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Charming 17- 18th C Manor House for sale

Reference: B4-20894NO

French Manor House For Sale - Normandie - Calvados (14) - France

Charming 17- 18th C Manor House for sale with 343 sq. m of living space includes two spacious reception rooms with remarkable stone fireplaces, a large kitchen opening onto the terrace with its imposing 17th C fireplace, 6 bedrooms. An area that could become an independent flat for gîtes. Numerous large outbuildings

Reception Rooms: 0
Bedrooms: 6
Bathrooms: 3
Land: 0 m²
Ref: B4-20894NO
Price € 698,000
Price £ 589,182
Price $ 719,080

Set in a lovely protected environment and just 35 mins from the sea.
Close to Falaise and its shops and restaurants
Caen with a train station 25 minutes away and 2h30 from Paris.

Close to the superb village church, this authentic 17th-18th century manor house is hidden behind hedges and features dated dormer windows and sculpted door lintels.

This authentic manor house has a wing dating from 1648 on the kitchen side and a part remodelled in 1710 under its three dormer windows.

Entrance to the property is via a porch, lit by a glass roof, which leads into the courtyard. This charming courtyard is the perfect place to discover the walled garden. Here, the manor house displays its architectural features under its sculpted, dated dormer windows.

With three perpendicular facades, it leaves a protected, welcoming enclosed garden space and its terrace, which runs alongside the buildings adorned with wisteria and old roses.
Ground floor
- Fitted kitchen with superb original fireplace and bread oven. The 30 m² kitchen has storage units and a luminous black and white cabochon floor.
- Corridor leads to WC, a dressing room and a 15 m² utility room with the boiler room for one of the 2 oil-fired boilers.
- Lovely luminous dining room, which opens onto the garden. At the far end of the room is a wooden staircase.
- Vast landing (approx. 25 m²) leads from the entrance to the living room and access to the bedrooms.
On reconfiguration this could form a beautiful living area.

- Bedroom 1 with beamed ceiling and fitted carpet (approx. 25 m²). Large cupboards have been cleverly fitted in the fireplace.
- A beautiful tiled bathroom in the spirit of the 1930s in good condition (approx. 6 m²).
- Small bedroom 2 under a sloping roof with a large window.
Another staircase leads up
- charming bedroom 3 with 2 skylights and a dressing room

Back to the ground floor
- Elegant family sitting room. Its superb fireplace authenticates the origin of the Louis XIV period manor house built of Caen stone. With its French-style ceiling, this beautiful 52 m² room reflects the soul of the house.
Access to the straight Caen stone staircase, corresponding to the main entrance to the house. Its exposed stone walls and delightful patio opposite, encircled by a moulded wooden railing, give it a romantic charm.
- At the far end of the room, a straight wooden staircase leads to the master bedroom suite, bedroom 4, with its two dressing rooms and bathroom with marine parquet flooring (approx. 5 m²).
- Behind this space is a clean, sound attic under an 86 m² roof frame.

- An area that could become a self-contained flat, with a living room equipped with a kitchen and three bedrooms.
The living room (approx. 45 m²), illuminated by three windows, features a straight Caen stone fireplace and an open-plan kitchen.
- At the entrance to the room is a small utility room (approx. 5 m²) with a view over the courtyard.
- At the far end, a corridor leads to a pleasant bedroom 5 (approx. 18 m²) with its fireplace, cupboards and a superb tiled floor with cement tiles.
- Bathroom and WC.
- Bedroom 6 (approx. 12 m²).

This pleasant house could be used as a family home or could be separated from an independent flat for gîtes. The straight stone staircase provides an independent entrance.


Energy class : E
Climate class : E

Estimated annual energy costs for standard use: between 5,760 and 7,840 euros per year. Prices indexed to 01/01/2021.

Outside: a terrace harmoniously complemented by wisteria and climbing roses along the length of the manor's living quarters.

The outbuildings and buildings in the manor's walled garden:
- At the right-hand corner of the main facade is a complete and authentic wine press, a testament to rural life, storage workshop, wine cellar, the second boiler and a wood shed for the fireplaces in the house (approx. 40 m² / 430 sq ft).

- On the third façade of the buildings, we enter a barn (approx. 103 m² / 1,076 sq ft), admiring the superb original roofing framework in good condition.
- The last 40 m² (430 sq ft) of the outbuildings could be used as a garage by changing the wooden entrance door.
- A small workshop at the rear of the building.

While the enclosed garden is full of protected, convivial areas, to the rear of the buildings is an orchard with fruit trees (walnut, peach, apple, plum, etc.) and ornamental trees. All set in 8700 m² of land.

Technical features :
Heating by two independent oil-fired boilers.
Mains drainage.
Most of the electrical wiring has recently been replaced.
VMC in the bathrooms.
TF 2300 euros.
Recent sanitary facilities in good condition.
Roof serviced every year.
Fibre available but not connected.

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