A five-bedroom manor house once owned by the Marquis and Marquise de Mannoury d'Ectot famous fo

109511GHG61 - An imposing property built in the 17th century but fully refurbished in 1985 with comfortable living space perfect for entertaining. A successful gite business can be developed from the annexe with disabled access which is also ideal for aged relatives. Perfectly located in the beautiful pays d'Auge, in the heart of a famous horse breeding region with the Haras National du Pin, a w... Read more

109511GHG61 - An imposing property built in the 17th century but fully refurbished in 1985 with comfortable living space perfect for entertaining. A successful gite business can be developed from the annexe with disabled access which is also ideal for aged relatives. Perfectly located in the beautiful pays d'Auge, in the heart of a famous horse breeding region with the Haras National du Pin, a world famous stud only a few kilometres away with golf courses and gastronomiques restaurants nearby, less than 15 kms from the exits of two motorways and 50 minutes from the Normandy beaches and the ferry port of Caen - Ouistreham. - The property is located in a classified area (World War II) and protected from any new future construction nearby, 1.5 km from the town with all its shops and services including
doctor, physiotherapist, pharmacy, post office, bakery, and grocery store.

Verlaine and Maupassant were both regular visitors and the house is steeped into history shared with the chateau in the nearby town whilst providing some generous and modern accommodation in nearly 300 square meters organised as follows:

GROUND FLOOR
- Entrance hall: - 9 m2 with tiled floor opening into the:
- Sitting room: - 23 m2 with two windows and French doors, beamed ceiling and a beautiful period fireplace
- Kitchen: - 26.5 m2 a beautiful open plan kitchen with dining area and beamed ceiling. Fully fitted with oven, hob, extractor hood and dishwasher, two French doors lead to the terrace and swimming pool and solid oak stairs lead to:
- Mezzanine bedroom 1: - 14 m2
- Bathroom area: - 5 m2 with bath with claw feet and washbasin
- Utility/laundry room: - 15 m2
- Boiler room: - 12 m2
- Shower room: - 3 m2 with WC, shower and washbasin
- Bedroom 2: - 18 m2 with dual aspect windows
French doors to:
- Winter garden/conservatory: - 29 m2 with door to outside rear paved terrace and annex with:
- Kitchenette: - 3 m2
- WC
- Conference room/living room: - 38.4 m2 with French doors to the rear terrace
- Office 1/Bedroom: - 14.8 m2
- Office 1/Bedroom 2: - 15.5 m2 with French doors to rear terrace

FIRST FLOOR
- Landing: - 5 m2
- Master bedroom 3: - 18 m2 with parquet floor and dual aspect windows
- Bathroom: - 21 m2 with two windows, marble jacuzzi, double washbasin, bidet and WC

SECOND FLOOR
- Bedroom 4: - 12.6 m2
- Playroom/Bedroom 5: - 29 m2

The outbuildings include a large wooden awning, used for storage, woodshed, etc. There is a large terrace at the front with up lights along the front of the house, seating areas and heated swimming pool of 5x10m, redone in 2012; depth 1.70 m maximum and equipped with a heat pump. At the rear, there is a large paved terrace and lawn.

The land is longitudinal, closed by high stone walls on the left and hedges on the right.
It is essentially composed of lawns coming to border on its back side the river "the Dives" which flows peacefully until the sea (60kms).

Note the possibility of building a garage according to existing architect plans.