This architect’s home and workshop offer a slice of rural Burgundian life – and a creative renovation challenge for the right owner.
Built in 1964 and incorporating a stone barn, the two-storey live/work property is located outside the little village of Proche Noyers-sur-Serein. The picture-postcard hamlet on the river Serein is feted for its medieval architecture. The French property plays with this architectural heritage, juxtaposing historic stone with rugged concrete, timber and terracotta tiling.
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The living room sits within its sloping lean-to, with a glass wall opening onto the garden. Its brickwork has been lightly whitewashed, amplifying the height of the space, which is topped by a pitched timber roof with skylights that create pools of light along the top of the wall.
A broad fireplace with built-in brick benches is a divider between the kitchen and dining area (complete with a colossal dining table with tubular steel bases) and the living room. Meanwhile, timber stairs lead to the attic space, a workshop or bedroom in a semi-finished state, with a raised sleeping area, extensive built-in bookcases, and exposed beams. (There’s also a second workshop on the ground floor, with independent access.)
The three-bedroom Proche Noyers-sur-Serein property is for sale via Architecture de Collection for €390,000, around 2 hours drive from Paris.
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