On a one-way street heading down to the River Loire, the property’s gate opens onto a drive winding through tall trees to a parking space in front of a garage. To the side, several stone steps lead to a south-facing, wide, gravelled patio that surrounds the main building. Below, a lawned area is bordered by trees that stretch as far as the eye can see, with only the towers of the Cathedral emerging from the greenery. The oldest part of the two-storey residence, one of which is an attic level, dates back to the 18th century. It was expanded in the 19th century. Through the wide openings on the ground floor with tuffeau stone surrounds, two reception rooms adorned with wood panelling and fireplaces on the walls are bathed in light, as is a bedroom with an en suite bathroom. To the rear, there is an adjoining former orangery with three tall, semi-circular arched windows. To the east, the kitchen opens onto the rear of the parkland. On the top floor, several bedrooms can be reached via the main staircase or a service staircase to the rear.
In the orangery, a passage leads to a lower level containing a vaulted cellar and a garage. The first floor has been converted into a vast room, into which light pours through a large window boasting views of the cathedral. An annexe tucked away behind the vegetation lets nature almost rush in through its top to bottom glazed walls. It is made up of a reception space with a shower room and a lavatory. The 2 hectares of parkland are dotted with a variety of tree types including a hundred-year-old cedar.

The residence

It was mentioned in 1816 on the first land registry documents, when the property was surrounded by vineyards and was within the remit of Marmoutier Abbey. The original 18th-century farmhouse was first expanded, before a square pavilion was added to transform it into a bourgeois residence in the 19th century. The south facade is punctuated by small-paned, wide windows, while the slate roof is dotted with gabled dormers with triangular pediments. An orangery built in the 20th century and situated to the north, adjoining the wing, opens onto the garden through three wide, semi-circular arched windows fitted with louvred shutters. To the west, a lean-to structure links the house to the outbuilding. The elevations are rendered and the door and window surrounds are made of tuffeau stone, as are the cornices underlining the roof, which are denticulated on the pavilion.

The ground floor
From one of the patios, a double-leaf door opens into the entrance hall, which leads on one side to a reception lounge plus a bedroom and on the other to the orangery. A wooden staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade adorned with decorative scroll features climbs to a part of the first floor. From a bedroom with a wood panelled alcove, a door opens into a bathroom with a lavatory and then into another room containing a swimming pool with a counter-current system. From the lounge, a door opens into the entrance hall which leads to a living room opposite and a corridor leading to a kitchen, hallway with a shower room and lavatory, then the orangery. A second staircase climbs to the first floor. Wide windows punctuate the walls of the reception rooms, which are adorned with moulded wood panelling plus stone and brick fireplaces topped with trumeau mirrors. In the kitchen, there is a tuffeau stone fireplace and a door leads outside. The vast, around 50-m² orangery is bathed in light through three arched windows. A stone and brick fireplace stands against one of the walls, while a door opens into the hallway to the outbuilding and the basement level. All the rooms boast terrazzo flooring apart from the kitchen.
The upstairs
Beneath the rafters, this level is divided into two parts, both of which can be reached via separate staircases. From the entrance, the main staircase climbs to a landing leading to a bedroom and wardrobe space. The straight wood strip flooring is carpeted in the bedroom. The second staircase, in the corridor between the kitchen and the orangery, climbs to a bedroom plus a shower room and lavatory, followed by two other bedrooms one after another. Their flooring is made up of terracotta tiles and there are also exposed beams on the ceiling.
The lower level
Next to the parking space, a lean-to style building standing next to the residence used to house the former stables. This two-storey building, one of which is beneath the rafters, links the main residence to the outbuilding via the first floor. The rendered walls are punctuated with doors and windows boasting tuffeau stone surrounds. The ground floor includes a hallway that can be reached from the outside equipped with a lavatory and shower room, plus a boiler room and a utility room. A door opens into a vaulted cellar beneath the oldest part of the residence.