A Former 19th Century Coaching Inn, 1 Hour 30 Minutes From Paris, In A Village In The Yonne Area

A former 19th-century coaching inn, 1 hour 30 minutes from Paris, in a village in the Yonne area. The former coaching inn built in 1847 stands next to a fortified gateway that is one of the few remaining witnesses to the village’s medieval past. The property is enclosed behind old walls and has two entrances: one directly into the courtyard and the other lower down via the garden.

The main entrance is through a wooden carriage gate framed by solid brick pilasters accompanied by a separate pedestrian entrance. The house opens directly onto the gravelled courtyard as do the former stables, which still possess a dovecote.

Lower down in the plot, a footbridge leading to the garden crosses the River Vrin, which runs through the property before flowing into the River Yonne downstream. A private washhouse is sited on the waterway’s passage.

The residence is L-shaped and its three-storey, southwest facing main section boasts facades rendered in grey stone shades, while the secondary wing is made up of exposed brickwork. Light filters into the upper level through skylights and a series of small rectangular windows.

The buildings are topped with roofs made of traditional Burgundy flat tiles. The facades are punctuated by arched windows as well as doors with brick surrounds and fitted with louvred shutters in a shade close to almond green. A metal trellis stands against the facades, on which wisteria has grown, providing shade and flowers in the spring, while jasmine also grows along the structure. Flower beds and plants can also be found at the foot of the house’s elevations.
Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/