Before designing Parc Monceau in the 8th arrondissement, Louis Carrogis Carmontelle laid out one of France’s earliest romantic parks at this 18th-century château less than an hour from Paris.

100 km / 62 miles from Paris, the Normandy estate was converted into a regional art centre in 1970 and has exhibited works by artists including Salvador Dalí, Victor Vasarely, Leonor Fini, Georges Mathieu, Braque, and Volti.

Set high above the Dorset Downs, Chedington Court combines a historic water garden fed by a natural river source with a fully modernised country estate. The result is a rare balance of landscape, infrastructure, and setting.

The château occupies a rare position in southwest France, on the historic borders of Gascony—set on the edge of a small village, yet oriented almost entirely toward its own private grounds.

An exceptional example of early 18th-century French classicism, this estate carries the architectural ambition of the period that produced it. Its history spans the speculative boom of 1720 and the enduring Revolutionary-era anecdote that links it, however loosely, to Marie Antoinette.

Designed by Robert Adam, the leading neoclassical architect of the Georgian era, this 764-acre, Category A–listed estate near Edinburgh blends significant architecture with a historically attributed Versailles-inspired landscape and income-generating properties.

Originally built for the monks of Bath in 1591, this 14-acre estate includes a Grade I-listed manor, a tithe barn, and two guesthouses amid protected historic gardens.

The new head designer Matthieu Blazy’s Spring 2026 debut at the Grand Palais looked to the stars while redefining the universe of Chanel — and we’re reminded that the roots of French luxury run deep, like in the flower fields that have long supplied Chanel’s iconic perfumes near this former perfumer’s estate in Grasse, now on the market.

Set above the Somme River near Abbeville (1h40 from Paris), this 18th-century pink-brick residence is positioned atop a series of terraces with century-old greenhouses—each nearly 100 metres (328 feet) long—among the largest in private ownership in France.

Built in the 1840s by Hudson River ship captain Robert Peary, this nearly 200-year-old Gothic Revival estate in Germantown, New York was once a working pear orchard. Today, its legacy endures through gardens designed by the former Lead Horticulturist of the New York Botanical Gardens.