An estate to be restored, with outbuildings and 4.5 hectares of meadows and vines, 45 minutes from Bordeaux, on the outskirts of a village in the Giro
An estate to be restored, with outbuildings and 4.5 hectares of meadows and vines, 45 minutes from Bordeaux, on the outskirts of a village in the Gironde area.
This property is located in the southeast of the Gironde area, near Langon, on the outskirts of a village with a population of 800, overlooking a meander of the river and near to the Canal Latéral à la Garonne. The variety of natural and agricultural landscapes is made up of nice views of woodland and meadows, with their gentle colour palette throughout the seasons.
Bordeaux and its airport are approximately 60 km away via the motorway, for which a junction can be reached in ten minutes by car. The nearest railway station is 3 km away, putting Bordeaux within around 40 minutes reach and Paris within less than 3 hours. As for the ocean, it is only 1 hour away by road.
All the necessary food shops and health services can be quickly reached by car. The village has a nursery and primary school, while the nearest junior and senior high schools are in La Réole.
The estate is located in the heights of the village of which it is part, near to a street that runs past it. However, it is sufficiently far from any form of noise pollution. An earthen drive running past an hedge of hornbeams leads directly to it. The property is not fenced or walled, which would be superfluous, given the location set back from the road, the natural protective screen formed by the vineyards as well as the peace and quiet of the area. It is located in a semi-rural area, on mainly flat land, as is the case for the surrounding villages, standing between the Garonne River and its canal.
This massive and noble stone residence with a tiled roof can be seen from the road, partially hidden by the estate's rows of vines. It is made up of a rectangular main building with an adjoining, one-storey outbuilding set at a right angle to it, to the right-hand side of the house, on the eastern side, which is used as a store and a garage. Opposite, a hut houses the water pumping system, very near to the well.
The grounds, including several hundred-year-old trees and notably a cedar planted in 1875 as well as copses of more recently planted shrubs, is made up of lawns stretching from the walls of the house to the vines to the northeastern side of the property. They account for approximately a third of the 4.3-hectare estate. The rest is made up of two plots of cultivated vines, separated by a tarmac road.
The property has been in the same family since 1844 and is a recognised element of the region's heritage, as proved by its classification as a picturesque site for the last 50 years by the local authorities.
The residenceThough it is locally referred to as a 'château', the residence has more in common with a manor house. Part of it was built in the 16th century and it was then extended in the 18th century to the rear on the west side. Its main façade faces southwest, while the rear faces northeast, as is often the case in the region. It is mainly made of rubble stone, covered with a very old, ochre-coloured rendering. It is more or less rectangular in shape, has two storeys and is topped by a gabled roof made of half-round tiles. Its sober, light façade boasts nine openings, including five on the ground floor, three of which are semi-circular arched, and four rectangular ones on the first floor. There are three gable dormers on the eastern side. The one above the entrance door boasts an ashlar ridge cap whose shape is reminiscent of the three urns carved into the stone above the terminal topping the aforementioned entrance door.
The main building has a surface of 530 m² and the outbuildings used as a store and garage boast additional floor space of 240 m². Modernisation work was carried out in the 1960s, including installation of a heating system and renovation of the floors, still in place ...
