South/East
The main
building has two round towers on either side, originating from the 15th
century.
In the East wing, the oldest one, there is now an office with a window which formerly used to be the entrance via a port cullis.
Classified Historical Monument
In the East wing, the oldest one, there is now an office with a window which formerly used to be the entrance via a port cullis.
Classified Historical Monument
Descriptions:
The main building has two round towers on either side, originating from
the 15th century.
Galleries run from one to the other on two floors and with three arches; there is a magnificent spiral staircase dating from the 14th century leading past the murther holes from where the archers shot arrows with their crossbows.
In the East wing, the oldest one, there is now an office with a window which formerly used to be the entrance via a port cullis.
The ground floor has a superb gallery with seven arches on one side and on the other, a series of reception rooms.
In the 19th century, the chapel in which the famous French author Alfred de Vigny was christened, was transformed into a white-stone main stairway which leads to the first floor, to the gallery that has a marble floor with various patterns “à l’italienne” and bedrooms on one side.
Château Bussière dates from 12th and 13th centuries, transformed in the 16th and 17th centuries and tastefully refurbished and decorated in the 20th.
The property consists of thirty hectares (roughly 70 acres) of cleared woods and fields all around the buildings.
Classified Historical Monument
Chantal Bouvier de Lamotte
detender@embarqmail.com
Galleries run from one to the other on two floors and with three arches; there is a magnificent spiral staircase dating from the 14th century leading past the murther holes from where the archers shot arrows with their crossbows.
In the East wing, the oldest one, there is now an office with a window which formerly used to be the entrance via a port cullis.
The ground floor has a superb gallery with seven arches on one side and on the other, a series of reception rooms.
In the 19th century, the chapel in which the famous French author Alfred de Vigny was christened, was transformed into a white-stone main stairway which leads to the first floor, to the gallery that has a marble floor with various patterns “à l’italienne” and bedrooms on one side.
Château Bussière dates from 12th and 13th centuries, transformed in the 16th and 17th centuries and tastefully refurbished and decorated in the 20th.
The property consists of thirty hectares (roughly 70 acres) of cleared woods and fields all around the buildings.
Classified Historical Monument
Chantal Bouvier de Lamotte
detender@embarqmail.com
North/West
The entire property is in perfection condition. It is a main
residence,constantly maintained at top level standards.
One can move into this Château with no more than one’s personal effects, which is extremely rare.
One can move into this Château with no more than one’s personal effects, which is extremely rare.
The chapel
In the 19th
century, the chapel in which the famous French author Alfred de Vigny was
christened, was transformed into a white-stone main stairway which leads to the
first floor.
The fontain
The fountain playing and drinking icy water straight from the source!
The farm 18 th 18 eme siecle
An 18th century farm, visible
from the drawing-room windows has been restored on the outside only and has a
200 square-metre surface
Garage and maidquater studio
Is
a 19th century building used as a garage for two cars with a
cosy 500 square feet studio enterely equiped.
The pool house
The
pool-house with a toilet and summer kitchen,
swimming-pool machinery and a heated swimming-pool with palm-trees along
a stone alley .
Very dreamlike.
Very dreamlike.
There is a large stone table under the mulberry trees where one can have
meals listening to the fountain playing and drinking icy water straight from
the source!
The pool area
Sables and service entrance
4 boxes
n the second
stables (150 square metres) there are four large boxes, a hot-water shower for
the horses, a solarium, old-style tack-room and grooming quarters.
The Château is situated in the southern part of the Touraine area, 250
kms from Paris via the A10 motorway. The closest station is Tours St Pierre des
Corps which is one hour away from Paris on the express TGV train, and 55mins
from Roissy airport. It is one hour away from both Poitiers and Tours Nord
airports (with a direct Tours to London flight). The closest town is 5kms away
and has an International school.
The machiolations,walkways and even
facilities of the period!
The castle still has many traces of the 13th century.
One can imagine the battles against the Sarrasins in the two defence towers, the machiolations and the rampart walks, with encorbelled brattices and murder holes.
The castle was first mentioned in 1234, probable date of its construction, in the archives of the city of Tours .Refurbished during the Renaissance, its decorative elements reveal the magnificence of the period, as shown, for instance, in the exceptional bands containing the medallions.
Château Bussière is an exceptional property in Touraine, tucked away in a hidden valley off the beaten track. Its name comes from the “Marquis de Bussière” of the Maussabré family who lived there for four centuries, up until 1936.
“Maussabré” was the name of an ancestor, a knight who was mutilated during the crusades and whose companions then called “le mal sabré” (badly hacked with a sabre) which later became Maussabré.
The castle still has many traces of the 13th century.
One can imagine the battles against the Sarrasins in the two defence towers, the machiolations and the rampart walks, with encorbelled brattices and murder holes.
The castle was first mentioned in 1234, probable date of its construction, in the archives of the city of Tours .Refurbished during the Renaissance, its decorative elements reveal the magnificence of the period, as shown, for instance, in the exceptional bands containing the medallions.
Château Bussière is an exceptional property in Touraine, tucked away in a hidden valley off the beaten track. Its name comes from the “Marquis de Bussière” of the Maussabré family who lived there for four centuries, up until 1936.
“Maussabré” was the name of an ancestor, a knight who was mutilated during the crusades and whose companions then called “le mal sabré” (badly hacked with a sabre) which later became Maussabré.
East
Pastures
The entire limits of the property
The bonus is the construtible land!
South entrance, main door
The lake
At the bottom of the fields is a small lake fed by a source (discovered
in the Middle Ages).
The park can be lit up at night; the huge entrance gate (surmounted with the crown of the “marquis”) is opened and closed by remote control.
The park can be lit up at night; the huge entrance gate (surmounted with the crown of the “marquis”) is opened and closed by remote control.
