Location
The estate is located in the northern Anjou countryside, part of the Pays de la Loire region. The village it belongs to is within a 10-minute drive, but the main shops and services are less than 5 minutes away. Angers is around 34 km from the property, while Le Mans can be reached in 1 hour. Sablé-sur-Sarthe railway station is around 23 km away, as is the A11 motorway junction.
The surrounding countryside, mainly farmlands crossed by the Sarthe river, is gently undulating, with parts belonging to the Natura 2000 network of nature protection areas. The Lower Anjou valleys are listed as wetlands of national importance and as a natural zone of ecological interest for its fauna and flora. The climate is particularly mild here.
Description
Built in the early 20th century in the style of the First French Empire, it comprises a stately rectangular main dwelling, with a central octagonal tower projecting to the south, extended by a raised terrace surrounded by a balustrade. To the north, another central projecting structure, a square tower, is punctuated by three symmetrical bays. Wide, splayed granite approach steps lead up to the entrance.
A second driveway, further north, also runs through a wooded area and serves the outbuildings, including the former stables converted into additional lodgings.
All the buildings are of rendered or exposed stone, with slate or tiled gable or four-pitched roofs featuring dormer windows and chimney stacks.
The manor house
The building is of lime-rendered stone on a granite foundation. It has four storeys: a garden level, a raised ground floor, a first floor and a second floor in the roofspace, topped by a slate roof with oeil-de-boeuf and dormer windows featuring triangular pediments. The surrounds and facings of the openings, the cornice, corner quoins, roof dormers and oeil-de-boeuf windows are all of tuffeau limestone.
The garden-level floor
This level contains a number of rooms used for technical purposes or for storage: boiler room, workshops, woodshed, etc. There is also a flat with a large sitting/dining room and an open-plan kitchen, four bedrooms, a study, a bathroom, a shower room, lavatories and a laundry room.
The ground floor
The approach steps lead up to a vast entrance hall with marble columns and a floor with red and yellow tiles. The entrance hall serves the main oak staircase with balusters on one side, and a bedroom with a Louis XIV-style marble fireplace and oak parquet flooring on the other. There is a shower room with a toilet next to this bedroom. On the opposite side, a gallery also features red and yellow floor tiles. This gallery leads southwards to a large sitting room, a small drawing room, a dining room and a kitchen. To the north, it provides access to a small dining room and a back staircase. At its western end, there is a study, and at its eastern end, a boudoir. The sitting room is rotunda-shaped, with French windows opening onto the balustraded terrace. As in the dining room, the flooring here is oak parquet. A white marble fireplace is set against a wall. The decor includes panelling, stucco work and a ceiling with cornice.
The first floor
The landing has been fitted with bookshelves and leads to a gallery similar to the one on the ground floor. It leads to four bedrooms on the south side, two of which follow on from each other and three of which have their own bathroom or shower room with toilet. To the north are three bedrooms, two of which have en-suite shower rooms and toilets. The gallery ends with a laundry room to the east. Most bedrooms have marble fireplaces and oak or pitch pine floors.
The attic
Accessed via the back staircase only, the attic comprises five bedrooms, a study, a bathroom with toilet, a shower room with toilet and attic space. One area still awaits conversion.
The annexe lodgings
Built of coursed rubble masonry and topped by a tiled roof, the former stables have been converted into two fully equipped 110 m² annexe houses. The openings have brick surrounds. Each dwelling comprises a living room, three bedrooms, shower rooms and lavatories. On the ground floor, one section of the building is used as a storage area.
The outbuildings
There are three other small buildings, two of which are located near the annexe houses and the third near the kitchen garden.
The grounds
The parkland covers more than 15 hectares in a single lot. It is divided more or less evenly between woodlands, meadows, and an English-style landscaped park planted with oak, chestnut, beech and conifer trees crossed by a beautiful entrance driveway. A 12m x 8m swimming pool is located in front of the south-facing elevation of the manor house. A fully walled kitchen garden with a wrought iron gate as well as two wells complete the estate.
Our opinion
In the gentle Anjou countryside, a fine property under the protective cover of its vast wooded estate. Dating back to the early 20th century, the beautifully restored building boasts an elegant, classical facade punctuated by numerous windows. The succession of sitting rooms, punctuated by tall marble columns, reveals a luminous interior adorned with period features. An ideal place for both family life and entertaining. The two annexe houses provide ideal accommodation for guests and visitors. Under the foliage of centuries-old trees, they will be able to wander along the alleys of the park and forget for a short time the trials and tribulations of the outside world.
1 800 000 €
Fees at the Vendor’s expense
Reference 239538
Land registry surface area | 15 ha 29 a 77 ca |
Main building surface area | 1100 m2 |
Number of bedrooms | +20 |
Outbuilding surface area | 400 m2 |
NB: The above information is not only the result of our visit to the property; it is also based on information provided by the current owner. It is by no means comprehensive or strictly accurate especially where surface areas and construction dates are concerned. We cannot, therefore, be held liable for any misrepresentation.