Colmar, Alsace 68000

A late-19th-century mansion nestled in the beautiful city of Colmar, opposite the Court of Appeal. Two wrought-iron gates open into driveways that lead to the mansion's side entrances. The building has a central section that is set back and two wings that are slightly higher than the latter, forming a symmetrical layout. The west driveway also leads to a triple garage at the back of the grounds and a tree-dotted garden that enjoys privacy. This back garden lies at a lower level than the front of the property.The mansion was built at the end of the 19th century and redesigned from the 1960s. It has three floors, a basement and a loft space in each of its two protruding wings. Its north-facing facade is made of stone and rendered with a pale pink coating. It has six bays and exposed quoins and windows surrounds of dressed stone. The windows are tall and rectangular, except on the top floor of the central section, where dormers that are smaller and plainer punctuate this section's lower mansard roof slope. The windows are all positioned evenly and symmetrically. A balcony adorned with a splendid wrought-iron balustrade runs along the first floor of the central section. Two identical hipped slate roofs crown the east and west wings. At the back, a garden-facing gabled dormer adorns the roof of each wing. The central section's roof has a two-part mansard slope on its street side and a single slope on its garden side. On the mansion's different sides, a cornice underlines the roof, which overhangs the walls only slightly.Behind, on the south side, outdoor steps lead from the raised ground floor down to the garden.