Demeures de France: offer 838

Offer 838

Stately 15th century chateau in the Vienne department, between Tours and Poitiers

This property is located 3.5 hours from Paris by motorway, between Tours and Poitiers, in a small village in beautiful country side surroundings, a few kilometres from all shops and services. It features a Renaissance chateau with many 19th century outbuildings (a caretaker's house, several stone buildings, a dovecote and ruins of a chapel) set on c.a. 5 ha (12.4 acres) of gently rolling landscaped grounds.

The main entrance leads to the older part of the chateau:
two defensive 15th century towers linked by a stone covered way (here the north-eastern tower).

Kept by two strong defensive 15th century towers, with sculptured stone, the chateau offers a main building facing South probably built just after the towers, with a third round tower on the northern side. Made of stone with a slate roof, this remarkable building is in good general condition.

The southern part of the main building and the south-eastern tower open onto a terrace and the gently rolling grounds.

It offers c.a. 650 sq. mt. (6,994 sq. ft.) of total space for 2 levels plus large attics and cellars. Some inner renovation works are to be done.

The northern side offers sculptured stone and a third (more recently built) tower.

On the ground floor, a main entrance, on the southern side, distributes a large living room opening onto a terrace and the grounds, with a monumental stone fireplace, parquet floor and "à la Française" ceilings, then a dining room with another access to the terrace and marble fireplace, a bedroom with an adjoining bathroom set in one tower, a laundry room, a small chapel in the second tower, a large kitchen with tiled floor and a monumental fireplace and then a study. Another entrance leads to a corridor running along the northern side toward the oak ovoid staircase set in a 3rd tower (probably dating from the 19th century). This level offers 3.5 mt. high ceilings (11.7 ft.)


The living room with a monumental stone fireplace.

The 1st level offers a long corridor, with parquet floor, on the northern side, giving access to 7 bedrooms (including 5 opening onto the grounds on the southern side, and one in the north-eastern tower), then 2 bathrooms and 4 shower rooms (including one in the south-eastern tower).


The dining room.	A small inner chapel in the north-eastern tower.

The staircase also leads to the attics, divided into 2 large rooms (c.a. 129 sq. mt. i.e. 1,388 sq. ft plus c.a. 49 sq. mt. i.e. 527 sq. ft.) with 5 large windows with mullions. A path gives access to the south-eastern tower and a covered way (with windows and genuine loopholes) toward the north-eastern tower.


The defensive towers with period machicolations included in the covered way.


Detail of the north-eastern tower.	Detail of a window with mullions on the northern side .

The property benefits from many 19th century outbuildings. First of all is a caretaker's house at the gate of the estate. It is in good general condition, offers 2 levels and c.a. 75 sq. mt. (807 sq. ft.) of interior space, with a living room, a kitchen, 2 bedrooms and a bathroom (inner renovation works to be done). Not far from the chateau stands a long stone building with 2 levels (33 × 7.30 mt., i.e. 110 × 24.3 ft., roof to be redone).


The caretaker's house.	The stone building facing the chateau.

Further North there are another stone building (20 mt., 66.6 ft. long) offering 2 levels and a barn (c.a. 150 sq. mt. i.e. 1,614 sq. ft. on the ground floor).


The second large stone building.	A barn on the northern side of the grounds.

On the eastern side remain an octagonal dovecote (roof to be redone) and ruins from an ancient chapel (two walls and a stone rosace).


The dovecote.	The ruins of a chapel.

The landscaped grounds (5 ha, 12.4 acres) are entirely fenced and offer unimpeded views on the surrounding country sides. Total quiet and silence.

The surroundings : peaceful country side, without any nuisance.

An estate with a long history, waiting for a respectful restoration...

Price: 1 170 000 EUR. (Converting this price into another currency...)

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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