A stately 19th-century manor house and its courtyard-garden, 1.5 hours from Paris, in the middle of the Aube department - ref 267501
A stately 19th-century manor house and its courtyard-garden, 1.5 hours from Paris, in the middle of the Aube department.
In the middle of the Aube department, the property is located on the outskirts of the city of Troyes, not far from essential shops for daily life and, thanks to up to three TER trains per hour, only 1.5 hours from Paris by rail.
Having undergone significant development as of the Middle Ages, especially around the castle of the Counts of Champagne and thanks to its annual trade fairs, the city has been able to conserve a historical centre that bears witness to this prosperity, which was primarily acquired in the 16th century.
Today, it has become a noteworthy city given, in particular, to its many museums, which demonstrate its remarkable religious and cultural heritage, while, bordered by the Haute-Seine canal, the property is only a 15-minute drive from the FĂ´ret d'Orient Regional Natural Park, which includes, in the middle, an immense lake of the same name.
Completely enclosed by high stone walls, the property is accessible via a gate that opens on to a flagstone courtyard, which communicates with both the dwelling and outbuilding.
As for the four-storey dwelling, located in the middle of the lot and facing southwest, it was built on the corner of two streets and features a classical style with an emphasis on elegance, while its exteriors, constructed out of pointed ashlar buhrstone, are cadenced by low-arched windows/doors surrounded by red and brown bricks, which are also used in its stringcourses and cornice, the latter two rather systematically defining each of the dwelling's different levels.
With tall windows and white frames, safeguarded by decorative wrought-iron guardrails and folding metal shutters, which contribute to the dwelling's architectural charm, the main façade's left bay has been designed as part of an eye-catching forepart topped with a triangular pediment, which breaks with the manor's overall symmetry.
In addition, the verdant garden is structured around an emerald green lawn, a large number of potted plants, a flagstone courtyard and a wall with thick vegetation, which helps shelter the property from view, while a one-storey outbuilding, located in the southwest part of the lot and accessible from both the main street and courtyard, is festooned with climbing vegetation and features a glazed front door, atelier-type windows, a flat slate roof, as well as a bed planted with hydrangeas. Further on, another bed planted with a variety of different flowers extends over a large part of the courtyard, alongside a number of pruned box trees.
The DwellingThe dwelling is accessible from the courtyard via partially glazed, moulded wooden double doors, painted black, which are safeguarded by wrought-iron grills and topped with a fanlight. Sheltered from the elements thanks to a flat glass and iron awning, it provides access to the ground floor, located at the top of a wide stone staircase, flanked on either side by potted plants.
As for the dwelling's garden-facing side, also featuring buhrstone, it is symmetrical in composition and cadenced by brick stringcourses, quoins and window/door surrounds, while its many openings are primarily topped with low arches and safeguarded by ornate wrought-iron guardrails decorated with vegetal patterns.
The ground floor
The front door opens on to an entryway that communicates, on one side, with a study and a fitted kitchen opening directly on to the garden, and, on the other, with a living room featuring a ceiling with visible whitewashed joists, windows facing the verdant garden, a massive fireplace with an ornately carved wooden mantel and hood, painted grey, as well as a fireback decorated with cream, yellow and green fleur-de-lis-patterned ceramic tiles, inspired from an original design.
With most of the rooms ...
