€1,195,000

House Plougrescant - 8 bedrooms

22820 - Plougrescant

328m² 12 rooms 8 beds

DESCRIPTION

Perched on the heights of Plougrescant, this stone manor house has watched over the bay for generations, offering a panoramic view of the sea that greets you the moment you arrive.

The building, with its imposing proportions and slate roofs punctuated by tall chimneys, immediately commands respect.An ancient stone well, façades of local stone in shades of ochre and grey, and finely carved granite frames around the small-paned windows: everything here bears witness to a carefully preserved heritage.

Description:

You enter the house through a low arched doorway, and its charm takes hold instantly.

The ground floor features a series of reception rooms typical of Breton manor houses, with ceilings criss-crossed by massive exposed beams.

The dining room, with its monumental granite fireplace carved with a coat of arms, is perfect for large gatherings.

It opens, via a vaulted stone passageway, onto a more intimate sitting room where a second antique fireplace, also adorned with a coat of arms, takes pride of place, surrounded by period furniture.

A second, long, narrow sitting room extends this living area, with its own arched windows overlooking the garden and the surrounding countryside.

The kitchen, which is both functional and light-filled, completes this level, with its adjoining boiler room and utility room.

A granite staircase, carved directly from the stone, or a more traditional wooden staircase depending on which wing you take, leads to the first floor.

Upstairs, the bedrooms follow one after the other: one retains its original fireplace; another has an en-suite bathroom; a third surprises with its vertiginous cathedral ceiling, beneath exposed timbers, topped by a mezzanine library that overlooks the room.

A shower room, an additional bathroom and a bedroom fitted with a macerator toilet complete this floor, offering plenty of space to entertain family or friends.

The second floor, more intimate and situated beneath the eaves, offers three further bedrooms – one of which has its own en-suite shower room – as well as a bathroom with a toilet.

But it is perhaps outdoors that the magic is felt most intensely.

The grounds, covering over 6,600 m², consist of pastures and gardens.

From certain points on the property, the view stretches far across the bay, taking in its rocky islets and the coastline silhouetted in the background.

Rare for its architecture, rare for its grounds, rare for its views, this manor house is ideal for those seeking much more than just a home: a place to live steeped in history, by the sea.