Demeures de France: offer 687

Offer 687

Beautiful 17th and 19th centuries manor with ancient stud farm near Lens

This property is located midway between Paris and Brussels, about 30 km (18.7 miles) from Lens, in a village with all shops and services. It features a 17th century manor modified during the 19th century with numerous outbuildings (including a 17th century farm) set on 12 ha (30 acres) of grounds composed of garden, wood, meadows and a large riding school.

The main frontage as seen from the grounds:
a central building with a beautiful dormer window,
with two perpendicular adjoining pavilions.

Built of brick and local stone, with a slate roofing, the manor offers 3 levels plus the cellars. It has 600 sq. mt. (6,456 sq. ft.) of total space including about 450 sq. mt. (4,842 sq. ft.) of living space.


General view of the manor.	One of the 2 pavilions.

On the ground floor of the manor, the main entrance opens onto a corridor giving access to several linked reception rooms: a dining room with marble floor, mouldered ceiling, marble fireplace, a large sitting room with parquet floor, mouldered ceiling with apparent beams, marble fireplace, a billiard room to be restored with parquet floor, a library with oak wainscotting, fireplace, then an equipped kitchen, a back office, an additional room and a veranda. An oak staircase leads to the 1st floor offering 5 bedrooms, a bathroom, an laundry, an additional room and 4 further bedrooms to be restored including a large one with a fireplace, then, a dressing room and a secondary staircase. The attics are already converted into 2 large rooms with apparent framework. The manor is well-equipped (central heating system) and benefits from numerous period details; all the fireplaces are in working condition.

The two adjoining pavilions are already converted. One of them offers a housing of 2 levels and 80 sq. mt. (861 sq. ft.) with a dining room, a sitting room, 2 kitchens, 2 bedrooms, a bathroom and a shower room. The second one offers a 105 sq. mt. - 1,130 sq. ft. apartment.


The fireplace in the sitting room.	The dining room.

The property benefits from several outbuildings built around an inner courtyard. They are in good general condition. There are a 17th century farm with a dovecot, an ancient dairy converted into a 200 sq. mt. - 2,152 sq. ft. housing (a sitting room, an equipped kitchen, 2 bedrooms and a bathroom), a 2 level building to be restored with 17 boxes and a convertible floor, a barn (about 200 sq. mt. - 2,152 sq. ft.) with a few additional boxes and cellars, 2 pavilions of 60 sq. mt. (646 sq. ft.) including a caretaker's house, and a garage for 4 cars.


The outbuildings and the inner paved courtyard.

The grounds of 12 ha (30 acres) are fenced with walls and hedges. They are composed of 1 ha (2.5 acres) of ground, 2 ha (4.9 acres) of wood, 10 ha (24.7 acres) of meadows, a large riding school and a tennis court. A part of the grounds is already converted into building land.


The lime trees and the riding school.

A large property with a beautiful manor and numerous outbuildings offering good potential...

For more information, please contact
Demeures de France
by e-mail,
by telephone: 33/0 1 44 17 95 40
or by Fax: 33/0 1 44 17 95 77

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