Vimoutiers, La Basse Normandie 61120

A remarkable dwelling and former bakehouse with outbuildings and a 7, 200m garden, edged with a river and nestled in the countryside of Normandy. Above the house's entrance door, a stone bears the year 1893. The edifice is made of brick and rubble stone. It has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor in the roof space. It adjoins another building on one side. Arrangements of red brickwork underline the floors and form patterns of contrasting colours. The windows and doors are set in arches with ashlar keystones that have diamond-point faces. Above them, darker brickwork runs along the facade, giving an impression of movement. Column-Like patterns of dark-toned bricks form diamond shapes on the first floor up to the cornice. The house is crowned with a hipped slate roof that has a brick dormer with a triangular pediment. The garden-facing elevation is plainer, with seven windows that are slightly arched. On one side of the edifice, a driveway leads to a gate that takes you to the back of the property and to the house. A small building adjoins a cart shelter at a right angle. A vegetable patch and a meadow edged with wooden fencing stretches to a river, which flows along one edge of the property. A shed stands beside a vegetable patch and a former cowshed with timber framing faces the house.