Loches, Centre-Val de Loire 37600

In Touraine, with its 3.2-hectare park crossed by a stream, a 1970s architects house. The property is served by a municipal road, then by a forest driveway. Built in 1977 for the current occupant, the house sits at the center of a clearing. It overlooks the valley down to the stream and a meadow below. Eastwest oriented, the residence is two stories above a basement. The main entrance is located at the northeast corner, where a gravel parking area has been laid out. The interior spaces are organized around a central patio, which forms a light well and a refreshing space in the warm season. The building façades are plastered masonry. The roofs are four-pitched slate roofs. A garage, a workshop, a wine cellar and a pantry are arranged in the basement. In front of the reception rooms, a terrace opens onto a lawned garden punctuated by a few planting beds. The whole house, in one block, extends over more than 3.2 hectares. The stream crossing it is crossed by two small bridges.