Steps from Guingamp's historic centre, on the banks of the River Trieux
a 19th-century mill with outbuildings on nearly 1 hectare
Guingamp, COTES-D'ARMOR brittany 22200 FR

Location

Guingamp, at the heart of the historic pays of Trégor, sits within a rolling landscape traversed by the River Trieux, whose banks are linked by footbridges connecting the town's different quarters. This Petite Cité de Caractère, home to nearly 7,000 inhabitants, holds a rich architectural heritage anchored by the Basilica of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours — built between the 12th and 16th centuries and listed as a Monument Historique — and by the Château des Salles. The mill bearing the same name stands within this historic setting, directly alongside the river.
The town offers a full range of shops, services and schools. The TGV station provides direct access to Paris-Montparnasse in approximately 2 hours 40 minutes. Rennes is approximately 1 hour 30 minutes and Brest approximately 1 hour 20 minutes via the RN 12. Brest-Bretagne airport is approximately 1 hour 15 minutes away. The Channel coast — including Paimpol and Perros-Guirec — is around 30 minutes by car.

Description

La propriété se découvre au terme d’un accès qui franchit le Trieux par un pont de pierre. Un portail en ferronnerie, encadré de piliers en granit, marque l’entrée. Le moulin, implanté au bord de l’eau, prend place dans un environnement boisé.

Le bâtiment principal est construit en moellon de granit, avec un appareil irrégulier et des encadrements de baie en pierre de taille. Les pignons sont découverts et présentent une maçonnerie homogène. Les percements, de dimensions variées, sont disposés de manière fonctionnelle, avec certaines baies étroites et verticales. La toiture en ardoise est à deux pans, avec une pente marquée. Elle est percée de fenêtres de toit et d’un châssis vitré de plus grande dimension intégré dans le versant. Deux souches de cheminée émergent du faîtage. Les rives sont en pierre et les débords de toit sont limités. Au pied du mur, un ouvrage maçonné, associé à un dispositif en bois, matérialise une partie du système hydraulique ancien. À proximité, un passage dallé et une zone gravillonnée organisent les abords immédiats. Les menuiseries, en bois peint, sont composées de portes vitrées à soubassement plein et de fenêtres à petits carreaux. Certaines ouvertures sont en arc surbaissé. Une baie circulaire en pierre, formée d’un encadrement monolithe, est percée dans l’un des pignons.

Dans le prolongement, une cour gravillonnée distribue deux dépendances. Un premier bâtiment, de plan allongé, est couvert d’une toiture en ardoise à deux pans. Un second logis, construit selon les mêmes matériaux, est élevé sur deux niveaux sous combles et percé de fenêtres de toit. L’organisation s’articule autour d’un espace central goudronné accessible depuis l’entrée.

En amont, le parc, en partie mitoyen de celui du château des Salles, s’étend en une vaste pelouse ponctuée d’arbres isolés et de bosquets. Il est bordé par des alignements d’arbres de haute tige et structuré par des limites végétales. Des éléments de clôture en bois et en pierre délimitent certaines parties.

The mill

On the garden side, the mill opens through a double-leaf glazed door beneath a dressed-stone arch. The granite surround, with its irregularly coursed blocks, reflects the building's age.


The ground floor
The entrance leads directly to a reception room with a ceiling height of nearly 8 m, defined by an upper light well and a timber gallery serving the level above. Stone flags with irregular joints cover the entire level. The rubble-stone walls alternate with plastered sections. A Louis XV stone fireplace, in working order, stands against one of the load-bearing walls.
Several sitting areas occupy the open-plan space. An original wheel mechanism survives in place, visible below a hopper opening in the floor. Directly adjoining, the kitchen occupies a further room in the same spirit: solid timber units run along one wall, and an original masonry hearth survives above the cooking area.

The first floor
Centred on a mezzanine enclosed by a turned-timber balustrade, this level overlooks the reception room below. A corridor leads to a master bedroom — with access to a small attic study via a white-painted timber stair — a television room, a shower room with a level-access tray, glazed screen and vanity unit, and a lavatory. White-plastered walls alternate with sections of exposed stonework. The same narrow-strip wood flooring continues throughout, maintaining visual continuity. Openings of varying sizes bring in light, extended by the overhead light well.

The second floor
Following the same arrangement as the level below, the landing has narrow-strip wood flooring and plastered walls. A bedroom occupies each side.
The first, with its pale blue tones, evokes the coast. The sloping ceiling heightens the sense of space, and a window in a painted timber frame brings lateral light.
The second bedroom has yellow-plastered walls. Also under a sloping ceiling, it is lit by a rectangular window and an oval stone opening set into the depth of the wall. With its irregular outline, this opening frames an unobstructed view across the grounds and their trees.

The guest cottage

The guest cottage faces the mill. At the rear, a carport runs the full length of the building, providing log storage and parking for one vehicle.


The ground floor
It comprises two spaces. The first is a room serving as a kitchen-dining area, fitted with a simple run of units and kitchen appliances. A double-leaf glazed door, arched at the top, opens to the outside and brings in light. The floor is tiled. The second serves as a children's bedroom, lit by a stone-silled window set into the depth of the facade wall. Its floor is also tiled.

The upstairs
A landing serves two bedrooms, a bathroom and a separate lavatory. Both bedrooms sit under sloping ceilings, with painted walls and sprung wood flooring, and each has a roof window bringing direct natural light. The bathroom has a built-in bath and a pedestal basin set against glazed wall tiles in contrasting yellow, black and white.

The workshop

Rectangular in plan, the workshop extends from the guest cottage. It has a concrete floor slab and it's wired for electricity. A miller's staircase provides access to the upper level.

The grounds

To the north, a fence several hundred metres long separates the grounds from a footpath; to the south, the River Trieux forms the boundary. Broad lawns dotted with specimen trees and copses form the greater part of the grounds.
The planting is varied, with limes, maples and yews alongside numerous shrub and flower beds throughout. Trees of varying heights structure the sightlines and line the paths.
Planted banks and grassed areas extend the grounds to the water's edge. A stone-edged secondary channel crosses part of the garden, a reminder of the mill's former hydraulic system.

Our opinion

Beyond the gate, the footbridge crosses the water and leads to a secluded setting, where the outside world falls away. On the River Trieux, this former mill retains traces of its original use — the canal and hydraulic works survive as vestiges. The grounds, in a single uninterrupted plot, extend as a structured planted enclosure, bounded by water and separated from neighbouring paths.
The property receives regular maintenance, with no short-term works to plan. It may appeal to those drawn to architecture linked to water, or to anyone seeking a planted residential setting within the town.

632 300 €
Fees at the Vendor’s expense


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Reference 725102

Land registry surface area 9953 m²
Main building floor area 261 m²
Number of bedrooms 7
Outbuildings floor area 102 m²
including refurbished area 42 m²

French Energy Performance Diagnosis


Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the website: www.georisques.gouv.fr

Consultant

Jérôme Masson +33 1 42 84 80 85

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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.

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