Full of Authentic Character and Charm and Beautifully Presented 15 Bedroom French Chateau, with its Origins Dating from …

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Full of Authentic Character and Charm and Beautifully Presented 15 Bedroom French Chateau, with its Origins Dating from 1845, is Ideally Situated in a Rural Village Setting, Yet Close to the Famous …

Full of authentic character and charm and beautifully presented 15 bedroom French Chateau, with its origins dating from 1845, is ideally situated in a rural village setting, yet close to the famous thermal spa town of Salies-de-Bearn.

Commissioned by a Bayonne-based shipping magnate, this superb chateau is set within a large plot of 8,305m2, has a vast total living area of 800m2 and has been lovingly restored.

From the driveway, stone steps lead up to the front door which opens into an impressive central entrance hall. The ground floor comprises of a large salon, smaller salon, dining room, library/study/office and a kitchen with a pantry in the corner tower. There is also a south-facing balcony, which is accessible from both salons and the dining room.

From the entrance hall, a staircase leads down to the chateau's garden level, which has a reception room, billiards room, second kitchen, wine cellar (in the corner tower), large storeroom and a boiler room. Also on this floor is a bedroom with an adjacent bathroom and separate WC.

An elegant stone staircase in the entrance hall leads up to the first floor, which has 6 bedrooms. 2 of the bedrooms have en-suite shower rooms in their corner tower; 3 more bedrooms have en-suite shower rooms; the 6th bedroom has an adjacent WC with enough room to add a shower, if desired.

Second floor: family bathroom and 8 further bedrooms, most of which have room to create an en-suite shower room. There is also a shared shower room.

The vast two-storey outbuildings are set away from the chateau and have a combined 1,250m2 of useable space. The outbuildings enclose 3 sides of a paved courtyard, which has a lovely swimming pool set into it, along with an outdoor dining area. A summer kitchen, a sitting room and a WC have been created in one of the buildings, making this delightful courtyard the perfect spot to enjoy breakfasts in the morning sunshine, long, lazy lunches and romantic moonlit suppers under the stars.

The property is located just 10 minutes from the riverside spa town of Salies-de-Bearn, which is very popular with visitors throughout the year for its healing thermal spas, many of whom are looking for upmarket accommodation in the area.

The chateau is halfway between the lively cities of Bayonne and Pau and about two hours away from Bordeaux and Toulouse.

Several Pyrenees ski resorts and the Spanish border are just over an hour away to the south of the property and the beach in Biarritz or St-Jean-de-Luz are just under an hour away to the west. St-Jean-Pied-de-Port and pretty Basque farming villages are about 30 minutes away. THE CHATEAU