Built at the end of the 1870s, this manor house is indicative of the neighbourhood’s transformation prompted by the arrival of the train station. At this time, significant construction was carried out on land, which, up until that time, had been pastureland and wilderness, while the development plans indicate that the dwelling, located on a plot of approximately 892 m², is situated on what was to become the avenue de la Gare des Voyageurs.
The four-storey house is accessible from its main façade via a door topped with a coat-of-arms displaying the initials of its original owners, while its plaster-coated tuffeau stone exteriors provide glimpses of the stone typical of the region, visible in its smooth rusticated quoins as well as its moulded cornices and window/door surrounds, which are, in turn, protected by white-painted folding louvred shutters. As for its slate Mansard roof, it is punctuated on either side by a dormer window, while the back side of the roof also includes a bull’s-eye window.
In addition, the property is accessible via a wrought-iron gate, which opens onto a drive that leads towards the dwelling, outbuilding and garden. Entirely enclosed, the latter includes a veteran cedar tree, a pond typical of the 19th century and a recently restored greenhouse.

The House

The ground floor
The entrance hall, once meant for a professional usage, was completely redesigned by its current occupants, who bestowed it once again with its initial layout and original luminosity. Beginning with a hallway, decorated with original cement tiles adorned in geometric patterns and curved lines, this provides access to a study mostly open onto the entrance hall, a kitchen, a dining room and a living room. As for the two adjacent living areas, they have preserved their original décor, such as straight-plank hardwood floors, cornices, ceiling roses and either white or red marble fireplaces, while their walls alternate between white moulded wood panelling and silvery-grey whitewash paint. Back in the entrance hall, a double quarter-turn staircase with a finely carved bannister and newel post provides access to the upper floors and is highlighted by the natural light diffused by a bull’s-eye window.
The first floor
With a floor-to-ceiling height of 3 metres, the star-shaped landing provides access to three bedrooms, two of which face the garden, while the last one looks out towards the street. With original, recently restored, pitch-pine hardwood floors throughout this level, the bathroom has both a shower and an antique clawfoot bathtub and is decorated with rectangular white tiles inspired by Hector Guimard’s works. Lastly, two separate wardrobes face one another on the landing.
The second floor
A fourth bedroom, facing the garden, and a shower room are accessible from the landing, while another door opens onto an unconverted space of approximately 60 m² with terracotta floor tiles and towering exposed wooden rafters.
The basement
Accessible from a staircase in the entrance hall, this level spans the entire floor area of the house and includes a laundry room, a workshop as well as three vaulted tuffeau stone cellars with beaten earth floors, ideal for storing wine.