Chateau de Courtomer, French chateau to rent in Normandy

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The chateau is beautifully decorated and updated with modern amenities.  This grand 18th-century country house offers you and your guests  12 bedrooms with luxurious en-suite bathrooms, alarge dining hall and a smaller private dining room (comfortably seating up to 10), an entrance foyer with magnificent chandelier, a sweeping "escalier d'honneur" with full-size portrait of the Marquis de Courtomer, two elegant and comfortably appointed  salons, a charming library with working fireplace, a "fumoir"-18th-century gentleman's den, a Catholicchapel in the main house and a rare 17th-century Protestant temple (undergoing restoration) on the grounds. The grounds also include an orangerie, fitted with a handsome stone chimney and French doors, a "glacière"--an intact 18th-century icehouse, a springhouse once used as a laundry, stables, and an active farm. There are three conference rooms, a business center, and wifi throughout the chateau and grounds. Ground Floor.

Furnished extensively with antique or hand-crafted furniture and paintings, in harmony with the chateau's aristocratic heritage and 18th-century architecture.

Ground Floor

Dining Room: Large crystal chandelier and floor to ceiling windows with views out over the chateau''s fields and pastures and the rolling French countryside.

Kitchen: Fully-equipped with new Siemans appliances: 2 electric ovens, electric cooktop2 microwaves, 2 dishwashers, 2 refrigerators (one with side-by-side freezer), plate warmer and 2 sets of place settings. Direct access to  both the large and the smaller dining rooms salon and caves. Dumbwaiter with access to large cold storage unit in the cave.

Petit Salon: Elegant and comfortable, with large French windows opening onto the park.

Grand Salon: Comfortable sofas and armchairs, sumptuous silk curtains, handsome paintings and engravings, grand piano, marble fireplace, French windows overlooking park and farmland.

Library:  Book collection original to the house,  comfortable leather sofa, chairs, chaise longe.  Marblefireplace.

Fumoir:  Intimate sitting room for small gatherings or time alone to work or read.  The parquet floor, in an intricate star shape,  is listed with the French Monuments historiques.

Business center:  2 printers, with fax. photocopier, and scanner. Fixed-line telephone. 3 desks.

Double bedroom:  Double bed with en-suite shower and views of the French countryside.

 Double bedroom Staircase with portrait Living room with furniture

First Floor

Bedrooms: All with exquisite views of the countryside and park. 4 bedrooms with double beds, 4 bedrooms with twin beds, and 4 bedrooms with  single beds all exquisitely decorated. (Maximum number of guests permitted: 15) All rooms have luxurious en-suite bathrooms.

Grounds

Area: The grounds span 365 pristine acres, of which some 20 acres are park and manicured gardens, the rest actively farmed.

Outbuildings:  Stables, guardian's house, ice house, spring house,  and  rare17th-century Protestant temple, also a listed monument on the national registry.

 

Chateau Grounds pictures of outbuildings