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19th Century Chateau in Burgundy, France

$630,000 €630,000 €

Off Market / Archived From 2020

Added to OHD on 6/23/20   -   Last OHD Update: 8/1/22

Chamy, Yonne, Burgundy, France

  • 15 Bed
  • 5220 Sq Ft
  • 38.54 Ac.
The surrounding countryside is composed of damp plateaux dotted with numerous forests abounding in game, with a scattering of lakes. Very sober gates open on to a property planted with trees, hundreds of years old. Consequently, numerous animals appear to be guarding the chateau. A gravel passageway is used as a parking area in front of the main entrance. A small, fenced garden behind the house is ideal for enjoying family meals during the summer months. An old kennel on one side indicates the importance once attached to hunting. A little further away, a large courtyard surrounded by farm buildings is closed, on the east side, by a large gateway with gates and, on the north side, by a wall with a small opening, providing access to the garden. Surrounding the building are copses, meadows currently used as lawns and an orchard. The property is watered by a well, fitted with a pump. The same well supplies water to the house. Two lakes are to be found in the surrounding forest.

This residence was long owned by the well-known Larousse family. Jules-Edmond-Hollier-Larousse, born in Toucy and nephew to Pierre-Larousse, acquired this chateau and its game-filled grounds in 1890. His coat-of-arms adorns one of the outside walls of the house. A rich, elaborate architecture characterises the building. A large, 3-storey pavilion, dotted with miscellaneous openings, is enhanced with a large tower, in front of which extends a belvedere. The first section, laid out longwise and known as the “little house”, completes the main building. The contour and profile are embellished with brick and stone toothed quoins. Local brick framing surrounds the doors and windows. Furthermore, the facade is enhanced with several decorative features such as an opening, on the ground floor, topped with a semi-circular moulded arch, crowned with a Medici vase and highly wrought railings. The main entrance is extremely impressive courtesy of its brick arcading and, above all, its terracotta coffered ceiling which resembles the mosaic parterre cleverly laid in a geometric and floral pattern; a setting taken from Ancient Rome. The various floors feature gemel and semi-circular arched windows. Gutters are adorned with protruding gargoyles or highly wrought ironwork. The slate roofs featuring pavilion roof dormers on the tower, a bull’s eye window topped with a satyr or a figurine and a highly wrought finial are far from monotonous.
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Isabelle Ponelle, Patrice Besse :: +33 1 42 84 80 85

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