Set in 16 acres of parkland between two rivers, the French chateau for sale boasts a bucolic setting on its own island near the town of Niort, just 2h15 by TGV to Paris.

Considered a gem of the Champagne-Ardennes region, this Renaissance castle was once described by Victor Hugo as “a delightful pandemonium of turrets, weathervanes, gables, dormers and chimneys”.