A 17th-century chateau listed as a historical monument with outhouses and over seven hectares of grounds, nestled between Rennes and Mont-Saint-Michel
A 17th-century chateau listed as a historical monument with outhouses and over seven hectares of grounds, nestled between Rennes and Mont-Saint-Michel.
The property lies near the town of Fougères in France's Ille-et-Vilaine department. There is a small town with 1,300 inhabitants just a few minutes from the property. This town offers shops and amenities for everyday needs. You can reach Fougères in about 30 minutes by car. You can also get onto the nearby A84 motorway easily. This motorway takes you to the city of Rennes in 30 minutes and the famous island abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel in around 40 minutes. Paris is 350 kilometres away by road and two hours from Rennes by rail.
Country lanes wind through farmland and woods to join a cul-de-sac that leads to the property. Beyond the entrance gate, a driveway leads to the chateau. A chapel stands beside this driveway. The chateau towers over a French formal garden. A pond lies on the far side of this garden.
The chateau dates back to the 17th century. It has a basement, a semibasement, a raised ground floor, a first floor, a second floor and a third floor. The edifice is listed as a historical monument. It looks out at its grounds, which extend all the way around the chateau and cover more than seven hectares. The chateau's elevations are made of dressed stone. The building is made up of three asymmetrical sections. It stands in front of a main courtyard.
A monumental double flight of steps marks the central section. A bell-shaped slate roof caps this central section. This majestic roof is adorned with a bull's-eye window and underlined with modillions. A double-level roof lantern crowns the bell-shaped roof. Square slate tiles cover the roof lantern's lower level and scale-shaped slate tiles cover its upper level. The roof lantern culminates in a finial. The edifice's two other sections have hipped slate roofs. These hipped roofs are steep-sloped and are also underlined with modillions. Pediments with mouldings cap the windows. A broken arched pediment with a bull's-eye window in the middle crowns the main entrance door. The facade faces east. It is bathed in natural light as soon as the sun rises. The sun then illuminates the other elevations throughout the day.
At the back, there is a rear court edged by a south wing, an annexe and an orangery. At a lower level, there is an orchard and a swimming pool with a pool house. Woods complete the property. They form an enclosure around some sides of the property, which covers over seven hectares in total.
The chateau
The ground floor
The ground floor is raised. You reach it via two flights of front steps that climb side by side. The entrance hall connects to the reception rooms and the south wing. A monumental granite staircase in the hallway leads to the dwelling's upper floors. To the left of the hall there is a grand lounge with four windows that fill it with natural light and offer a view of the driveway, the French formal garden and, beyond, the pond. The walls of this vast lounge are lime-coated. Square-patterned parquet adorns the floor and exposed beams and joists with restored embellishments run across the ceiling. To the right of the hall there is a dining room. It features an enormous stone fireplace with a coat of arms and sculpted decoration. Terracotta tiles cover its floor. Lime-coated walls bring out the exposed, decorated beams and joists of the ceiling. A door here takes you to the kitchen, which looks out at the inner court. At the back of the entrance hall, a corridor leads to the south wing, where there is a library and a section made up of an office, a bedroom and a bathroom. This section looks out at the French formal garden and the pond. In the south wing, a timber staircase leads upstairs.
The first floor
You can reach the first floor via either the granite staircase ...
