Impressive Normandy Residence Full of History, Presence and Possibilities in the Cotenin Peninsula, Close to Sainte Mere…

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Impressive Normandy Residence Full of History, Presence and Possibilities in the Cotenin Peninsula, Close to Sainte Mere Eglise and the Wwii Normandy Beaches. Imposing Iron Gates Lead up the Drive …

Impressive Normandy residence full of history, presence and possibilities in the Cotenin peninsula, close to Sainte Mere Eglise and the WWII Normandy beaches.

Imposing iron gates lead up the drive to the private courtyard via a beautiful stone archway with heraldic relief before arriving in the heart of this remarkable historic ensemble.
The courtyard opens dramatically to reveal the spectacular residence and the huge outbuilding - an impressive ensemble whose history spans the 16th and 19th centuries. It is a setting that immediately conveys the scale and importance of the property, while retaining the intimacy and charm of a traditional Normandy manoir.

Entry via substantial double doors leads into a generous entrance hall with excellent space, light and architecture. Dominating the hall is an impressive flight of polished stone stairs, leading gracefully towards the first floor and providing a magnificent centrepiece to the house.
To one side lies the separate kitchen, featuring a character fireplace with a useful rear utility area, and access towards the rear garden.

Returning to the entrance hall, the manoire opens into a large, light-filled reception area from which the principal entertaining rooms are reached. The formal dining room is a particularly attractive space, with visible beams and a historic fireplace offering views of the rear garden. The dining room connects through to the substantial living room, a particularly impressive space with south, west and north-facing windows, allowing natural light to follow the room throughout the day. French doors open onto the side terrace, creating an easy connection between the house and gardens during the warmer months. This room can also be accessed directly from the entrance hall.

The house flows naturally, allowing easy circulation and creating an unusually sociable arrangement in which the principal reception spaces work particularly well together when entertaining.
From the dining room, a corridor leads to the ground-floor WC and out towards the rear terrace and garden.

The first floor is reached from the impressive staircase, arriving at a south-facing hallway overlooking the garden and beyond. From here are four large bedrooms, providing ample accommodation for family and guests, together with two bathrooms and a separate WC.
The arrangement offers the possibility of creating a comfortable family home while retaining the feeling of space and separation that is so often lost in more modern properties.

Another staircase continues upwards to the loft level. Here, a further bedroom is currently used as a library, creating an especially appealing private retreat away from the principal living accommodation.
Approximately two thirds of the loft area remains available for potential development, subject, of course, to the necessary permissions and technical considerations.
This could provide an exciting opportunity for a future owner to create additional accommodation, studios, offices or simply an extraordinary open space beneath the roof.

At the rear of the house lies a beautiful walled garden, private and secure.

The garden was previously laid out as a formal garden divided into four squares, providing an intriguing starting point for anyone wishing to restore or reinterpret the original design.
To one side is a covered summer kitchen and terrace, ideal for outdoor dining and long summer evenings.

The relationship between the house, terraces and garden is one of the property's great attractions.


Also accessed via the courtyard is a generous barn of 200 m² with excellent potential for development. The ground floor is divided into three large rooms, while above them is a vast open space extending across the entire footprint, rising to cathedral-like height beneath the roof.
One of the rooms on the ground floor has doors compatible with a garage space should it be required.
For a purchaser with vision, this building could become one of the property's most exciting assets. It might provide space for additional accommodation, guest facilities, a studio, offices, entertainment areas, workshops or simply a magnificent leisure space.
Its ultimate use will depend upon the purchaser's aspirations and the appropriate planning permissions, but the sheer volume and character of the building make the possibilities unusually compelling.

The adjoining field can be accessed both from the courtyard and from the lane leading towards the church, providing additional flexibility and creating a genuine feeling of a country estate rather than simply a large house within a garden.

Together, the main residence, historic entrance, private courtyard, walled garden, terraces, substantial secondary building and adjoining land create an unusually complete ensemble.
This is not a property whose appeal can easily be reduced to a list of bedrooms, bathrooms and square metres. Its attraction lies in the sequence of spaces and experiences: arriving through the iron gates, passing beneath the historic stone arch, entering the impressive entrance hall and staircase, moving through the grand reception rooms with their fireplaces and beams, and finally stepping outside into the walled garden and terraces.
It is a house with scale, character and a strong architectural identity.

The March 2026 diagnostics confirm approximately 263 m² living space over three levels, with an air-to-water heat pump and thermodynamic hot-water system installed in 2023, while the property retains its original architectural features and character.