Authentic 11 bedroom Chateau for sale with countryside view in Montrichard, Centre Val de Loire
Situated on the edge of a bustling village between the popular tourist destinations of Montrichard and Amboise, next door to Chenonceau, in the heart of the Loire valley, this noble home enjoys all the advantages of a village property whilst retaining a large private garden overlooking its own vineyard and beyond.
Easy access to the autoroutes A85 and A10 (Tours/Paris) and also TGV links make this ideal as a permanen...
Situated on the edge of a bustling village between the popular tourist destinations of Montrichard and Amboise, next door to Chenonceau, in the heart of the Loire valley, this noble home enjoys all the advantages of a village property whilst retaining a large private garden overlooking its own vineyard and beyond.
Easy access to the autoroutes A85 and A10 (Tours/Paris) and also TGV links make this ideal as a permanent home, holiday or business location.
The local village has a medical centre (doctors and dentist, etc. ), sports activities and small selection of shops (bakers, etc. ). Montrichard itself is a short 5 minute drive away.
The raised entrance and elegant front door opens to a
The hall leads to the first double depth living room, this one divided, yet open, to provide a bureau area overlooking the front courtyard and soft living room to the rear. Both living rooms are approximately 20m2 and have period marble fireplaces, double windows and direct access to the kitchen and central hall. One enjoys herringbone parquet flooring with the other stone tiles.
The kitchen a large, 34m2 triple aspect room, has been tastefully modernised with feature wood burning fire, large central island with built in gas range and bar/breakfast seating. The flooring is natural quarry tiles and the exposed ceiling beams are enhanced by the plentiful neutral white coloured cupboards and drawer units.
Stairs from the kitchen lead to an independent attic area with two storage rooms and an external door leads to the side courtyard, outbuildings and cellars. To the other side of the entrance hall is the dining hall (24m2), herringbone parquet, marble fireplace and clean sharp plastered ceiling with central rose and double windows overlooking the rear terrace, pond and garden beyond. To the front side of the dining hall is access to the service corridor and wc.
The main living room provides 34m2 of triple aspect space with commanding views over the garden and front courtyard, a side door with external stairs leads down to the parking level and access to the games room side of the cellar underneath. The living room has a feature raised wood burner and straight cut parquet flooring.
The first floor landing mirrors the style and features of the entrance hall with this time a herringbone flooring. On this floor are two guest bedrooms each of circa 20m2 with private bathrooms (one with a secret passage. a surprise for when you visit). Each bedroom benefits from views either over the park to the rear or courtyard to the front with elegant decoration, marble fireplaces and straight cut parquet flooring.
Across the landing area is the main bedroom suite. The bedroom has double windows overlooking the rear park, straight cut parquet, marble fireplace and hidden access to the en-suite bathroom, walk in wardrobe and laundry room. The upper floor, once home to the domestic staff, today houses a landing area, three further bedrooms and shared shower room with wc and a storage room (possible 2nd bathroom).
Underneath the chateau is the cellar with access from near the kitchen door or the opposite side of the chateau near the living room. There is the main entrance cellar with boiler (gas condensation) and sink, a second that provides storage space, a much larger one part used as a wine cellar that leads us to the end cellar with bar, games area and external access and a final cellar running parallel to the wine cellar and equally as large.
The outbuildings total circa 700/800m2 of "extra" space and are equally well finished. The former stables today provides, on ground level, a large kitchen/breakfast room with tiled floor, original bread oven, double aspect windows and beamed ceiling, a central dining hall with period fireplace, herringbone brick flooring and manger and triple aspect living room. Adjoining the former stables is a ground floor bedroom with independent access and bathroom with wc.
A first guest lodge of 90m2 provides a ground floor entrance hall, shower room, open bar style kitchen and then upstairs two double bedrooms and a bathroom with wc.
There is a second guest lodge with either a ground floor studio with (or independent) two upstairs bedrooms with private en-suite facilities. There is also a sizeable attic space used as storage.
The workshop/artist studio is a triple aspect room offering an abundance of natural light and two further separate workshop areas also with a large attic area above.
A former kennels is hidden in a rear courtyard behind the outbuildings. A little over 3.5 acres including a front gated courtyard with covered parking for 4 vehicles are to one side. Stepping down from the raised rear terrace of the chateau there is additional seating overlooking the ornate circa 1820s "basin" (pond) with several foot bridges over.
The swimming pool area is well placed strategically to one side and is in a private sunbathed location. The pool is a 9 x 4m by 1.4m deep fibreglass one of approximately 11 years of age, salt purified and heated, with a counter current flow pump and electric security cover.
The owner planted circa 11 years ago a group of truffle trees, now ripe for seeking those sort after delicacies. An arched walkway and numerous private areas within this charming well-maintained garden offer plenty of places from which to enjoy the views either back towards the chateau, to the outbuildings, pool area or of the vines.
Forming the limit of the property are 1.5 acres of vine, currently cultivated by the local wine producer as AOC Touraine (Cepage "Chenin" : Chenin blanc is a white wine grape variety from the Loire Valley of France. Its high acidity means it can be used to make varieties from sparkling wines to well-balanced dessert wines) providing the owner, by means of payment, approximately 100 bottles of white wine and 50 sparkling each year.
The view over the vineyard extends to the wine grower's own vines and beyond over the valley.
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