Charming C17th/18th chateau, good access to Paris

Charming 17- 18th century moated château for sale, recently renovated, with lots of period features. Situated in the ‘Morvan Natural Park’, within easy access to Paris. Lovely historic outbuildings. 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms. 5 reception rooms. 20 acres.

Surrounded by undulating countryside of fields and woods, the property is located in a very quiet and preserved environment deep in the Morvan Natural Park, in the commune of Saint Martin de la Mer. The unspoilt and charming town of Saulieu is 3 miles to the North; Liernais (4 miles), Autun (28 miles) and Beaune (35 miles) and are all to the South. Access to PARIS (156 miles) is exceptionally easy, either by the Autoroute du Soleil, A6 (Exit No 22 Avallon, 29 miles, or No 23 Semur-en-Auxois, 19 miles)
SNCF-TGV: Paris – Gare de Lyon to Montbard (25 miles) in 1hr 05 or by the TER, Paris – Bercy to Montbard in 2 hrs. with a coach to Saulieu, or Saint Martin de la Mer nearby. There is a small Airfield at Liernais, 4 miles to the south.

A charming 17th and 18th-century château located in the Morvan Natural Park in the Burgundy region, recently renovated with many period features. The château is situated on a 8 hectare (20-acre) estate with moats, historic outbuildings, beautiful trees, and a stream. The property includes a formal garden, a park, woodland, and an avenue crossing the woods.

The château itself has undergone extensive modernisation, including updates to the central heating, electricity, bathrooms, and drainage, while preserving its historical charm.
The interior boasts numerous period features such as fireplaces, exposed beams, and stone floors. The accommodation includes multiple bedrooms, a drawing room, dining room, library, kitchen, and several other rooms, each with unique historical and architectural details.

Summary of the chateau:
Ground floor
Two entrance halls, sitting room, dining room, bollard/music room, library, study, 3 kitchens, guest cloakroom with WC and a bedroom with shower and WC
Two staircases
First floor- 5/6 further bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 shower rooms, maids room and chapel.
Extensive attics above

Detailed description:
Ground Floor:
- Entrance hall-The west-facing entrance hall with stone floors leads to :
- Sitting room with a Louis XVI fireplace with a newly laid floor of square tomettes
- Second hallway overlooking the moats with attractive stone paving with black cabochons and exposed ceiling beams.
- Dining room with French windows East and West. Attractive stone fountain in a niche. Walls painted in light pink, floor in black and white stone paving and plaster ceiling. Two pretty Louis XV double doors
- Kitchenette/Pantry
- Guest WC
- Study/ winter sitting room with a front door and a window (with an authentic ‘Potager’ below) South with access to the Courtyard, and a French window North towards the Moats. Large Louis XV fireplace in Burgundy stone, vestiges of Louis XIII paneling, exposed ceiling beams, and black and white tiled floor.
- Kitchen with North and South facing windows. Old Kitchen Range with yellow and white tiles on the wall above, double sink, fitted dishwasher and cupboards. Tiled floor and beamed ceiling.
- Bedroom with shower room
- Billiard room/ Music room with East and West facing French windows. High, rustic stone fireplace, painted walls, exposed ceiling beams and tiled floor
- Library also with East and West facing French windows, and a small window facing South. Imposing medieval fireplace with a working spit and armorial fireback
- Secondary staircase
- Kitchenette

First Floor:
To the right at the head of the Louis XIII Staircase is access to the WEST WING which houses an independent APARTMENT where an attractively decorated GALLERY with two South facing windows and exposed beams, gives access, to the right to....
- Bedroom 2 with one North facing window. Panelled walls, exposed ceiling beams and a cupboard with a hand-basin.
- Bedroom 3 with North and South facing windows with boxed in radiators beneath. 18th Century marble fireplace with mirror above, period paneling painted grey and white, wooden floor and plaster ceiling. Leads to a dressing room
- Bathroom 2 with a North facing window. New ‘four footed’ bath, separate ‘walk-in’ shower and hand-basin. Paneling similar to the Bedroom.
- Bedroom 4 with one window East. Louis XV stone fireplace with panelled pilasters above, leads to Ensuite bathroom Newly installed, with old fashioned bath, wide handbasin and W.C. Part tiled walls and tomettes on the floor
- Bedroom 5 with one window East. Louis XV fireplace
- Dressing room
- Shower room with white tiles, handbasin, W.C. and walk-in shower behind the alcove.
- Chapel over the Entrance Hall, with one window East, and lower ceiling.
- Bedroom 6 with an East facing window. Pretty 18th century marble fireplace flanked by ‘hidden’ cupboards. Small staircase leads to:
- Maids room on the Mezzanine
- Anteroom with windows East and West which could be used as a Study, Boudoir or extra bedroom. Access to the Secondary Staircase and to a newly installed
- Bathroom 5 with a west facing French window and a small terrace as well as a south facing window. Old fashioned bath with shower attachment, in the centre, double hand-basin, and W.C.

Second Floor: The Louis XIII Staircase continues to the spacious ATTICS above both the Central Wing and the North-West Wing, with a magnificent oak roof structure. The Roof tiles and beams have all been regularly maintained and is completely watertight.

Furniture
Certain pieces of furniture in the house can be acquired by the Purchaser ; an Inventory has been prepared and will be available after the first visit.

The outbuildings -
There are various Outbuildings in continuation along the 17th century West Wing to the North-West of the Château, built in stone and rendering under tiled roofs, including a :
Workshop
Laundry room
Cellars under the kitchen
Stables and Kennels
Barn and Garages

The park, garden and woods
The environment of this charming little Château is exceptional. A stone Bridge crosses a leg of the moats leading to the Courtyard of the West-facing facade. To the West, a large grassy PARK surrounded by beautiful trees and watered by two Streams, rises towards the neighbouring WOODS, through which an Avenue of around 300 metres, is crossed by an old Roman road and an old disused railway. This AVENUE should be reopened to provide an entrance directly down from the D15, Saulieu to Liernais road. It is, however, on the East side where the surroundings are of a particularly rare beauty, thanks to the extensive MOATS around a simple French Garden, with the foundations of historic towers at each corner. The property is completed by a 10 Acre WOOD alongside a Stream, the other side of the small road which leads to the old Château Farm to the North.