A neo-Palladian chateau with outhouses, set in nine hectares of lawns and woods near Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and 35 kilometres from the French
A neo-Palladian chateau with outhouses, set in nine hectares of lawns and woods near Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and 35 kilometres from the French capital.
The natural Plaine de France region north of Paris is an area where agriculture is still a driving force of the local economy, even though the hub of activity around Paris Charles de Gaulle airport has ever more weight. The Plaine de France natural area covers the east of France's Val-d'Oise department. It lies next to the vast forests of Ermenonville and Chantilly that extend beside the quaint medieval town of Senlis. From this property, you can quickly get onto the nearby A1 motorway then swiftly into the Paris urban area. By car, the property is 30 minutes from the French capital, 15 minutes from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and 40 minutes from the vibrant urban area of Marne-la-Vallée. The spot has become a strategic location. For vehicles, it connects straight to both the A1 motorway and the Paris region's outer ring road. For rail, a train station lies only 10 minutes away. And for air travel, a world-class airport is just a stone's throw away. Not only does Paris Charles de Gaulle airport offer countless domestic and international flights, but it also houses two stops on the RER B line of the Paris regional rail network and a high-speed train station from where you can get to many European destinations by rail. Yet this remarkable property remains a bucolic oasis of absolute calm where there is no unwanted noise.
Railings painted bottle green form a concave shape that is centred upon a wrought-iron gate leading into the property, where a remarkable neoclassical chateau built in 1846 stands proudly. A vast lush lawn extends immediately beyond the gate. The chateau lies further on. Straight to the right of the wrought-iron gate there is a pedestrian gate in the same style as the main gate and a caretaker's lodge made of brick and rubble stone.
The chateau's design is neo-Palladian. The magnificent edifice has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor. The building is rectangular and made of dressed stone. All its elevations are coated with white rendering that has a slightly pink tint. A raised terrace and a series of evenly spaced columns form a portico at the top of four front steps. This portico leads to the chateau's main entrance door. Four majestic Doric columns feature in this tetrastyle portico. A terrace lies above their capitals. This terrace is edged with an architrave and a finely crafted balustrade. Along the facade, 11 bays per floor offer sweeping views of the beautiful grounds in front of the chateau. The window ledges and their corbels are made of dressed stone. The windows are fitted with shutters, the pale blue tone of which brings out the edifice's hues. A neoclassical pediment with three windows rises up in the middle of the facade, on the chateau's top floor. A long row of Greek dentils underline the entablature, adding a light touch of elegance to the grand edifice. Dormers and skylights neatly punctuate the roof. The rear elevation has an architectural design that is similar to the facade. But here a distyle portico marks the entrance where a tetrastyle portico adorns the front. The chateau's hipped slate roof is in perfect condition. Red-brick chimney stacks rise up from it.
Beyond the chateau there is an annexe that looks like a grand country house. Work was carried out on the property in the late 19th century. During this phase, a farmhouse, an outbuilding and a dovecote were added in the property's north-east corner. An outer wall encloses most of the grounds, where vast lush lawns extend, edged by broad-leaved trees. Archaeological remains may be buried beneath these grounds.
The property is remarkably peaceful and soothing. Tranquillity reigns here.
The chateauThe chateau was built during the ...
