Ref .4389: Beautiful 18th C. Townhouse, for sale, in the centre of Candé, in Maine-et-Loire department

Situated in the Candéen region on the borders of Anjou and Brittany, this charming town house is less than an hour's drive from Nantes and 40 minutes from Angers. In the heart of the small town of Candé, with its population of 3,000, in the famous Loire Valley, this mansion house is close to all the essential services of everyday life (supermarket, restaurants, bakery, cinema, chocolate shop, etc.). Candé attracts visitors with its warm atmosphere and rich heritage, typical of the Anjou region. Strolling through its picturesque streets, you'll come across historic buildings such as the church of Saint-Denis, built in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 17th and 19th centuries, with its remarkable Gothic architecture. When it comes to nature, Candé offers a wealth of walking opportunities through its lush green countryside and signposted footpaths. The Erdre river also flows through the town.

Candé takes its name from ‘Condate’, which means "confluence": here, the waters of the Erdre, Mandis and Moiron rivers meet. They flow 60 km further into the Loire at Nantes. On the border with Brittany, Anjou and the town of Candé remained subject to the Gabelle tax under the Ancien Régime. The town was therefore linked to the salt trade and smuggling. This charming town house was built in the second half of the 18th century. The main building dates from 1778, while the right wing was built in 1840. On the site of a former stronghold, it was a presbytery until the Concordat, when it was sold as national property. The current owners bought it from the commune more than 10 years ago.


Built between courtyard and garden, the property is accessed via several gates: a main entrance serves the driveway leading up to the parklands; a second entrance leads to the inner courtyard; a third leads to various sheds situated in a small independent courtyard.
The building has a U-shaped layout with two wings set at right-angles to each other and surrounding the entrance courtyard to the north. To the south, overlooking the parklands, the building has the air of a gentleman's residence: facade walls are made of schist rubble, covered with a pretty ochre rendering that was recently redone, pierced with tufa stone windows, topped with charming openings that are sometimes bull's-eye, sometimes gendarme-hat or arched dormer windows. The backdrop is an imposing Gothic church with two belfries reaching skywards.

he residence has two attic levels (approx. 360 sqm floor surface area) with a very simple layout: -Ground floor: entrance hall with stairway (wc underneath) with, on the left, a dining room, study, pantry and kitchen; on the right, 2 large lounges, a side entrance leading to an old kitchen, a shower room and a bedroom. -Upstairs: a landing leading to 3 bedrooms with washbasins, 5 bedrooms, a bathroom and shower room with toilet, a dressing room and a separate toilet. Above, attic space under the entire house. Cellar under the main building accessible via the staircase.

To the west of the house is a former stone orangery (brick surrounds) with a recent slate roof. The carcass is in good condition and there are water and electricity connections. At the bottom of the parklands at the western end, wooden sheds covered with fibre cement or sheet metal, some of which are clad, are used for storage; floor surface area of approx. 120 sqm. To the east of the house is a small enclosed outbuilding courtyard comprising a lean-to against the hotel wall, a breeze-block garage with a fibre cement roof and two openings for parking two cars (approx. 70 sqm); Another small asbestos cement-covered building adjoins the property, as does a small stone building with a slate and asbestos cement roof, formerly used for utilities.

The park extends to the south and west of the hotel. The current owners have taken great care to reforest and recreate the gardens. The whole area is a work in progress, and is already a pleasant park, very comfortable for a city-centre home. Yew, lime and Judas trees have been planted; a double row of oak and hornbeam trees make up the driveway leading up into the park; boxwood beds have been created in the pleasure garden to the south and on the western side of the park, around an imposing granite cross. A pretty paved terrace has also been recreated to the south and as an extension of the house. The property spans 4.010 sqm of land.

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