Beautiful renovation, new roof, facades. Ideal for an equestrian property (17 boxes) – Close to a TGV station and 2.5 hours from Paris by car.
Beautiful 19th century castle for sale in Haut-Anjou.
CHATEAU GONTIER (53200)
Located in the department of Mayenne, in the former province of Haut-Anjou.
This castle is built at the edge of a peaceful village. Slightly elevated, it overlooks its pretty English-style park and a beautiful pond. A small town providing services and shops (doctors, pharmacists, supermarkets, high schools, hospital) is less than ten kilometers away.
With a living area of approximately 700 m², it includes:
In the basement: a large former kitchen, the boiler room, cellars and various storage rooms.
On the raised ground floor, which is accessed by a pretty staircase: a large entrance hall (53 m²) with a wooden staircase, an office (28 m²), a large living room (50 m²), a library (23 m²), a dining room (39 m²), a small kitchen installed in the former pantry, a small dining room (25 m²), a bathroom, and a service staircase.
The ceiling height is 4.20 m.
This ground floor offers very beautiful reception areas: all the rooms have oak parquet floors and are decorated with beautiful paneling and remarkable oak door frames decorated with folded napkins. They have beautiful painted or coffered ceilings. The marble fireplaces are all different and elegant.
On the first floor: 7 bedrooms with oak parquet floors and fireplaces; 5 bathrooms or shower rooms.
The second floor, with fir parquet floors, is suitable for conversion.
Major restoration work has been carried out in recent years.
A courtyard of outbuildings built in stone and covered in slate, includes:
To the east: an old three-room dwelling house. In the center: a beautiful building which houses a comfortable accommodation with kitchen, toilet and upstairs: superb loft. Garage and shed. To the rear: 17 horse boxes.
To the west: a building which houses a comfortable apartment with living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, two bathrooms. Saddlery and horse boxes.
A farm shed of approximately 300 m².
At the entrance to the property: the gatehouse which includes a living room, a kitchen, three bedrooms and a bathroom.
With a total surface area of 20 ha, the land is pleasantly arranged around the castle and slightly undulating. It consists of a superb English-style park planted with large ornamental trees which was designed by a great 19th century landscaper, woods pierced by beautiful paths and meadows converted into paddocks fenced in wood, all embellished with a beautiful pond.