Grand 16th Century French Manor Estate With Guest House, Historic Barn, Meadows – Livarot, France – $401,997

Happy First of October! I’m so intrigued by this massive, slightly haunting French manor dating back to the 16th century in Normandy, France! The property comes with guest house, barn, cowshed, and garage, all situated by a garden, meadows, and a stream.

The main house contains kitchen, sitting room, dining room, study, and four bedrooms. The spiral staircase in the main house is amazing, and all the rooms look like they hold so much history. The guest house has a further two bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and office. The property is already beautiful, and has so much potential for further restoration into a stunning home.

I’m dreaming about a book written about this place, a tale of history, family, romance, intrigue, and mystery. The photos alone are so inspirational – can you imagine all the stories that have happened here over the centuries?

From the listing on Belles Demeures:

A timber framed, cantilevered 2600sqft Manor House whith its walls formerly coated with plaster which offers a large 520 sqft living room and a smaller 290 sqft sitting room, a 380 sqft dining room, a fitted kitchen, a pantry and a boiler room on its ground floor. On the first floor, three landings open on corridors which lead to four bedrooms (33, 27, 21 and 12 m ²), 3 bathrooms and a study. Old fireplaces, beams, wooden spiral staircase, wall paneling, old floor tiles, parquet floors and cement tiles make this home grand and charming at the same time. Gas Central heating . A guest house of the seventeenth / eighteenth century provides a living room, a kitchen, two bedrooms and an office on 900 sqft made cosy and comfortable by a central heating. As far as outbuildings are concerned, the estate offers a barn, an antique cowshed and a garage. The Manor House is surrounded by a garden and rolling meadows crossed by a stream. To the shops, 3 miles – To the next train station, 15 miles – To the centre of Paris, 117 miles. Property Tax: 1602 EUR. (Agency fees for 6% TTC at the expense of the buyer, a price excluding fees of EUR 346,699).