Villa de la Douvelière, Château in Ancenis-Saint-Géréon, France
Villa de la Douvelière is a two-story château in Ancenis-Saint-Géréon, built of pale cream stone blocks under a gray slate roof. Its left section has a triangular pediment and a balcony with black iron railing on stone brackets; the right section has a taller pediment and a white-framed glass door onto a small iron balcony. White-framed ground-floor windows, some shuttered, some with arched fanlights, stand behind a low stone wall, metal gate and iron fence.
The villa is listed as a monument historique (inscribed in 1997). The sources describe it as a château in Ancenis, in the Loire-Atlantique department. The building stands in the commune of Ancenis-Saint-Géréon.
The building is officially listed as a château, not a villa, and was inscribed as a monument historique in 1997. Its name, Douvelière, is the element to look for on site; the property stands in the commune of Ancenis, in the Loire-Atlantique department.
The villa stands in Ancenis, in the Loire-Atlantique department, and is a private property with no public opening. Visitors can see the cream stone facade, the two pediments and the iron balcony railings from the street; the building is listed as a monument historique since 1997.
The building is listed as a château as well as a villa, and the 1997 inscription covers it as a monument historique. Its two sections carry pediments of different heights, the right one taller than the left, above a ground floor of white-framed windows with arched fanlights.
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