In Burgundy, in Colette's country, 2 hours from Paris, A Belle Époque seaside-style villa set within just over 1 ha - ref 211488
In Burgundy, in Colette's country, 2 hours from Paris, A Belle Époque seaside-style villa set within just over 1 ha.
La propriété, se trouve à mi-chemin entre deux villages, dont l'un, Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, concentre l'ensemble des commerces de la vie quotidienne, une maison de santé qui rassemble plusieurs médecins de spécialités différentes, ainsi que de nombreux restaurants et ateliers d'artistes. L'agriculture et l'artisanat structurent l'économie locale, dans une région également touristique, portée notamment par le château de Saint-Fargeau, le chantier médiéval de Guédelon, le parc de Boutissaint et le lac du Bourdon, où diverses activités nautiques se déploient en période estivale.
Auxerre, 35 minutes away, has a station with trains to Paris in under 1 hour 45 minutes. Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire est à 30 min. Paris est accessible en près de 2 h par l'autoroute A6, tandis que l'aéroport de Paris-Orly est à une durée équivalente.
Waymarked paths cross an open, rolling landscape of hedgerows, ponds, woodland and low hills, threaded by quiet country roads.
A double wrought-iron gate marks the entrance to the grounds, where a curved drive loops in front of the villa before continuing to the outbuilding at the rear. A separate access leads to parking for up to ten cars. Woodland borders the property, and an old well remains on site.
The main entrance is distinguished by classical columns supporting an alcove, a pear-wood baluster railing and a door surmounted by a glass segmental-arched fanlight. Facing south-west, built over a cellar and rising three levels, the building has an asymmetric composition. Its principal volume, rendered in a pale finish, carries a two-pan slate roof marked by shed dormers. At one corner, a slightly projecting square tower supports a covered belvedere. Large round-arched glazed bays punctuate the ground-floor facade, above which a continuous balcony runs the full width of the level, protected by an ornamental metal railing. On the first level, paired windows open onto small projecting balconies.
The villa
The ground floor
A corridor lined with original ceramic tiles - geometric lines and symmetrical floral motifs whose relief effect provides structure to the interior - leads to a fitted kitchen with storage, lit by a window, and to a guest lavatory with a white porcelain basin. The drawing room has chevron parquet flooring and a marble fireplace with a raised surround embellished with medallions and gilded elements on the white mantel. A triple glazed door with large panes, surmounted by a glass fanlight, separates it from the dining room, which also has a marble fireplace and a splayed bay with cross-motif glazing. Dual-aspect, the dining room looks over the grounds and connects to a veranda at the rear, built at the same period, now housing the wood-burning heating system.
Each of the reception rooms opens onto the continuous balcony through a large glazed bay and is distinguished by dado panelling and broad rectangular moulded panels. From the dining room, a round-arched opening leads to a further room where ironwork frames a third bay at the rear of the house. A timber turning staircase with handrail rises from the entrance hall to the upper levels; the first tread, in stone, is scroll-shaped.
The first floor
A landing with oak flooring leads to a bathroom clad, on the floor and across several wall sections, in octagonal solid-glaze Briare enamel tiles from a manufacturer whose origins date to 1845. A separate area is fitted with wardrobes and an independent lavatory. The same landing serves three bedrooms, each with a marble fireplace; two are lit by paired windows on the principal facade, fitted with finely wrought metal railings. One retains its original wallpaper, set within large and medium frames, and has an oak floor. Another, with white-painted ...
