A 19th-century mansion with former outbuildings in 1-hectare grounds, in the centre of a village in the northwest of the Vendée area - ref 748122
A 19th-century mansion with former outbuildings in 1-hectare grounds, in the centre of a village in the northwest of the Vendée area.
This property can be found in a municipality with a population of approximately 2,200, in the northwest of the Vendée area. The village, with its rural pace of life as well as essential shops and services, is situated between La-Roche-sur-Yon and Challans, 40 minutes from the beaches and Nantes. It is steeped in historical heritage and is surrounded by wooded countryside and vineyards.
The property is located in the village's centre but is protected by 1 hectare of uninterrupted land, set around a 19th-century mansion, its outbuildings and a vast, walled orchard and vegetable garden. From the street, there are two successive entrances: to the north, a gate that has become the everyday entrance leads, via an open space, to a gravelled esplanade used for car parking, while to the south, the historical entrance opens in front of the mansion's southern and most remarkable façade. The approximately 440-m² residence was erected in in 1881 and displays a balanced arrangement that mixes classical rigour with romantic ingenuity. It stands out thanks to its slate roofs topped by tall brick chimney stacks and punctuated by dormers with sculpted pediments. The rendered walls are dotted with tall windows equipped with louvred shutters and granite frames. The regularly shaped central section is flanked to the west by a rectangular tower and to the east by a round tower topped by a slender pepper-pot roof. The deep red central entrance door, framed by pilasters, stands atop a stone stoop that can be reached from a panoramic lawned terrace overlooking the tree-lined and flowery grounds. The Italian style outbuildings, known locally as the Clissonnais style, run alongside the west of the residence and extend to the former stabling area, which are remains of the original farm buildings. To the rear, there is an approximately 4,000-m² orchard and vegetable garden.
The mansionThe residence's three storeys and almost 440-m² of living space are built on a basement level. The edifice has undergone a wide-ranging restoration, including installation of a central wood pellet fired boiler, roof insulation, double-glazed windows, renovated plumbing and electric fittings, upgraded sanitation facilities and repainting.
The ground floor
This raised level totals a surface of approximately 159-m² and is laid out around an entrance hall paved with geometrically patterned cement tiles. A wooden staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade climbs upstairs from the hall. In the eastern part, a double lounge with a surface of approximately 38 m² is bathed in light through tall windows facing the grounds as well as through glazed doors. It boasts chevron-patterned wood flooring beneath a ceiling edged with mouldings. Next to the lounge, a cosier office can be found in the round tower. A glazed French window topped with a fanlight window opens directly into the grounds.
In the western part, there is a dining room with Herringbone flooring. The ceiling roses, wainscotting and marble fireplaces pay witness to the care lavished upon the decoration of the interior, in which the ceiling height reaches 3.30 metres. The square tower houses a hallway with diagonally paved terracotta tiles. In the partially tiled walls, there is still a porcelain fountain as a discrete reminder of the place's domestic purpose. It leads to an approximately 20-m² former bedroom that is today used as a library. This dual-aspect room with regular volumes and discrete mouldings is adjacent to a shower room with a lavatory.
In the rear wing, a large kitchen, next to which there is a storeroom, opens out onto the grounds. The period tiled floor has been burnished by time, while the imposing masonry hood is underlined by coloured ...
