Argentan, La Basse Normandie 61200

2.5 hours from Paris and 8 km from Argentan, this beautiful 18th-century Norman manor house, with its typical stone facades, winding staircase and flat-tiled roof, is set in 1.4 ha of pleasantly wooded parklands with a lake, accessed via a lime-tree avenue.With approx. 600 m (6, 458 sq ft) of living space and 15 rooms, the ground floor comprises an entrance hall leading to a dining room with fireplace, a kitchen and a bathroom, and a small lounge, followed by a large lounge with fireplace. A corridor leads to the perpendicular wing, which on the ground floor features a large bar area with fireplace and a monumental stairway with passageways leading to 2 bedrooms and a bathroom, as well as a vast attic.Opposite the main entrance, a stone stairway leads to the 1st floor landing, which distributes 5 bedrooms, including an outbuilding, and 2 bathrooms.An enclosed stairway leads to 2 attic bedrooms, an attic/utility room and a laundry room.A service staircase leads from one of the bedrooms and its bathroom on the 1st floor to the second floor, where there is also a large bedroom and a bathroom.Finally, above the kitchen, there is a games room accessed by an outside staircase.The beautifully crafted building features noble materials such as old terracotta floor tiles, stone flagstones, comblanchien, oak parquet flooring, exposed oak beams and joists, and a pleasantly luminous interior thanks to its high ceilings.There are also several annexes:The former henhouse, a small building enclosing the property, finished with a turret and divided into 2 storage areas, with a floor surface area of approx. 40 m (430 sq ft).Two sheds in the extension of the wing perpendicular to the manor house, incorporating the boiler for this wing.A large garage, a more recently built building with almost 90 m of usable floor space.The barn and cider house, a building with a floor surface area of approx. 145 m, to which should be added the attic above the barn section.The 1.4 ha (4.5 acres) of parklands, pleasantly planted with trees and featuring a small lake fed by a spring, includes numerous powerful trees, notably the avenue of lime trees facing the manor house.Its architecture, setting and location make this a property with character that is sure to please.Property presented by Hugues de Jessey+33 (0)Fees charged by the vendor.Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Gorisques website: