For sale Castle Sablé-sur-Sarthe (72300)

Ref.4408 : Beautiful french chateau for sale in Pays de la Loire.
The chateau, situated between Le Mans and Angers, was built in an unspoilt countryside, less than 2 miles from a village with basic amenities. A small city, less than 7 miles from the property, offers shops, services and train station with TGV. The property is easy accessible by the motorway.

The current chateau was the former abbatial dwelling of the monastery. The Abbots administrators use to reside in the Court or in the bishoprics, this dwelling was converted and decorated to be rented in the middle of the 18th century. This use explains the civilian character of the inside decoration that remains almost complete.

About 400 sqm of living space, per level, the château comprises :
On the ground floor :
A vestibule with stone floors. Situated in the centre of the facade, it leads to the reception rooms and in the past, to the cloister.
Both side doors are decorated with carved tittle blocks, the one from the large sitting room has a decoration of stylised leaves, the one in front is decorated with a medallion with an armoured character with quiver and laurel wreath.


To the left of this vestibule :
A large sitting room (7.29 x 10.72m) with stone tiled floors, lit by 4 windows opened to the main courtyard and the park. This rooms has kept its original 18th century decoration.
The main door, with its woodworks and old door furniture, is topped with a panel that represents a trophy of musical instruments sculpted in the stone with a bust with tinsels.
The four side doors are decorated with stucco medallions represent an allegory of the 4 seasons. These four panels, relatively rare in the region, have been realized by Italian travelling artists.
The stone fireplace is decorated with a typical decoration on rockworks and was originally painted in fake marble. The grey paintings in the room, although they have been several times redone, have the colours that they used to have before the Revolution.
A small sitting room with tiled floor and wooden fireplace.
A kitchen/dining room with terracotta tiled floors.
A bedroom with dressing room and modern bathroom.
A secondary stairway.

To the right side of this vestibule :

A study with oak parquet floors and 19th century marble fireplace created in the former waiting room of the abbatial dwelling that was divided on 2 on the 19th century to create this small study and a corridor to the dining room.

The dining room has kept most of its original decorative features Louis XV style. The fountain, the fireplace, and the 2 sideboards under the windows are on black marble from Solesmes. The mantel of the fireplace, that imitates woodworks, is in sculpted stone as well as the framing of the central door, with its fruit basket and the one from the fountain topped by a Neptuno’s head.

A vestibule with stairway. This wooden stairway, with square banisters dates back from the time of the construction of the Abbey, at the end of the 17th century. It has the particularity of having its first flight of steps inside the wall, liberating the access to the library. The entrance is topped by a 19th century sculpted head.

The library.

A dining room (in the former kitchen) with terracotta tiled floors, monumental fireplace and former vegetable garden.

Small kitchen.

Laundry, some staff rooms, small cellar and toilet.

On the first floor, a gallery leads to :

- 4 bedrooms with bathroom or shower room.
- 2 other bedrooms
- Children’s room
- Bathroom
- Laundry

On the South wing :

An apartment composed by:
- A sitting room with 18th century fireplace
- Library
- Kitchen
- Bedroom with bathroom and toilets.

Attic space above.

The outbuildings include :
- outbuildings housing: sheds, workshop, stables, tack room, barn, dovecote, sheepfold, former bakery and dairy.
- a caretaker's cottage comprising: entrance hall, tiled kitchen, utility room, lounge, two bedrooms, bathroom and toilet. This house has been completely restored in recent years.

EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES

Stable: Regupol rubber flooring also in the boxes and outside in the wash area. Röwer & Rub hardwood boxes (4x3.6m), galvanised and painted burgundy. Solarium with UV and IR.

Riding arena: 21x61m riding arena (Olympic size). Drainage around and every 10m. Crushed stone foundation with compacted top layer. On top, 14-16cm of Fontainebleau sand with high quality Belgian fibres. Mirrors: 6m in the centre and 3m in each corner in safety glass. Water supply from the river with an automatic watering tractor.

Lounging area :
Diameter 18m with compacted crushed stone foundation. Mixture of Fontainebleau sand and natural sand with fibres (for a deeper base).

Wooden paddocks

A beautiful set of land, crossed by a stream, is composed by a nice entrance avenue, a beautiful main courtyard, a park nicely designed, decorated with an old tree covered walk and some beautiful ornamental trees, a small vegetable garden and fields with old oak trees. All in about 44 acres.

This property is registred on the additionnal inventory of historic monuments (allowing fiscal tax cuts if you pay taxes in France).
- The entrance porch, the facades and the roof of the abbatial dwelling, the well, and the vestibule with the stairway, the following rooms and its decoration: the large sitting room and the dining room on the ground floor, the 7 bedrooms on the first floor as well as the bridge over the stream are classified as Historic Monuments.
- The facades and the roofs of the outbuildings, as well as the dovecote are registered on the French Supplementary Historic Monuments List.

Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available at: www.georisques.gouv.fr