16th Century Stone Cottage in Orne

Two-bedroom, guest house in a 16th century farm complex on 7 acres of Normandy’s greenest pasture, situated in the middle of a national park.    The guest house was fully renovated in 2008 but maintains the look and feel of the original building. Original stone walls, original beams and antique tiled floors combine with a 21st century kitchen and bathroom plus roomy bedrooms  to make this an authentic and comfortable home away-from-home.

Downstairs offers a large kitchen/dining room and salon.  Upstairs you will find one queen-bedded room, one twin-bedded room and one bathroom with shower.

Luxurious sheets and towels provided. 

The farm is not a working property.  Our neighbor grazes his prize charolet cows on 5 fenced acres.  The animals do not have access to our courtyard nor the private garden area.  There is an apple and pear orchard behind the guest house.

Garden furniture and barbeque provided for you to enjoy the long, warm summer evenings.

Le Perche is truly the unsung gem of Orne, birthplace of the majestic Percheron horse breed and second home to many savvy Parisians, artists and writers.  In fact, the New York Times calls Le Perche, “The Last Terroir.”  If you Google “Le Perche” you’ll see the NYT article from March 2007, which fully describes the charms of this area.

Nearby you’ll find a challenging 18-hole golf course in Bellême, well-kept tennis courts, trout fishing, the National Stud Farm, famed forests with mushrooming expeditions in the autumn months, untold numbers of country manor houses and castles to explore, reasonably-priced antiques, fine dining, artisanal cheese makers, chocolate makers, organic farmers, even an organic snail farm.

Our farm is in the tiny hamlet of Le Gué de la Chaine, 3 kilometers from Bellême and 6 kilometers from the regional capital of Mortagne au Perche.  Travelling by car, you are 2 hours from Paris, 2.5 hours from the channel coastal resorts and landing beaches and 2 hours from the Loire Valley.  There is good train service to all parts of France from the neighboring town of Nogent le Routrou.

Fully renovated stone guest house on 16th-century farm complex. Renovations completed in 2008.   

1 queen bedroom

1 twin bedroom

Modern bathroom

Full-equipped kitchen

Dish washer

Washer

Electric stove

golf

tennis

reasonably priced antiques

fine dining

local organic farms

local gourmet markets

close to Loire Valley chateaux

2 hours from Paris

October through March = $650/week

April, May, September = $750/week

July, August = $950/week