A 19th century townhouse with a 600 m² garden on the edge of Tours, near to the Pont Napoleon and Pont Wilson bridges - ref 677112
A 19th century townhouse with a 600 m² garden on the edge of Tours, near to the Pont Napoleon and Pont Wilson bridges.
This property is located in a much sought-after municipality in the immediate periphery of Tours, in west of the Centre-Val de Loire region, in the heart of the Indre-et-Loire area, in a peaceful neighbourhood with schools nearby, the tram network within a short distance and the nearest shops 700 metres away. The city centre of Tours is only 20 to 30 minutes away, where you can enjoy many cultural venues and events, dine in the restaurants and take a stroll along the banks of the Loire.
The buildings and walls enclosing the garden that make up the property open onto the pavement of a quiet street. The property is made up of three buildings aligned on a north to south axis. The most northerly building is a former outbuilding with two storeys that overlooks a courtyard. The second one opens onto the garden. Following the addition of a storey in 1995, with four levels, one of which is a cellar, it is the tallest building in the property. A passageway links the house to the neighbouring building at the intersection of the two edifices. Formerly part of the latter, the passegeway often surprises visitors. The house overlooks a third, lower-rise construction to the south: the conservatory. The roofs are made of slate and punctuated, in the second building, by dormers and a bullseye window. Most of the elevations are made of tuffeau stone covered, in some places, by discrete light pink rendering. They are punctuated by stringcourses between the storeys, cornices, door and window surrounds, and entablatures on certain openings, as well as ironwork on the doors and windows. It is easy to make your way around the buildings once inside, because they are interconnected at every level. The garden and then the neighbouring park stretch out on the other side of the house. You can reach the lush, green, walled garden through a wrought iron gate from the street. Lastly, a path lined with Tasmanian tree ferns and bamboos leads to a garden shed and the garage on one side and to the house with its small courtyard on the other.
The house
The ground floor
A circular glass and wrought-iron awning sits atop the main entrance. The glazed door crafted with similar materials to the awning boasts decorative features in the form of cyclamens, an emblematic plant of the Tours area. In the entrance hall, an oak staircase leads to the upper floors while two double-leaf doors lead into the dining room on one side and the lounge on the other, in which there is a modern fireplace made of Chauvigny stone and brick, with bookshelves on either side. From the lounge, three Comblanchien stone steps lead down into the conservatory, which today is a veritable room in itself. The mosaic tiled floor is typical of the 1960s to 1970s and is made of stoneware and Briare enamel. Flower boxes stand on each side of the steps. The windows are double glazed and French windows open out onto a patio.
The dining room that stands off the entrance hall houses a red marble fireplace, overlooked by a trumeau mirror, with cupboards and panelling to either side. One of these is in fact the door into the kitchen, which is paved with terracotta tiles and, in a nod to the conservatory, has a mosaic of tiles around the sink. A wrought iron door adorned with cornflower decorative features leads from the kitchen into the courtyard. From this entrance to the courtyard, a second staircase in Comblanchien stone leads upstairs. Between the two floors on the first landing, there is a door that opens onto the street. The rest of the ground floor is made up of a cloakroom, a toilet and a boiler room, which also opens onto the courtyard.
The first floor
The landing on the oak staircase leads to a bedroom with windows facing east and south, a ...
