A 1920s sea-facing villa with 220m² of floor area and a swimming pool, nestled in the coastal town of Concarneau in Brittany - ref 305698
A 1920s sea-facing villa with 220m² of floor area and a swimming pool, nestled in the coastal town of Concarneau in Brittany.
Located on the east side of a small bay - Baie de La Forêt - on the south coast of Brittany, the port town of Concarneau is emblematic of Brittany's Finistère department. It draws many visitors with its 15th-century fortified town and 11 beaches that dot the coast around it. The villa lies in a highly sought-after neighbourhood, less than 50 metres from Cornouaille beach, a family beach of fine sand. It stands on a discreet, tree-lined residential road that links the town centre to the seaside districts. You can reach shops, the port and the walled town on foot in less than 10 minutes. From a train station in the nearby city of Quimper, 20 kilometres away, you can get to Paris in 3 hours and 30 minutes by rail.
The house was built in the early 20th century as part of a tradition of seaside villas. The architecture combines regional and interwar influences. Flanked with its twin house from its beginnings, the house has been extended and renovated in a contemporary style. It has a garden-level floor, a first floor, a second floor and a third floor in the roof space. There is a main section and a secondary section on the side that is set back slightly. The facade faces west and looks out at the sea. This facade is a gable end, triangular at the top and stretching slenderly up. A small window set in a red-brick arch - a neo-Breton style - marks the top. The main gabled slate roof has eaves. On the first floor, there is a balcony with a wooden cross-motif balustrade. It brings out the symmetrical design of the facade and rests upon a protruding bay window that brings natural light into the living room. The entrance door is set in a semicircular arch of red brick and exposed stonework. The combination of material forms a subtle polychrome of pale rendering, brickwork and rubble stone. Facing the bay, a low wall of rubble stone crowned with fencing forms the street-side enclosure. A gate stands in this wall and fence. From another street, which runs alongside the property, a vehicle gate leads to the back of the plot.
The house
The garden-level floor
The garden-level floor covers 70m². Stairs lead down to it from the floor above. It looks out at the swimming pool and its landscaped backdrop. On this lower level, there is an office, a master bedroom, a shower room, a walk-in wardrobe, a lavatory and several practical rooms, including a storeroom, a utility room and a boiler room. You can reach the bedroom and storeroom from outside.
The first floor
The first floor lies just above the road level. It offers a 75m² floor area and forms the house's noble level. The rooms up here are dual-aspect spaces that face east and west. The open-plan layout includes a reception space with a floor area that exceeds 50m². There is also a fitted kitchen up here. An outdoor flight of steps leads down to the swimming pool.
The second floor
The second floor offers a 40m² floor area. It features an open-plan space that faces the landscape. There is also a bedroom, a bathroom and a lavatory up here.
The third floor
The third floor lies in the roof space and offers a 35m² floor area. Up here there are two bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory.
The swimming poolThe swimming pool covers around 25m² in surface area.
