Chateau Castle Manor-House Country-House For Sale in Montpellier, Languedoc Roussillon, South of France

Winery with Château 18th, 700m² living space, 4 reception rooms, 9 en-suite bedrooms, Gite, seminar room, boutique, wine cave, stable, green house orangerie, 2 swimming pools, 23ha of grounds of which a park of 2.5ha and 14ha of vineyard, ideal for horses

This property with a Château dating from 1750 is located in the greater Montpellier area. The chateau has been renovated recently whilst preserving the ancient features: parquet, design tiling or terracotta floors, high moulded ceilings with roses, marble fireplaces in the reception rooms and some bedrooms as well and benefits from heating and reversible air conditioning in some bedrooms. This property is offering 4 reception rooms opening onto the beautiful 2.5ha of park which invites for a stroll and a rest. At the back of the Château is a running winery, but completely independent and out of sight. Today are 14ha of vineyard and further 2.5ha can be replanted. Being located near a village with all amenities, the buildings are mantled by a high stone protection wall from the nearby river.

Description of the buildings
The Château offers about 700m² living area on 3 levels.
Ground floor: Entrance hall and stone staircase to the upper floors 28m², dining room 40m² with stone open fireplace, ancient tiling double doors, moulding & roses ceiling, lounge 35m², ancient design tiling floor, moulding ceiling, marble fireplace, 3 French windows opening onto the garden, modern fitted & equipped kitchen 18m² open on small dining room 18m² both with rib vaulted ceilings and opening on a 100m² terrace, lounge of 78m², dining/snooker room 77m².
First floor: landing and corridor 26m², B&B bedroom 18m² with marble fireplace, bathroom& WC 6m², B&B bedroom 16m², bathroom& WC 6m², private bedroom 20m², bathroom tub, 1 basin bidet & WC 6m², private bedroom 20m² with marble fireplace, bathroom tub, 1 basin, bidet & WC 6m², private bedroom 20m² with marble fireplace, bathroom tub, 1 basin, bidet & WC 7m², mezzanine lounge 38m², stair to mezzanine library in L shape 20m², opening on a 140m² roof terrace, office with roof light window 22m².
Second floor: en-suite B&B bedroom 18m² lounge 16m² marble fireplace, bathroom 2 basins &WC 6m², en-suite B&B bedroom 25m², lounge 25m² marble fireplace, bathroom tub, shower, 2 basins &WC 10m², terrace 80m², game room 30m², convertible mansard roofed attic 35m².

Gîte (self catering apartment to let) approximately 140m² on the 1st Floor above the stable & workshop entirely equipped with reversible air conditioning and 2 water boilers : living room with open fitted kitchen 40m²,  laundry 3m², 2 bedroom of 20m² each, bathroom 7m², WC.2m², bedroom of 24m², shower room 5m², WC 2m², bedroom of 24m².

Swimming Pool 1: 13.5m x 6m with a spa nearby secured by a metallic fence
Swimming Pool 2: 10m x 5m with eclectic shutter

Other buildings

• several wine cellars of total floor space 1500m², fully equipped with air conditioning, tanks for 2500hl


• tasting room and reception/seminar room of 190m² with its large terrace


• Boutique 40m²


• staff flat 60m²


• stable and workshop 140m²


• a beautiful green house 70m²


• stable 50m², workshop 50m²


• For the summer is also a Barnum/Marquee 220 m² used for wedding and receptions.


• offices to restore 60m²

Grounds
The total grounds are about 23ha of which 17ha are dedicated to wine (actually 14ha are planted and 2.5ha to be planted) and the remaining 4ha are woods and meadows. The 2.5ha of Park is beautiful and features a plane tree alley, many Mediterranean trees and bushes.

As this property is in a floodable area due to the river nearby, the owners have had built a stone wall surrounding the buildings and the park and reinforced the gates. The protection is 2m higher then the highest water level known, further there are powerful pumps installed in the lower places in order to eventually reject the water outside the stone walls in case of infiltration.

The Vineyard of 14ha at the moment planted
Merlot 1.5ha / Cabernet-Sauvignon 4.4ha / White Sauvignon 1.3ha / Vermentino 6.5ha
Right of replanting: 2.5ha Merlot

General condition
The chateau has been recently entirely renovated and is in very good condition. There renovation has been carried out in bringing the comfort like electric heating (3 boilers) whilst keeping most of the ancient features: motif tiling or terracotta floors, high moulding or rib vaulted ceilings, marble fireplaces, stone staircase. The joineries are wooden simple glazing, wooden shutters, alarm with connection to a caretaking company in case of intrusion. Some of the bedrooms and bathrooms need redecoration.

Comments
This large and beautiful château could be either a prestige family home or a high standard B&B. The running winery offers the potential of expansion in buying more vineyards in the neighbourhood. It would be possible instead of the wine to keep horses or to start another agriculture activity.

3 127 000€ - £2 514 733 - $3 977 857

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