€1,312,500

Manor Bayeux - 6 bedrooms - 450m²

14400 - Bayeux

450m² 12 rooms 6 beds

DESCRIPTION

Bayeux Sotheby's International Realty presents for sale, at the gates of Bayeux, a town of art and history with its historic centre, its cathedral and its museums, this very pretty 15th and 16th century Manor House.

dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, steeped in history, tradition says that it once belonged to the canons of the Bayeux chapter.

A vast rectangular courtyard with a pond surrounded by a low horseshoe wall offers beautiful and interesting outbuildings typical of the Bessin region.

The Renaissance entrance porch is particularly noteworthy, as are the high surrounding walls, one of which features a 15th-century bretèche (a projecting defensive element supported by two solid corbels, topped by a roof and retaining its archways).

Moving on to more contemporary history, shortly after the Normandy landings, this property was used to house a military hospital.

The main dwelling stands well apart from the rest of the buildings, and is a composite structure, with the left-hand side being the oldest.

On the ground floor, you will discover a 16th-century staircase, a lounge with an attractive French-style ceiling and a monumental stone fireplace, an antique stone floor and a Napoleonic-style dining room with parquet flooring, panelling and a moulded ceiling.

The bedrooms on the first floor also feature period features such as parquet flooring, fireplaces and double coffered ceilings.

The second level, reserved for guests, has a more contemporary loft feel, with cathedral ceilings adding volume to the whole.

Adjoining the main house is a guest house or gîte with approx.

100 m² (1,076 sq ft) of living space, offering three rooms including two bedrooms featuring period features (parquet flooring, marble fireplace, beams and joists).

As for the outbuildings, they too are full of character and include a large building comprising two beautiful carriage houses with their arched openings, as well as an old stable, stables and a wood shed.

Upstairs, you'll be surprised to find a museum dedicated to the Second World War.

Opposite, on the other side of the enclosed courtyard, is a pretty L-shaped building full of character with a surprising feature on the first floor, a desecrated chapel with a mezzanine area; and in the L-shaped return, a former orangery used as a reception room of approx.

110 m² (1,184 sq ft).

The grounds are laid out around an enclosed courtyard with a high defensive stone wall on the street side and the former farm buildings, an English-style garden and a small planted meadow.

Situated on the outskirts of Bayeux, this architectural ensemble is exceptional and rare.

It offers a number of possibilities, either as a main or secondary family home, or as a mixed business used as a dwelling and supplemented by a reception activity.

A property to discover, without delay.