Grez-sur-Loing, Île-de-France 77880

A former 12th-century mill and its outbuildings surrounded by two hectares of grounds, traversed by a river, not far from Fontainebleau and Bourron-Marlotte. A long forested lane leads to a wooden gate, which opens on to a stone humpback bridge, the guardrails of which are festooned with St John's wort. Appearing as though it was built up against the bridge itself, the edifice unfurls its thick walls above the Loing River all the way to a small private island on which the mill's east gable end was constructed. As for the outbuildings, to the right and in the centre of the cobblestone entrance courtyard, they include: a former kennel, a small garage, a workshop, a chicken coop and a bakehouse, while, in addition to the property's two small islands, an immense space extends behind the outbuildings, which is bordered to the west by a small river.