From a discreet lane, a cul-de-sac leads to a gate. A wide track winds partly under cover through woodland, skirting a small pond and then an English-style garden. It passes a swimming pool on one side and leads to the house, which is revealed from its southern angle. Formerly an 18th-century hunting lodge, the building was modified in the 1850s by its occupants at the time, the Lefebvre-Utile family, with the addition of two low wings, one of which is extended by a regular-shaped apse. Built of schist rubble on a granite base, the dwelling has a four-slope slate roof with dormer windows and tall rectangular brick and tufa chimney stacks. They are topped with ashlar battlements. The facades are covered in Loire sand rendering, and the quoins and modillions are in tufa stone. At the back, a courtyard planted with four striking plane trees leads to a former orangery converted into a guest house, as well as a group of outbuildings and garages. The property is walled and has two entrances leading to a street running alongside.
The residenceTwo storeys high, the central body has three bays. Its two main facades are identical. Accessed from a staircase lined with stone balusters, a glazed wooden entrance door topped by a semi-circular fanlight is set in the centre. The bays on the first floor are also arched, with the exception of the paired bay in the middle. At each end, the single-storey, low-lying wings have only one bay, each topped by a triangular pediment. Finally, three
Property type | House |
Bedrooms | 7 |
Habitable area | 285m2 |
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