In the Loire Valley, an ancient abbey comes to market

An abbey founded around 540 by King Childebert I has come to market in the Loire Valley, with its medieval church, 18th-century abbey house and 84 hectares of land. The abbey was destroyed by vikings in the 10th century and rebuilt over subsequent centuries. Surviving medieval fabric includes the 12th– to 13th-century chapter house, where ribbed Gothic vaults rest on columns with carved capitals and corbels.

The adjoining abbey house occupies one of the four surviving wings of the former cloister. Largely dating from the 18th century, it has wood-panelled reception rooms, parquet floors and marble fireplaces. Seven bedrooms with private bathrooms occupy the first floor. A major restoration of the house was completed in 2025.

The abbey church retains 12th-century Gothic vaulting and carved capitals, as well as a Renaissance walnut door. Its neoclassical façade was added in the early 19th century. Both the church and chapter house have been protected as Historic Monuments since 1939.

The estate lies near Vendôme in France’s Loir-et-Cher department and includes two gîtes, a caretaker’s house and 84 hectares of land. It is listed with Denniel Immobilier for €1.8 million.

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