireplace and closed hearth. Beyond it, there is a kitchen with an eating area. This kitchen also leads out into the court. There is a lavatory beside it.
The first floor
A wooden staircase takes you up to a spacious landing, which could be turned into an office. This landing connects to two large bedrooms, a shower room and a lavatory. The wooden floors up here are partly carpeted.
The attic
You reach the roof space via a new flight of stairs arranged in an uneven pattern. This roof space has been turned into a dormitory with two sleeping areas.
The outbuildingsThere are three distinct outbuildings, which together offer a total floor area ...
