9 bedroom castle

This impressive castle stands in a dominant position overlooking the charming and lively village of Douzens in the Minervois Corbières area, Occitanie, South of France. The daily croissant and newspaper are within walking distance, other shops are just a few kilometres away. glance through the stately wrought iron gate into the large courtyard shows the imposing stone staircase leading up to the ground floor of the Castle. A spacious, bright entrance hall with a beautiful mosaic floor and the high ceiling show straight away the unexpected elegance of this restored chateau. The medieval Castle offers very comfortable indoor/outdoor modern living with large French doors from all reception rooms accessing the South facing garden with terrace and swimming pool. The Castle offers very bright and good sized rooms with high ceilings, 9 bedrooms 5 with ensuite bathrooms all with splendid views over the village and surrounding countryside. The property offers huge potential for a luxury B&B business with gîtes, wedding venue/event business or is ideal as a prestigious family home.

Castle details:

The medieval castle offers about 600m2 of living space over 3 floors

GROUND FLOOR

Monumental staircase leads to a large solid entrance door. 

Prestigious Entrance Hall 57m2 with beautiful mosaic floor, crystal chandelier with original stone staircase opposite leading to the first floor

Fully Fitted Kitchen 34m2 with oak parquet floor and a beautiful marble fireplace, stone worktops, ceramic sink, range cooker french doors leading to the south facing garden

Utility room 8m2 in the south east tower,

Dining room 39m2 with linen fold carved wood panelling, an oak parquet floor and a marble fireplace, 2 French doors leading to the garden, a walk in cupboard 5m2 

Sitting room 23m2 with oak wood panelling, a parquet floor and a oak fireplace, a french door leading to the garden, access to the south west tower room with jacuzzi.

Den 30m2 fireplace, tile and carpeted floor, French door to the paved terrace

Curved corridor to north terrace  

WC and vestibule 5m2 

Store room 3m2

Possible wine cellar 30m2 below the bar area

1st FLOOR:

Landing 11m2 leading to the corridor 26m2

Master suite with bedroom 23m2 with black marble fireplace, cupboard, fully fitted dressing room 19m2, italian shower room with WC and antique wash stand 8m2

Bedroom 1 23m2 with Carrera marble fireplace and ensuite bathroom 7m2, dressing room 3.2m2.

Vestibule 4m2 leading to:

West Terrace 60m2 with 270° of stunning views over the village, vineyards and black mountains in the distance

Bedroom 2 with marble fireplace 17m2 

Bedroom 3 12.5m2 with ensuite shower room 3.4m2

Bedroom 4 17m2, original exposed c12th stone doorway with ensuite shower room in north east tower 6m2

Study/bedroom 10.3m2

WC in north west tower 6m2

2nd FLOOR:

Landing 13m2 with linen cupboards leading to the corridor 26m2

Bedroom 5 26m2 and ensuite shower room 5.6m2 in the tower, dressing 2m2

Bedroom 6 18.8m2 

Bathroom 7 13.6m2

Bedroom 8 / Office with kitchette14m2 

Gym 10m2 with tower 8m2

Bedroom 9 13.8m2

Tower room 8m2

2 rooms to restore 12m2 and 18.6m2 with tower 3m2

EXTERIOR

Through the automatic wrought iron gates you arrive at a large gravelled courtyard with parking, entrance to garage and storage under the north terrace. This area includes a well with pump, olive trees and planters.

Secluded south garden, laid to lawn with automatic watering system, gravel and patio with pergola, to the west is the pool terrace with a swimming pool 8m x 3m, pool house, included are pool covers and pool heater. Another terraced dining area and stairs leading to upper terrace.

The north terrace has stunning views over the countryside and mountains beyond.

The total size of the land is 1451m2

Independent Apartment

This ground floor apartment offers approx. 85m2 of living space with a lounge 24m2, fully fitted kitchen 7m2, corridor, bedroom 12.5m2, bedroom 19.6m2, bathroom 7.75m2, laundry room, terrace / courtyard 41m2 with private entrance

Outbuildings

Stables 240m2: 120m2 with still some original boxes, another 120m2 on the 1st floor

Garage 280m2 with power and light: 140m2 on the ground floor and another 140m2 above

the above have development potential for 2 further apartments/houses with services either already installed or close by

General Condition

Except a very few rooms, as described above, the Castle has been recently restored and is in excellent condition. recent wooden double glazed windows and French doors throughout, heating by exchange pump and a few electric radiators in some bedrooms, mains water and sewerage. Automatic gates, cat 5 system throughout, alarm system and cctv.

Rare to find such a Castle, full of history, and in turn key condition! Low maintenance, ideal for a main residence, wedding venue/event business, luxury B&B with Gîte activity or just a large secondary home to reunite the family for holidays. Possibility of furniture included

Location

The Chateau is situated in the village of Douzens, 20 minutes from the cite of Carcassonne with its international airport. The Mediterranean is only 45 minutes, Spanish border just over an hour and ski slopes are within 2 hours drive. Medieval villages, Canal du Midi, golf courses are within easy reach.