A former farmhouse with outbuildings in more than 17 hectares, near to Guerlesquin, in the countryside around Trégor - ref 724021
A former farmhouse with outbuildings in more than 17 hectares, near to Guerlesquin, in the countryside around Trégor.
Guerlesquin is situated to the northeast of the Finistère area, on the border with the Côtes-d'Armor area, and occupies a transitional position between the inland zone around Trégor and the Bay of Morlaix. The village is one of the most characterful in Brittany and still has an old centre set around squares bordered with granite-made residences, dominated by the market buildings and 17th-century former seignorial prison. The RN12 major roading linking Rennes and Brest is around a dozen kilometres away, making it easy to reach Morlaix or Lannion. High-speed TGV trains from the station in Morlaix, approximately 25 kilometres away, provide links to Brest, Rennes and Paris. The Brittany coast's beaches are around twenty kilometres away.
The buildings are gathered around a small open courtyard that can be reached via a dead-end country road. The two-storey, main house, which is made of stone and topped by a slate roof, stands in its centre. It includes a living room, kitchen, bathroom with a shower, lavatory and an extra room on the ground floor. The top floor is made up of three bedrooms. In one of them, a staircase leads to the loft. The garden and immediate surroundings of the house boast views over the undulating countryside combining meadows, hedgerows and woodland.
Several stone outbuildings, some of which are the remains of a former 16th-century manor according to archives, are an extension to the traditional layout of a former rural farm. Nearby, there are also four mangers and a double agricultural storage building. Behind the buildings, there are almost 17 hectares of uninterrupted land, mostly made up of woods and wet heathland, in which dense vegetation and marshy zones form an intact, natural landscape. The different parts of the land stand in a forest environment that progressively surrounds the property, reinforcing the feeling of isolation.
The farmhouseThis two-storey, rectangular, stone rural residence is topped by a slate, gabled roof. Its simple and solid construction is borne out in the exposed rubble stone elevations punctuated by regular rectangular openings. The main facade overlooks the courtyard, while a gable end topped by a tall chimney stack underlines the building's old origins. Very close by, a stone outbuilding with a steel sheet roof adds to the property's volume and closes one side of the courtyard.
The ground floor
This level is laid out around the traditional living rooms. The dual aspect lounge has retained a distinctive rustic character, with exposed joists, tiled flooring and a wide stone fireplace whose massive mantelpiece frames the hearth.
The room has the capacity for a large family dining table and opens directly outside, via a window through which light pours in from the side.
The adjoining kitchen is simply laid out around a dining area and a wood-fired stove. The rendered walls and exposed beams evoke the homely ambiance of a country house that has remained more or less faithful to its original purpose.
A bathroom with a shower as well as a lavatory, with tiled walls and floors, into which light filters through a high window, is set perpendicularly. A further room on this level could be converted into a bedroom.
The upstairs
A landing leads to three bedrooms, which are simply decorated and bathed in light, with wood-stripped flooring and views of the surrounding countryside through the windows. Some of the rooms possess a modest décor, characterised by the colours of the walls and furniture in place.
Above this level, an approximately 56-m² loft occupies the space beneath the rafters and is suitable for storage or future conversion.
The landIt ...
