A late 19th-century chateau and its former farm, surrounded by grounds and 140 hectares of woods and pastureland, between Châtellerault and Poitiers -
A late 19th-century chateau and its former farm, surrounded by grounds and 140 hectares of woods and pastureland, between Châtellerault and Poitiers.
Located in the north of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and within the Vienne department, the property is surrounded by gently rolling countryside. A village, five minutes away, includes all essential shops and services for daily life as well as a small green market on Sunday mornings, while the high-speed rail station in Châtellerault, 15 minutes away, provides service to Paris in one hour and 35 minutes, Bordeaux in one hour and Charles-de-Gaulle airport in 2.5 hours.
From a small road, a long drive, lined with plane trees, traverses the property's farmland before reaching the chateau and its enclosed grounds. Although the impressive edifice only dates back to the late 19th century, the estate itself has been occupied since the Middle Ages. With plaster-coated exteriors cadenced by arched windows on the ground floor and rectangular ones upstairs, all surrounded by ashlar stone, its jagged two or three-sided slate rooftops are punctuated by dormer windows, while a farm with outbuildings and two small dwellings are located behind the chateau. Last, but not least, fields surround the chateau on all sides and woods seal off the property to the north.
The ChateauOn one side, covered porch steps provide access to a dining room.
The ground floor
To the west, the entrance hall, currently used as a snooker room, provides access to a large drawing room and a smaller sitting room, both facing west, the former of which is decorated with a marble fireplace, moulding, cornices and a hardwood floor, while glass doors communicate with a dining room, also facing west, featuring an impressive glazed ceramic tile fireplace adorned with carved animals and vegetation, typical of eastern France and reminiscent of the Art Nouveau style. In addition, this room also provides access to the garden via glass double doors and covered porch steps, whereas the sitting room, more private in nature, includes a marble fireplace.
As for the vestibule, with a cement tile floor and accessible from the snooker room, it communicates with the main dining room, the children's dining room, a study - decorated in an Art Deco style with its fireplace and bookcases - and an ornately carved wooden staircase. Also accessible from the snooker room is a hallway, which leads to the children's dining room, the sitting room, a kitchen, a lift as well as the adjacent chalet. With a terracotta tile floor, the children's dining room gives on to the exterior via glass double doors, whereas the fitted kitchen, also with terracotta tile floors, comes with a utility room as well as an intercom, which is able to open the gate to the grounds remotely.
The first floor
Accessible via the main staircase, a service staircase or the lift, this floor includes three bedrooms with their own bathrooms and lavatories, followed by two adjacent bedrooms, which share a bathroom and lavatory, as well as a final bedroom with its own bathroom. All the bedrooms have marble fireplaces and hardwood floors, while a study has also been created on this level.
The second floor
This floor was converted into a flat, accessible via the service staircase and the lift. Here, a hallway provides access to a kitchen, lavatory, dining room and an adjacent living room, as well as a study, a bedroom with a bathroom and lavatory, another bedroom with a smaller one adjoining it, an additional bathroom and, lastly, a bedroom with a washbasin. With carpeted floors throughout, another intercom was installed here in order to open the gate to the grounds remotely, while the attic is accessible from this floor via a secret door.The ChaletAnnexed to the ...
