A French Castle With Its Own Chapel and Moat Is for Sale

A Sixteenth-century French fortress is on the market not removed from Mont Saint-Michel, to the south of the English Channel in France’s Cotentin Peninsula, which is dwelling to a wealth of different historic properties. This providing is much more sprawling than only a fortress, nonetheless, and contains many outbuildings for its sum complete asking lower than $1.1 million ($1,057,207 to be actual). These embody a chapel courting from 1712, an outdated bread oven in a separate bakehouse, and barns at present getting used to retailer agricultural tools. The property is surrounded by its personal moat and pond, which the driveway (that stretches for simply over a half mile) crosses because it makes its method from the doorway gate to the primary home, passing a former barn and hayloft. In the event you’re not but bought, wait till you hear in regards to the property’s historical past.

The principle constructing was constructed as a maison forte, the time period used on this a part of Normandy to explain fortified manor homes. Its fortifications mirror the interval of its building, throughout France’s spiritual wars within the Sixteenth century. The listed façade contains two spherical towers and one sq., all topped by eight-sided roofs. The slate roof is punctuated by spherical dormer home windows. The house’s inside contains terra-cotta, stone, and oak flooring, a monumental fire, massive home windows, beamed ceilings, wooden paneled partitions, and glass doorways that add to the old-world appeal of the manor. Every of the 2 turrets homes an en-suite rest room related to an adjoining bed room.

Inside, terra-cotta tile flooring and a monumental interval fire are highlights.

Courtesy of Patrice Besse Group