Tours, Centre-Val de Loire 37000

An elegant 19th-century dwelling, its outbuildings and enclosed garden in the centre of a village, 25 minutes from Tours. From a street in the village centre, the property is accessible via a small door or double gate supported by two tuffeau stone pillars, which is flanked on either side by a low stone wall topped with a wrought-iron fence. These two entrances open onto the partially tree-filled courtyard around which the three buildings are located. A short pathway passes by flowerbeds before reaching the manor house, while a gravel courtyard extends all the way to the outbuilding, bordered by the workshop at a right angle. Clad in finely crafted tuffeau stone, the dwelling's two-storey faades are punctuated by large or small-paned picture windows and topped with a slate hipped roof.Extending on from the main building, the outbuilding includes a garage on the ground floor and an independent studio in the back. A galleria, the link between the two buildings, includes an enclosed patio at one end that opens onto the garden in the back of the property. Planted with flowerbeds, which define the spaces meant either for relaxation or recreation, the garden gets plenty of sun and is sheltered from view thanks to the property's high walls. In addition, the arched windows topped with glazed fanlights, on the first floor of the house's back faade, bathe the five large upstairs bedrooms in sunlight, while the skylights in the sixth bedroom, built under the eaves, provide this last room with plenty of sunshine.