Location

In the middle of the Thève region, on the Oise Regional Nature Park plains, surrounded by one hundred year old Chantilly and Ermenonville forests and several lakes, in the shelter of a peaceful, charming village with a rich historic past revealed in its old stones.
And at less than 30 minutes from Paris, approx. 10 minutes from Roissy CDG, 5 minutes from a motorway and a few minutes from an RER station. All schools, a sixth form college, shops and amenities are in the vicinity.

Description

The castle, built around 1600-1630 and redesigned in the 19th and 20th centuries, stands on the edge of approx. 13 ha (32 acres) of wooded parklands, two thirds of which are plains and one third woods.
It spans four stories and comprises a main building, flanked by two wings, all with slate roofs. Built of dressed stone, the building is not lacking in style, especially the façade with its entrance porch adorned with large columns. The building is wonderfully symmetrical. Several features are worthy of note, such as the tall brick fireplaces, the large, small-paned windows and French windows with their wrought iron railings as well as an original rear pediment.
On the ground floor, in the middle of the main building, the front and rear facades feature French windows which open on to a vast, black and white marble entrance hall, with the main stairway in its centre. On either side, glass-paned doors lead to reception rooms as well as providing access to basements and gardens. To the left of the entrance, small and large lounges extending into a billiards room have French windows leading to the parklands, magnificent wainscoting and beautiful old parquet flooring with inlaid decoration. And to the right, the dining room also has beautiful wainscoting as well as very old oak wood “herringbone” flooring. On the back wall, a mural painting as impressive as it is outstanding represents a historic character, the former host of the premises. On both sides, original, double, arched, wooden doors provide access to a modern, fitted, functional kitchen. Then, a television lounge, once a sewing room, with wainscoting, old oak wood parquet flooring, a stone fireplace and access to the parklands. On the other side and following on from one another, the entrance hall and the back stairway, a corridor, a toilet and access to the conservatory, the veranda the service quarters and the basements.
On the first floor, the main stairway provides access to a double landing and a long corridor with very old black and white chequered floor tiles which leads to the bedrooms and the upper floors via secondary stairways. On one side of this floor are three large bedrooms with parquet flooring, a bathroom and a toilet, including two with marble fireplaces, a study, a shower room and a linen room. On the other side is a very large master suite with two entrances, a cupboard, wainscoting and a stone fireplace, two other bedrooms, one with a bathroom and toilet and the other with a marble and wood fireplace, two dressing rooms, as well as a room with a marble fireplace and a master bathroom (works in progress).
On the second, third and fourth floors, including the wings and service quarters, are more than thirty eight bedrooms and thirty three bathrooms.
Extensive basements and cellars, including a wine cellar, complete the building.
To the rear, a terrace makes it possible to take advantage of the views over the parklands.
The main rooms of the house are wonderfully spacious, especially the reception rooms that include the most beautiful decorative features: notably marble floors and “herringbone” parquet flooring, superb carved moulding and wainscoting. The ornamental overdoors inside the castle are also of particular interest.

The outbuildings extend along one side of the property. The conservatory, or ice cave, is a large metal and glass structure on the parklands side, extended by a semi-circular veranda on the garden side with uprights and a concrete roof. The annexe, or service quarters, is a solid construction accommodating kitchens, linen room, bedrooms and bathrooms over a large basement with cellars, including a vaulted cellar. The two stone pavilions at the entrance to the property comprise a ground floor, an upstairs and a basement.
A vast farm shed completes the outbuildings.

The landscaped parklands are in two separate parts with, at the front of the building, a small wood which, by means of driveways, skirts a formal French garden and a lawn bordered by trimmed box trees, and at the rear, a wide open space composed of a large stretch of grass surrounded and extended by woods with a variety of species.

Our opinion

A superb but rare opportunity tof acquiring such a property so close to Paris and so easy to access. It is obviously natural to envisage running a commercial, hotel and catering or tourist business, given the numerous possibilities and the potential of this large property. But how equally wonderful it would be to turn such a residence over to a family home, the character and beauty of which would delight many generations. And this beautiful setting full of charm and appeal, on the very outskirts of outer Paris, bears witness to the past whilst offering all the pleasures of the surrounding countryside.

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NB: The above information is not only the result of our visit to the property; it is also based on information provided by the current owner. It is by no means comprehensive or strictly accurate especially where surface areas and construction dates are concerned. We cannot, therefore, be held liable for any misrepresentation.