An elegant 360-m² manor house with a 1,100-m² garden, in the Hauts-de-Seine area, between Sceaux and Fontenay-aux-Roses - ref 557067
An elegant 360-m² manor house with a 1,100-m² garden, in the Hauts-de-Seine area, between Sceaux and Fontenay-aux-Roses.
Two centuries of history are engraved in the walls of the property located on the edge of several green spaces. The manor house was built in 1899 very close to Sceaux and was a place where Parisians would come for a weekend to enjoy themselves and sate their appetites, taking advantage of the clean country air. A wrought-iron entrance gate leads into the property's grounds. The front façade of the building is made of ashlar and includes eight windows, while on the rear red-brick façade there are seven. The mansard style roof is made of zinc and slate tiles. The house is made up of a basement, a ground floor and two upper floors, with a total of eleven rooms. The ground floor houses a vast living room, an office and a kitchen, all of which are bathed in light. The first floor and second floor each possess four bedrooms and one bathroom. A lean-to standing against the house is used for storing logs and for drying laundry. The large, lush, approximately 1,000-m² garden is lined by tall trees, with a central lawn. To the rear of the house, a south-facing patio covered by a pergola on which Virginia creeper grows makes it possible to enjoy warm sunny days in total peace and quiet. The utility room can be reached from the exterior, at the rear of the house. At the end of the garden there is a garage with capacity for one car. The heating is gas powered and all the windows are double glazed.
The house
The ground floor
Three stone steps climb up to the house's restored period wooden entrance door. The entrance hall still boasts the original cement tiles with white and black chessboard, floral or terrazzo patterns. To the left, there is an office with a black fireplace whose hearth is adorned with a fleur de lys pattern on a green background. The window overlooks the entrance courtyard and the room also boasts bookshelves and cupboards. To the right, there is a living room generously bathed in light thanks to seven windows, highlighting the finely crafted details of the mouldings, Venetian style stucco and floral-patterned paintings on the ceiling. There is oakwood stripped flooring and wooden double-leaf doors with small panes and bevelled glazing, while two fireplaces are situated opposite each other. The first, on the courtyard side of the room, is in white marble adorned with delicate decorative features. The second is a black marble one dotted with slim veins of white and adorned with a fleur de lys pattern. The lounge has a surface of approximately 50 m² and a ceiling height of 3.1 metres. Opposite, there is a functional kitchen with brownish-grey tiling and views over the garden. On this level, there is also a lavatory and storage units.
The first floor
A wooden staircase leads to the upper floors. A vast landing bathed in light through a large window leads to the rooms on this level, which is exclusively made up of bedrooms and a bathroom as well as a lavatory. The four bedrooms are of various size and the largest overlooks the garden. It is spacious and bright, has a surface of more than 20 m² and boasts a walk-in wardrobe. The other bedrooms, whose surfaces vary between 12 and 13 m², overlook the garden or the courtyard. All of the bedrooms have wardrobe space and only the flooring, either wood stripped or carpeted, is different. The more than 10-m² bathroom boasts a bath with a white tiled apron and two washbasins near to the window. The majority of the walls and floor are covered with small, glazed, emerald-green tiles.
The second floor
This level, like the one below, is made up of four bedrooms. It also has a kitchen and a lavatory. In recent years, the owner used it to offer student accommodation due to the closeness of universities and other higher education ...
