Maison à vendre, 224m², Cassel

Description

In the Hauts-de-France region, in the French department of Le Nord, bordering the Pas-de-Calais department, not far from Mont Cassel, a 176 m high hill dominating the plain of French and Belgian maritime Flanders, the "Manoir du Kasteelveld" is located in the rural commune of Bavinchove, a member of the "Cœur de Flandres" community of municipalities, an area of varied landscapes, made up of 50 market towns and villages that are home to numerous historic buildings, such as the Abbaye Sainte-Marie du Mont-des-Cats, the garden on the Mont des Récollets, the historic centre of Cassel and the Musée de Flandre. Hiking and cycling trails wind around nearby. There are services, facilities and shops 12 km away in the town of Hazebrouck. Lille is 50 minutes away by car and Le Touquet-Paris Plage is 1.5 hours away. In the middle of the fields of Flanders, the property is set in a hamlet below Mount Cassel. A topiary garden decorates the Flemish dwelling, which has been awarded the Fondation du Patrimoine label. A testament to the former agricultural vocation of the fertile surrounding countryside, the red brick building, brightened up with colourful woodwork, has a classic layout, typical of Flemish farms in the north of France in the 17th and 18th centuries, with a single block built around an enclosed courtyard. Six blue-painted mullioned windows contrast with the black tarred base, providing rhythm to this composition that looks like something out of a painting by Ruisdael. Further up, there is a dormer window with blue painted surrounds. The wooden front door is balanced with the symmetry of the façade. The wooded garden, with its pond and orchard, stretches out on either side of the dwelling. On the right, a large red-brick barn and shed, once used to raise hens and rabbits, flank the main façade.