Châtelperron, Auvergne 03220

A 15th-century chateau, listed as a historical monument, its dwellings, pond and unoccupied pastureland, the whole resembling a peaceful hamlet on 21 hectares in the historic Bourbonnais province. The name of the village translates into English as 'stone chateau' and, perched on a rocky outcrop, the fortified chateau with its adjacent Romanesque church has overlooked the surrounding rural countryside since the 11th century. The property for sale takes up a large part of the neighbouring village of one hundred inhabitants with its chateau, four dwellings and a farm, all on a parcel of real estate totalling 56 hectares of unoccupied pastureland, woods and a large pond.