In Amiens, a fully restored 1930s manor house, with an approximately 2,000-m², tree-filled garden - ref 675991
In Amiens, a fully restored 1930s manor house, with an approximately 2,000-m², tree-filled garden.
Amiens, the capital of Picardy, is in the middle of a triangle formed by Paris, London and Brussels. It is not only a historic city, with an emblematic cathedral, but is also a dynamic place, with its many businesses and a first-rate university. The residence is in the upper part of the Henriville district. All the essential shops and services can be easily reached, as well as the schools and most prestigious of senior high schools. The south Amiens clinic is also very nearby. The train station is only a few minutes away, from which Paris can be reached in 1 hour 15 minutes. By car, Paris Charles de Gaulle airport is 1 hour 30 minutes away and the city of Paris can be reached in 2 hours. The Somme Bay and Le Touquet are one hour away by road.
An entrance with a large wrought-iron gate opens into a vast courtyard in front of a 1930s residence, with an avant-corps coated in white rendering dotted with blue-grey half-timbering. Art deco decorative elements blend seamlessly with the house's Anglo-Norman style, which is characterised by half-timbering on the upper part of the building and overhanging roofs. There is plenty of space for parking cars, either outside or in one of the two garages. To the right of the edifice, there is a path that leads to a large ornamental garden to the rear.
The residenceThe house features a protruding central avant-corps with an oriel window and an overhanging half-hipped slate roof. A flight of steps at the top of which there is an awning supported by an imposing pillar leads to the glazed entrance door, situated to the right of the oriel window. The roof is dotted with gable dormers of various sizes. With its many niches and decorative details, the building has a distinctive style. As a whole, what stands out is the remarkable harmony between its four storeys and its asymmetry, typical of Anglo-Norman style edifices. To the rear of the house, the architecture follows the same style, with the sole difference being the vast bay windows that allow the occupants to enjoy an ample view of the garden.
The ground floor
The entrance door with its petal-shaped glazing opens into a large hall, paved with stone slabs and boasting two-tone walls, leading to the rooms on the ground floor. The interior doors are also glazed in the same way, allowing light to stream into the hall, in which there is a wooden staircase, also in Art deco style, with a newel post carved like a modern balustrade. To the right, an office with straight wood stripped flooring opens out onto the courtyard. To the left, a vast, almost 62-m² reception room is bathed in light thanks to a bay window running along the entire façade overlooking the garden. The white walls further enhance the impression of brightness and contrast nicely with the originally designed wood flooring: a herringbone pattern in the middle surrounded by a darker wooden border, beyond which there is straight stripped wood flooring. Three different functions share the space in the large room: a winter lounge around the fireplace, bathed in light through an oriel window, a dining area in which ten guests can sit and a second summer lounge in which the large bay window overlooks the garden. Next to this, a bright, tiled room could be transformed into a kitchen. It is currently a snug, with the kitchen located at the bottom of a small staircase tucked out of view.
The garden-level floor
A vast modern kitchen with a central island unit opens onto a large patio facing the garden. It has a light-coloured tiled floor, built in fittings, a white ceiling and red walls, which provide a modern touch. To the rear, there is a fitness room, two garages, a utility room and a boiler room.
The first floor
At the top of the main staircase, ...
