The former house of a linen merchant with outbuildings, nestled
in three hectares of meadows and woods near Morlaix, Brittany
in three hectares of meadows and woods near Morlaix, Brittany
Morlaix,
FINISTERE
brittany
29600
FR
Location
The property lies in a small town that has fewer than 2,000 inhabitants, in the north of Brittany’s Finistère department, near the town of Morlaix, in the heart of the Armorique regional nature park. Morlaix train station is 24 minutes away. From there, you can reach Paris in three hours by high-speed rail. Brest international airport is 35 minutes from the property. From this airport, you can fly to Spain, Portugal, Greece, Morocco and Lapland. The port of Roscoff with its sea links to England and Ireland is 40 minutes away. There are secondary schools and many amenities in Morlaix, which is 19 kilometres from the property and has a hospital too. The seaside resorts of Plougasnou and Carantec are half an hour away.
Description
Beyond a copse, a driveway leads from the property’s entrance to the grand house’s court. The dwelling stands in the middle of its grounds. Several outbuildings lie around it. A granite flight of front steps with a balustrade, also made of rubble granite, leads up to a terrace that runs along the facade. A rubble stone wall and a trimmed box hedge line this terrace. The house’s main section is flanked with a wing on one side and a square tower on the other.
Behind, a garage adjoins a pantry and a storehouse. Not far away, in front of the house on one side, there is a small dovecote and another old storehouse. Further on, there is a little outbuilding used for feeding animals and a small stable used for storing fodder and firewood. All these buildings are made of rubble granite and are crowned with local slate roofs that have been kept in very good condition. Only the stable, set back, is built of breeze blocks.
Behind, a garage adjoins a pantry and a storehouse. Not far away, in front of the house on one side, there is a small dovecote and another old storehouse. Further on, there is a little outbuilding used for feeding animals and a small stable used for storing fodder and firewood. All these buildings are made of rubble granite and are crowned with local slate roofs that have been kept in very good condition. Only the stable, set back, is built of breeze blocks.
The grand house
The house is rectangular and made up of several sections. The building’s main section has two levels. It is made of rubble granite and crowned with a slate gable roof. The roof ridge is adorned with slate tiles cut into different animal shapes. Two chimney stacks rise up from the roof. Many windows with dressed-stone surrounds punctuate the walls. On one side, a single-floor wing extends the edifice. There is a dormer window on this wing’s gable slate roof. A square roof stands on the other side, protruding slightly from the main section’s facade. One of its corners features a stone overhang. The tower’s pyramidal roof is crowned with a finely crafted zinc finial. A wing extends the tower backwards. All the walls are made of rubble granite, beneath slate roofs. Dressed stone forms the quoins and the window and door surrounds. There are some pigeonholes in the facade. These were once used for the estate’s pigeons.
The ground floor
A door in the middle of the house’s facade leads into two rooms: a lounge and a dining room, located respectively in the central section and the wing on the right. A corridor connects to the tower on the left. You reach a central staircase via a door from the lounge or via a separate entrance at the back of the house. The lounge connects to the dining room on one side and to the staircase on the other. This lounge is filled with natural light from windows. Large ceramic tiles adorn its floor. Exposed beams run across the ceiling and pointed exposed stonework forms the walls. One wall features a granite fireplace. The dining room has a cathedral ceiling with exposed beams. Skylights and windows fill the room with natural light. A broad granite fireplace is built into the gable wall. Two of the walls are plastered. Pointed rubble granite left exposed forms the others. Ceramic tiles cover the floor. An open-plan kitchen, which also has a tiled floor, lies in a section that extends backwards beneath the roof’s slope. Windows fill it with natural light. From the lounge, a door connects to a straight granite staircase that leads upstairs. The corridor, on one side of the entrance, takes you to the tower and the rear wing. A door leads into a room that is used as a walk-in wardrobe and another one takes you into an office in the tower. From there, a door connects to another bedroom and a bathroom, which lie in the rear wing. The office is a small room with walls of pointed rubble granite left exposed. Windows fill it with natural light. In the bedroom, the windows look out from the gable wall. A mezzanine lies above this bedroom. You reach it via a wooden staircase, which leads to another bedroom that is in the tower. At the back, in the small wing, there is a bathroom and a separate lavatory.
The upstairs
The granite staircase leads up to a corridor that connects to several bedrooms. Three of these bedrooms are in the building’s main section. Two of these three bedrooms lie in the facade side that overlooks the terrace and grounds, next to a bathroom and a shower room with a lavatory. The third one looks out at the back of the dwelling. A fourth bedroom is nestled in the square tower. You reach this bedroom via the mezzanine in the ground-floor bedroom. Wood strip flooring extends across the rooms, which are filled with natural light from windows that look out at the grounds.
The main outbuilding
The main outbuilding lies near the house. It has one floor and a loft space. The building is made of rubble granite and is capped with a gable slate roof. A cast-iron cock crowns the main gable end. From this end, an arched doorway leads inside. A wing, lower in height, adjoins the other end of this building.
The storehouse
A small building of rubble granite stands on one side of the house at a right angle to it. It has a gable slate roof. An arched doorway leads inside from the front gable end.
The outbuilding with garages
Set back from the house, behind it, there is another outbuilding. It is rectangular and made up of two sections. The first section has two floors and is made of rubble granite. It is crowned with a gable slate roof. The second section is lower in height and adjoins one gable end of the first section. It offers two closed garages where two vehicles can be parked.
The dovecote
A dovecote stands in the grounds. It is made of rubble granite and is crowned with a conical slate roof. An arched doorway leads inside it. The dovecote is currently used for storage.
The stable
The stable is made of breeze blocks and is also used for storage. It has a gable roof. It can house two horses and can be used to store fodder and firewood.
The grounds
The grounds surround the house and all its outbuildings. Lawns extend among clusters of shrubs of different species that include camellias, rhododendrons and local plants. A former cider press bears witness to the estate’s past agricultural activities, which ended relatively recently. A stream flows across the grounds, which are enclosed with woods of uneven and broad-leaved trees. Two farming plots used as meadows complete the property.
Our opinion
This charming granite dwelling is a token of the 18th-century golden age of the area’s historical linen trade. This splendid house, the former home of a linen merchant, embodies the soul of Brittany’s Léon province. It has been masterfully restored and looks like a grand seigneurial mansion. It towers in its lush backdrop like a majestic palace of stone and slate.
The edifice’s large size and layout would suit a family, but the place could also be used for tourism. Horses could be kept here too, in the small stable and the meadows. This property itself is a remarkable monument and a gem of local built heritage. Yet beyond it, the region is well known for its Parish closes and picturesque ports.
585 000 €
Fees at the Vendor’s expense
Reference 703405
| Land registry surface area | 3 ha 38 a 41 ca |
| Main building surface area | 215 m2 |
| Number of bedrooms | 5 |
| Outbuilding surface area | 100 m2 |
Aucune procédure en cours menée sur le fondement des articles 29-1 A et 29-1 de la loi n°65-557 du 10 juillet 1965 et de l’article L.615-6 du CCH
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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.
