The villa is situated in the middle of a large plot of more than 3,000 m², surrounded by a wrought-iron railing fence with a large entrance gate opening onto the street. The property can be reached by a small cul-de-sac to the west of the house, which also leads to other dwellings downstream. A small, approximately 25-m² pavilion can be found in the southeast corner of the grounds.
The house is Anglo-Norman in style, with its main façades facing northeast and southwest. It was built in 1898 and is made of millstone, bricks and tiles. It is a listed remarkable building and boasts all the historical and architectural characteristics of the striking houses along the banks of the River Seine known locally as ‘Affolantes’. These vast holiday homes, with their unique and eclectic styles, were built by wealthy merchants or industrialists between 1830 and 1914 thanks to the expansion of the rail network.
They boast a vast architectural palette, ranging from Anglo-Norman manor houses to exotic chalets, including small Neo-Louis XIII mansions and some other, quite frankly madcap examples. What they have in common is large windows and decorative features - half-timbering, terraces, decorated balconies or patios - which are all imitation. These unique holiday homes became the places of residence for many artists, such as Rosa Bonheur and Stéphane Mallarmé, who came to find inspiration.

The villa

The façades of the imposing building, with a millstone sleeper wall, are covered with off-white rendering and punctuated by many large, rectangular, small-paned doors and windows. The front façade that looks onto the street is less tall and imposing than the one overlooking the garden, which, thanks to the natural slope of the grounds creating a feeling of movement, is majestic. Both highlight the building’s architectural organisation into five distinct sections, each of which boast specific recesses and are topped with old flat tile roofs of varying heights and styles, dotted here and there with hipped dormers. Red brick belt courses punctuate and frame certain parts of the villa. Two higher tower-like structures seem to emerge from the construction. One has a gabled roof, while the other has a pavilion roof at the rear and a hipped roof at the front. The upper part of the highest one is decorated with imitation half-timbering. The main façade, which faces away from the street, boasts a raised gable end supported by thick red brick pillars which merge into the quoins, echoing those of the adjoining tower. The garden level, which protrudes outward from the centre of the building, opens onto a large patio and is topped by a balcony with a wrought-iron guard-rail. The edifice has approximately 443 m² of living space spread over four levels.

The garden-level floor
The entrances to this level are through the building’s large French windows that open onto the patio, via a small outside door to the west or via an indoor stone staircase leading to the ground floor. Its surface of approximately 80 m² is split between two lounges. In one of them, the flooring is paved with beige travertine stone slabs and the windows are double glazed. In an adjoining relaxation area, there is a shower room and a sauna. There are also approximately 80 m² of cellars, divided into four rooms, including a boiler room with a gas-fired condensing boiler coupled with a heat pump installed in 2024.
The ground floor
Two entrances lead inside: a main entrance via the front façade as well as a small side door, leading to two adjoining halls. The first, which is fitted with cupboards, leads to a utility room and the staircase leading to the upper floors as well as one down to the garden level. The larger of the halls leads to a kitchen, lavatory, several lounges, a small office and a corridor leading in turn to a bedroom as well as a bathroom. In total, the ground floor boasts five rooms and a surface of approximately 100 m². The two lounges furthest to the east could easily be transformed into a master bedroom. The central lounge, which opens onto a vast balcony/patio measuring more than 16 m², boasts an imposing old wooden fireplace and a ceiling with exposed beams. Natural light pours through the large windows on this level. In the halls and kitchen, the flooring is made up of period tiling, whilst the other rooms boast English bond wood flooring. The high ceilings are adorned with moulding and wood panelling. Lastly, there are small fireplaces made of light-coloured marble in the office and two of the lounges.
The first floor
A period oak staircase climbs up a stairwell with walls covered with wainscotting to the first floor and a landing that leads to a small kitchen and a corridor, along which there are four bedrooms, two of which have sloped ceilings, two bathrooms and a lavatory. One of the bedrooms at the end is linked to another room, which could be transformed into a walk-in wardrobe or an office. Light coloured period wood stripped flooring can mainly be found on this level.
The second floor
A small, wooden, spiral staircase in the corridor on the first floor climbs up to this level in the attic space, where a landing leads to five rooms of modest size. This level could be converted into several medium-sized bedrooms or into a single, vast bedroom by restructuring the space. As on the first floor, there is light coloured wood stripped flooring throughout. The white painted rooms are bathed in light thanks to the large windows and boast uninterrupted views of the surroundings.