An elegant late 19th century villa
in the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel
in the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel
Granville,
MANCHE
lower-normandy
50400
FR
Location
On the south-western edge of Normandy and La Manche, the villa is set in a village with 400 inhabitants, 700 m from a promenade with spectacular views of Mont-Saint-Michel. The small village has been awarded the "Heritage Village" label and has all the local shops you might require for your everyday needs. A coastal town is just 20 minutes away by car, with medical and hospital facilities as well as shops and services. It is also home to a fishing port and marina. A train station has connections to Paris in 3 hours and the motorway is 15 minutes from the property.
Description
The villa, which faces south, is surrounded by a granite stone wall. A caretaker's cottage, known as the "Conciergerie", completes the entrance on the north side. It is flanked by a wooden gateway framed by two stone pillars topped with capitals. The wide space it opens onto leads to a paved driveway leading up to the villa, a tree-lined raised terrace to the north, an entrance to the caretaker's cottage and access to the landscaped grounds with trellises, dominated by a terrace on the south side paved with large stone slabs. This is followed by a meadow, bringing the total surface area of the property up to around 2.3 hectares. The four-storey villa is rectangular shape and built of rubble stone. The gable roof is built of slate. The south facade features an oriel window on one side, typical of 19th century architecture, which runs the full height of the building, with a balustrade balcony on the top floor. The facade, with its many windows, offers views over the grounds and the vast grassy meadow. Finally, the caretaker's cottage is built of stone and covered with a slate gable roof. A balcony adorns the south-facing first floor, while a terrace with the same exposure, surrounded by a low wall, borders the house.
The villa
The garden level
On one side, a door opens into a linen room and a storeroom. Opposite, a door leads to a cellar, boiler room and workshop.
The ground floor
The main entrance door, made of painted solid wood and topped by a glass transom, opens into a hall with a tiled floor laid out in black and white squares, in pure 19th century style. There are toilets under the staircase. On one side of the hall there is a dining room, with panelled walls, two windows, a wooden slatted floor and a ceiling painted with a trompe-l'œil sky. A white marble fireplace is set into one of its corners. Also illuminated by two windows, an identically sized kitchen, which opens onto the dining room, has been fitted out in keeping with the original style. The floor is covered in beige and ochre cement squares. On the other side, a vast lounge has the same wooden floor as the dining room. The walls are panelled and a large granite fireplace is flanked on one side by a wooden staircase leading to a library. The beams are exposed, at a height of around 6 m. Finally, opposite the fireplace, a space has been created in the oriel window.
The first floor
A landing on the wooden staircase going up to the upper floors leads to a vast bedroom on the east side, sheltered on the south side by the oriel window and preceded by an antechamber with walls with two windows on the east and north sides. It features a pink marble fireplace and adjoins a bathroom and toilet. On the west side, two bedrooms adjoin a shared shower room, which includes a shower, washbasin and toilet. The floors on this level are all thin-strip parquet.
The second floor
As on the first floor, a landing leads to two west-facing bedrooms with a shared shower room, all three of which have sloping ceilings but fairly high ceilings. A large east-facing bedroom adjoins a bathroom. It is extended by a small terrace with an unobstructed view of the surrounding greenery.
The conciergerie (caretaker's cottage)
The basement
There are two cellars that extend under the entire floor.
The ground floor
The glazed entrance door, topped by a fanlight, opens onto a dining room with a cement-tiled floor, an open-plan fitted kitchen and a toilet. The room is lit by a west-facing window and opens through a glazed wooden door onto a slightly raised, stone-paved terrace. It leads to a lounge with a terracotta tiled floor, a brick and wood fireplace, three windows and a French window opening onto the terrace. In one corner, a wooden staircase leads to the first floor.
The upstairs
Accessed from the staircase leading from the living room, it has two bedrooms off a landing and a fully-equipped bathroom with a toilet. A south-facing balcony leads off from the landing.
The grounds
They consist of a 4 300 m² landscaped garden, with trellises, lawns and planted with various trees, shrubs and other bedding plants, with a grassy meadow of around 1.8 hectares below. The property faces south.
Our opinion
An authentic 19th-century villa, recently renovated by a leading architect, on the shore of one of the world's most famous bays, a stone's throw from Mont-Saint-Michel and its historic treasures. Typical of the seaside villas built at the end of the last century, the house is flanked by an elegant oriel window that enhances its tall stone silhouette. It has sumptuous period decor inside, designed for the comfort and convenience required by a provincial holiday resort just a few hours from the capital. Its grounds, planted with trees and flowers and designed by a renowned landscape architect, are just as remarkable. Its pastures could be rented out for horses to graze on. Finally, the caretaker's cottage which is restored in the same spirit as the rest of the estate is a fantastic asset for accommodating guests in complete autonomy and tranquility.
1 990 000 €
Fees at the Vendor’s expense
Reference 142585
| Land registry surface area | 2 ha 27 a 49 ca |
| Main building surface area | 480 m2 |
| Number of bedrooms | 6 |
| Outbuilding surface area | 80 m2 |
| including refurbished area | 80 m2 |
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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.
