Eight centuries above Cellettes
A 13th-century residence, eight hectares of grounds, an open-air sculpture museum — and five houses placed in your hands.
The Château de Conon has watched over Cellettes since the 13th century. Beyond the gate lie eight hectares of trees, a courtyard, and stone weathered by the seasons.
We have just taken over the estate, and we are enhancing it house by house. Conceived as a family home, its five residences open up for a weekend, a week, or the great occasions when the whole estate is brought together.
The estate in four chapters
The first stones
A château rises in Cellettes, in the Beuvron valley, a league from Blois.
The house grows
Wings, outbuildings and dependencies are added as families come and go; the grounds are planted with trees now a century old.
The sculptures of Louis Derbré
More than 150 sculptures, some fifty of them monumental, settle into a five-hectare sculpture walk: the grounds become an open-air museum.
A new chapter
The estate has just changed hands. Its new owners are enhancing the five outbuildings and reopening them, conceived as a family home, for up to 49 guests.
Eight hectares to breathe in
The grounds are made for walking, from morning to night: the tall trees, the paths, the benches in the shade. At their centre, the heated pool, open from June to September.
In the evening, as the last swimmers head back to the houses, the grounds hold on to the warmth of the day.
A hundred and fifty sculptures among the trees
A few steps from the holiday homes, the Musée-Promenade Louis Derbré unfolds more than 150 sculptures, some fifty of them monumental, along a five-hectare sculpture walk.
The morning walk winds between the bronzes; the children give them names before breakfast.
Visit the museum website →From the château to the stables
Five independent holiday homes in the same grounds, for 6 to 15 guests each — or 49 when the whole estate is brought together.
Discover the five houses