€960,000

Castle Laval - 9 bedrooms - 580m²

53000 - Laval

580m² 15 rooms 9 beds

DESCRIPTION

Ref.

4727: 18th-C.

noble dwelling for sale with outbuildings and 20 acres, 20 km from Laval (Mayenne department)

Located in the historic province of Maine, on the borders of Haut-Anjou and Brittany, this lodging stands in a wooded countryside.

Laval (TGV station for Paris in 1 hour 10 minutes) is 20 km away.

Paris, 300 km away, is easily accessible by motorway.

This dwelling was built in 1757, rebuilt on the site of a former 15th-C.

chateau.

Featuring classical architecture, it is a stone building with a slate roof topped by a lantern.

The main building, 6 metres wide, is mostly double-sided and punctuated by five bays of windows.

It is extended by two wings on either side of the main building.

Facing south-east/north-west, the house has a living area of approximately 580 sqm (excluding the attic) and comprises:

On the ground floor: entrance hall (12 sqm) with staircase, 3 living rooms (32, 28, and 25 sqm, ceiling height 3.4 m), living room (17.5 sqm) on a mezzanine level above a cellar, library (28 sqm), kitchen (19 sqm), utility room (24 sqm), bedroom (30 sqm) and bathroom (8 sqm), laundry room (15 sqm), WC.

Upstairs, a large hallway leads to: 5 bedrooms (27, 26, 22, 18 and 16 sqm), 2 bathrooms and shower rooms, 1 shower room, WC.

Above, two separate areas accessible by two staircases: 3 bedrooms, 1 shower room and WC, 1 bathroom and WC, attic.

Cellar accessible from the outside, including the boiler room.

The château has retained beautiful interior decorative features: terracotta floors, cement tiles, oak parquet flooring, wood panelling, marble fireplaces, baluster staircase, moulded ceilings, etc.

Outbuildings :

Spread around the house, they reflect the various everyday needs of such a property when it was built.

They include:

Two buildings forming a courtyard:

A/ Left outbuilding: 3 rooms (41, 18 and 13 sqm) and a landing leading to an attic above;

B/ Right outbuilding: former stable (39 sqm), woodshed (27 sqm), bread oven (26 sqm) and attic above.

A farmyard comprising:

C/ 3 small roofs that were pigsties;

D/ A henhouse;

E/ A kennel;

F/ A large stable building with a roof in apparent good condition, comprising: 4 stalls (41 sqm), 2 tack rooms (12 and 10 sqm), horse-drawn carriage garage (54 sqm), fruit store (10 sqm), 2 rooms (40 and 8 sqm); 3-room attic upstairs.

In the garden:

G/ A folly, comprising a garden room with openwork windows and a fireplace; beautiful vaulted wine cellar (bricks) below;

H/ An old laundry room;

I/ A gazebo in the centre of the lime tree avenue;

J/ A shed behind the garden.

Land :

The old driveway leading to the property is surrounded by woods on both sides.

This driveway leads to a stone bridge over a drainage ditch, opening onto a courtyard enclosed by two outbuildings, set at right angles to the house.

On the other side of the château are French-style gardens, adorned with fruit trees.

To the east is a magnificent square-shaped avenue of lime trees and two small meadows.

Further north is an orchard of apple and pear trees.

A pond with a chalet and a plot of farmland complete the 20-acre property.