Écurat, Charente 17810

In Charente-Maritime, 10 minutes from Saintes A 19th-century chateau, outbuildings, grounds and, as an option, a cottage and 4 ha of land. From the departmental road, between fields, woodland and vines, the chateau and its U-plan outbuildings come gradually into view. A gateway leads into the courtyard, where an old well survives. The main building is rectangular in plan, facing south-east towards the grounds and their tall trees. To the north, a longère-plan farm extends to the rear of the outbuildings a large barn stands to the south-west. To the south, the wooded grounds give way to meadows that reach to the woodland edge.