One of the most remarkable properties in the town centre of Provins, a UNESCO heritage town nestled in the Paris region's countryside.
Provins is a charming medieval town tucked away in the rural region around Paris. Its beautiful old centre is surrounded by ramparts. It hosts a vibrant annual festival and forms the backd-rop of many film shootings. The historical heart of Provins is a UNESCO world heritage site: an age-old hub nestled behind immemorial walls. Its twelfth-century keep - the Tour César - and its thirteenth-century tithe barn are open to the public, as are its museums and underground passages.
The house stands in the centre of Provins, handily near all the town's amenities. Beyond the rich architectural heritage of Provins, the town offers all the conveniences you need for a pleasant life: a cultural centre, sports facilities, countless shops, public and private hospitals, and public and private schools. Moreover, the town organises many cultural events all year round.
The property lies ninety kilometres from Paris, which can be reached in one hour and thirty minutes via the A4 motorway, the N4 trunk road and the Paris outer ring road. From the Gare de l'Est railway station in Paris, trains leave for Provins every half-hour at peak periods and each hour at other times. The town of Fontainebleau is just fifty kilometres from Provins. And only forty kilometres away lies the Marne-la-Valleé Chessy train station for both high-speed national rail and the Paris regional rail network.
The property is made up of several buildings in a U shape. It looks out over a calm street. The buildings are arranged around a paved courtyard that features a rectangular lawn with four spherical box trees at each corner. A garden extends in line with this court, separated from it by a small wall crowned with wrought-iron railings. An elegant double-door iron gate opens between these two sections. At the bottom of the garden a box hedge separates the garden from another courtyard, which offers two closed garages with access to the road.
The town house forms an L shape. It is made up of two storeys, excluding the cellar and loft, and is completed with a one-bedroom apartment that can be reached via a carriage entrance that serves as a secondary point of entry. On the edge of the square court, an artist's studio and three storerooms stand in line with a wash house.
In the garden, a lean-to adjoins the artist's studio and a greenhouse adjoins the living room.
The houseThis eighteenth-century edifice forms an L shape between its paved courtyard and the street. A pale pink coating adorns its facades. Local flat tiles cover its gable roof, which is dotted with several skylights that have been regularly reworked. The many bays are outlined with strips of white that structure them neatly. They are filled with French windows and with inward-opening casement windows with large panes and louvred shutters that are also white. Some stand behind a wrought-iron guardrail.
The main entrance is on the street: a sculpted oak door leads straight into the house.
The ground floor
The entrance takes you into a dual-aspect hall that stands out for its oak and stained-glass doors and that leads into the courtyard. The floor is embellished with cement tiles.
To the right, a small hallway leads to a lavatory and to an office with a decorative fireplace and walls with painted dado panelling. Oak chevron parquet bedecks the floor beautifully. A bright dual-aspect dining room gives you direct access to the garden through French doors. The room is adorned with a marble fireplace and oak chevron parquet. Following in a straight line, the dual-aspect living room is embellished with the same parquet flooring, a similar fireplace and ceiling mouldings. It likewise leads to the garden via French doors.
To the left, a hallway ...
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