How to Create Comfort in Winter\u2019s Dark Months, According to Kendall Wilkinson<\/a><\/p>\nNestled among the cities of Blois, Bourges and Orleans\u2014each \u200b\u200bknown for their royal and medieval heritage, and grand Gothic cathedrals\u2014the castle is fully renovated and equipped with smart-home automation while also retaining all its original decorative elements, according to the listing with Espaces Atypiques.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no compromise between history and comfort,\u201d the listing said. A representative for the brokerage couldn\u2019t immediately be reached for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Mansion Global couldn\u2019t determine who owns the castle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The grand entrance door opens onto a hallway that leads to a drawing room, a dining room, an orangery and a billiards room, each with fireplaces inspired by those of French King Francis I, which were characterized by their Renaissance grandeur.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Indeed, Renaissance-inspired detailing and period craftsmanship can be found throughout the 22-bedroom home, like the wooden staircase, sculpted and adorned with lion heads.<\/p>\n
In the basement, the castle\u2019s former coal and wine cellars have been converted into a gym and wellness area, and are joined by a large kitchen, pantry and scullery.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The chateau lords over a more than 120-acre gated estate, dotted with lawns, meadows, a pond and ornamental plantings, and is bordered by woodland. There is also a caretaker\u2019s lodge and a second small chateau that\u2019s awaiting renovation, the listing said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Gothic-style chateau in the heart of France\u2019s Loire Valley hit the market last month for \u20ac26.3 million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,187511,176953,176965,176954,176966,229,88,1076,34056,594,176945,176957,187509,187513,187512,187510,176950,187514,176962,176948,176960,20719,25797,176967],"class_list":["post-385142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-centre-val-de-loire","tag-content-type-content-type-article","tag-content-type_content-type-article","tag-credited-by-mansion-global","tag-credited_by_mansion_global","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-europe","tag-european-union-countries","tag-france","tag-integration-apple-news","tag-integration_apple-news","tag-location-country-france","tag-location_country-france","tag-mediterranean-countries","tag-property-type-property-type-castle","tag-property-type-property-type-historic","tag-property-type_property-type-castle","tag-property-type_property-type-historic","tag-subject-subject-new-listings","tag-subject_subject-new-listings","tag-synd","tag-western-europe","tag-wsj-pro-mansion-global"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}