Fontainebleau, Île-de-France 77300

An old house with two separate dwellings, with a 19th century pavilion and private riverbank 10 minutes from Fontainebleau, in a famous village on the banks of the River Seine. With the arrival of the Paris to Fontainebleau railway in 1849, the Seine Valley became a destination for relaxation appreciated by the Parisian bourgeoisie and artists. The property is very much in keeping with traditional villas on the banks of the Seine, which have a terraced garden overlooking the river and a pavilion.It can be reached by a small, peaceful cul-de-sac, bordered with elegant bourgeois residences. It is fifteen minutes on foot from the village's listed historical monument church and is made up of two rectangular buildings. The main house, which is the oldest, dates from the 18th century and stands opposite the street behind which the River Seine flows. The 19th-century second house stands perpendicular to the first. In between them, there is a cobbled courtyard separated from the street by finely crafted wrought iron railings. The buildings walls are covered with light-coloured rendering and punctuated by many windows fitted with celadon green louvred shutters. Opposite, on the other side of the street, there is a small rectangular garden overlooking the River Seine, supported by stone buttresses. Its limits are discretely marked out by old wrought iron railings and it plays host to a period pavilion. To the right of the garden, a small metal gate opens onto a mossy flight of steps adorned with bellflowers that leads to a grassy private riverbank not accessible to walkers and whose gradient is lessened by a stone buttress wall.