Courpière, Auvergne 63120

Exclusivity. Dominating the deep gorges of the Dore from its rocky outcrop, this former priory fort erects its main façade facing south. The castle consists of a rectangular main building of the fifteenth flanked to the east by a high and massive keep of the thirteenth century and to the west of a circular tower of the fifteenth. The house was refurbished in the eighteenth century by the former prior just before the Revolution and then in the 1910s, its owner, the painter Louis Retru, renovated it and enriched it with a neo-Gothic interior decoration. The ensemble has been listed in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments since 1926. The keep offers 2 levels each composed of a barrel-vaulted room, one of which is pierced by 3 oar archers . By a staircase housed in the thickness of the wall, one reaches a terrace of 20 m² lined with battlements and merlons from where the 360 panorama is superb. The house develops about 156 m² of living space. On the ground floor: entrance through the tower, a kitchen of 9 m² with direct access to the garden, a living room of 32 m² with a monumental fireplace, a painted ceiling and wall paintings, an office of 8 m² with a Versailles parquet floor and a living room of 14 m² with monumental fireplace and a trilobed window. On the first: a bedroom of 11 m² with a stone fireplace and access to a loggia of 7 m², an office of 8 m² with a painted ceiling and murals, a bedroom of 23 m² with a monumental fireplace, a painted ceiling, murals and a bathroom in the tower. On the second: a bedroom of 18 m², a bathroom and an attic attic. A barn of 70 m² used as a garage is adjoining the house and could be converted. Under it, a beautiful vaulted stone cellar of 48 m². Electric central heating, plumbing, mains drainage, electricity and bathroom date from 2010. Dpe: not submitted because Ismh. A charming terraced hanging garden is facing south, the courtyard extends to the west, at the foot of a magnificent church of the fourteenth. The park to the east contains another tower and the remains of the moat. In total, the property extends over 3,122 m2. The castle and the church dominate the village located 7 kms from Courpière and 20 km from Thiers and its access to the A 71.