A sixteenth-century country house with outbuildings, to be restored in grounds covering one and a half hectares, near Morlaix in northern Brittany - r
A sixteenth-century country house with outbuildings, to be restored in grounds covering one and a half hectares, near Morlaix in northern Brittany.
The property lies in a rural town near main roads. It is a ten-minute drive from the town of Morlaix. From Morlaix's high-speed rail station, you can reach Paris in just three hours. The house is also only thirty-five minutes from Brest airport, which offers national and international flights. Nearby, you can catch ferries to the UK and Ireland too. They leave from the port of Roscoff, less than thirty minutes away. There are also beaches just twenty minutes from the property. Shops lie only three kilometres away.
The old country house is set back from a small road that links several houses together in the middle of countryside of fields and meadows. A gate leads into a court. In the middle of this court stands the old country house: an imposing L-shaped building with two floors. On one side, the first outbuildings extend to create a U-shape and form a small courtyard, in the centre of which lies a square-shaped well. Beside the dwelling, an outbuilding used as a barn stands at a right angle to the house. The different annexes bear witness to a rural past.
The country houseThe country house is made of granite rubble masonry. It has two floors. Red tiles cover its roof. Many windows punctuate its sides and its doors are arched. The door and window surrounds are made of dressed stone. Some windows have transoms or ogee mouldings in their lintels. The main dwelling is L-shaped and flanked by outhouses.
The entire house needs to be restored.
The ground floor
On the ground floor, there are two rooms. Two doors leads to them from the court. The first of these rooms is vast and filled with natural light from windows on both sides. A door leads out from this room into the courtyard behind it. It has an earthen floor and exposed beams. The walls have kept their stone bond. On one side stands a fireplace made of dressed granite. From this first room, an arched doorway leads into a large second room. A granite fireplace dominates one side of it. Exposed beams run across the ceiling.
The first floor
The first floor has been divided into spaces for a bathroom and bedrooms. It includes two dressed-stone fireplaces.
The whole floor needs to be renovated.
The house wingThe wing extends at a right angle from the back of the house's main section to form an L shape. It is a single-storey structure with a gable roof. Windows and two doors punctuate its side. This wing is used for storage. A lean-to with a single-slope roof adjoins the house in the corner where the wing meets the main section.
The stablesBeyond the main dwelling stands a large building at a right angle to it. This structure is used for storage. It is made of granite rubble masonry and crowned with a gable roof of red tiles. A large arched doorway - an old carriage entrance - leads into it. It has a second door too and windows punctuate its side. Its roof frame dates back to the period when it was built and its beams are exposed. A vast open-sided lean-to with a sheet-metal roof adjoins the front of the building and is used as a garage. Given this building's large size, it could be used for receptions.
The outhouseA small outhouse lies opposite the house's rear face. It forms the far edge of the U shape around the courtyard. A roof of sheet metal crowns this building to protect it from water.
The wellThe well is square-shaped and made of granite rubble masonry. It stands in the ...
