Rezé, Pays de la Loire 44400

On the edge of Nantes, a villa set in tree-filled gardens of around 3,000 m². The property extends across a plot of around 3,000 m², fully enclosed and well planted. Set back from the road, the villa stands at its centre, with a garage on the street side. Built in 1912, it covers around 420 m² across three levels: a ground floor, a first floor, and a second floor at attic level. The building faces east to the street and west to the gardens, in a composition characteristic of early-20th-century Nantes domestic architecture. Built on a stone plinth course, the rendered facades alternate dressed stone and red brick, defining quoins, window surrounds, and horizontal stringcourses. A corner tower under a pavilion roof dominates the street facade, which is organised around a grand stone perron leading to the first floor. Steeply pitched slate roofs are punctuated by ornate dormers, glazed ceramic friezes, and roof finials. The names of the architect and of the first owner are carved at the corners of the facade. Turned towards the gardens, the west elevation carries the same architectural vocabulary. A polygonal projection rises from it, topped by a terrace reached from the second floor, while the first floor gives onto a stone terrace reached by an external staircase. Inside, the accommodation comprises reception rooms, up to nine bedrooms, and five bath and shower rooms, including a self-contained apartment of around 65 m² on the ground floor with its own entrance.