A set of three houses renovated into a comfortable holiday estate on the banks of the Loire River near the city of Angers - ref 609850
A set of three houses renovated into a comfortable holiday estate on the banks of the Loire River near the city of Angers.
The property lies in France's Maine-et-Loire department, in the centre of the country's Pays de la Loire region. It is tucked away in a hamlet through which a little river flows. Nearby, there is a characterful village nestled among many vineyards and overlooked by the largest chateau in the local Anjou province. The village offers shops and amenities and a vibrant weekly market. The Loire Valley, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, neighbours the property. The city of Angers is less than 20 minutes away. From the high-speed train station in Angers, you can get to Paris in only 1 hour and 30 minutes by rail. Indeed, many train rides to Paris are available here each day. And you can easily reach the A85 and A11 motorways from the property too.
From the lane that runs through the hamlet, two entrance gates lead into the property. The first one leads into a courtyard, from where you can enter the main house and the two secondary dwellings, which outbuildings adjoin. The main house is made of rubble schist with pointing. It has a ground floor and a first floor in the roof space. Its gabled slate roof is punctuated with dormers with triangular pediments. The quoins, cornices, and window and door surrounds are made of tuffeau-stone ashlar. An extension with large, workshop-style glazing on three sides takes up part of the western gable end. This extension is also crowned with a slate roof, which has three slopes. An outdoor flight of slate steps climbs up the western gable end too. A stone terrace edges the facade and another stone terrace edges the rear elevation. The second gate leads into another courtyard, where there is a car park. The grounds extend on the south side. A former orchard lies beyond the walls, which partly enclose the grounds.
The main home
The ground floor
The entrance hall connects to a lounge, a lavatory, a cloakroom and a hallway that leads to a scullery, a kitchen and a staircase. On one side, the lounge opens out into a dining room. On the other side, it opens out into a second lounge, which lies in a space with glazed walls. The kitchen connects to the dining room. One of the lounge's walls features a tuffeau-stone fireplace. This stone fireplace is decorated with finely sculpted vine shoots that evoke the property's past in winegrowing. The lounge with glazed walls is fitted with a wood-burning stove. All the ground-floor rooms lead outside onto the terraces.
The intermediate level
The intermediate level has an office, a bedroom with an alcove, a bathroom and a lavatory. These rooms have sloping attic ceilings. The office leads out to the outside steps that take you down to the courtyard.
The attic
The first floor lies in the roof space. Up here, there are two bedrooms. One of them has a shower room, a lavatory and a walk-in wardrobe. The other one has a bathroom. In both bedrooms, you can see the exposed beams of the roof frame. One of the bedrooms also leads out onto the outside steps.
The first secondary dwellingThe first secondary dwelling is L-shaped and built with the same materials as the main house is. It likewise has a ground floor and a first floor in the roof space. It offers a floor area of 205m².
The ground floor
A kitchen connects to a dining room, which leads to a staircase and a hallway that takes you to two bedrooms. These two bedrooms share a bathroom and a lavatory. The dining room has a French-style beamed ceiling. The stone of the property's old winepress has been preserved. The room leads out into the garden in front of the house.
The attic
The staircase leads up to a lounge that connects to three bedrooms, two of ...
