Coppet–Renaissance Domaine

Coppet Switzerland
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Listing Id: 33409-94879

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About this Property

Coppet’s renown goes back to 1784, the year Jacques Necker bought his castle there, on the shores of Lake Geneva. As well as being of Geneva origin, he was Finance Minister under Louis XVI, king of France. His daughter, Germaine de Staël, driven from France by Napoleon Bonaparte due to her continued opposition to the emperor, established herself in the family castle, which became a meeting place for a number of well-known European personalities and intellectuals.
In the 19th Century, Coppet became a desirable commune, giving rise to the establishment of small domains or secondary residences by the lake. The Renaissance Domain was established in 1834 by Louis Collioud, who had the basic house built in a rural style, together with a small building on its easterly side, housing a pigsty and a chicken coop. From 1845, the property passed into the hands of François Louis Bory, a bourgeois from Coppet, who transformed it into a residence at the end of the XIX Century. The embellishment of the building was to reach its zenith during the 20th Century with the addition of classically orientated architectural decorative elements.
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Coppet–Renaissance Domaine

Coppet, Switzerland

Under the auspices of the famous architect, Jean-Michel Wilmotte, the building was completely renovated between 2001 and 2004, retaining only the outer walls from its original structure. The property comprises the main house of about 1000m2,, an adjacent building of about 200m2, inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and connected to the main house by an underground passageway, and an outhouse, comprising a duplex apartment and a garage. This property, designed with great purity and elegance by Christian Liaigre, the much sought-after Parisian interior designer, matches today’s demanding standards in every respect.
The main entrance leads into two drawing rooms, which give onto a lakeside terrace, with a magnificent panoramic view of Lake Geneva.
A very beautiful, fully equipped, luxury kitchen and a spacious dining room are ideal for receiving numerous guests.
The first floor includes a master apartment, comprising a large sitting room/office, a roomy bedroom with bathroom, separate wc and two dressing rooms. On the second floor, there are four bedrooms, each with its own bathroom and separate wc. A lift services all floors in the building.
The lower ground floor offers a carnotzet/winetasting room next to two wine cellars, a large billiards –TV room and the guests’ toilets. This floor provides access to the passageway leading to the adjoining building, which consists of a huge ground floor reception area with open fireplace, and a hammam-shower with toilet and a kitchen on the lower level.

The two-level outhouse contains 3 small bedrooms, a dining room, a kitchen with a terrace and a vegetable garden, while an annexed closed garage, separate from the living area, has room for two vehicles. An outside area provides a further four to five parking places.

A private floating landing stage provides access to the lake and an underground 47m2 boathouse

The parkland has a surface area of 5769m2, is well endowed with old trees, embellished with a natural water course and completed with a pond and cascading water wall, constituting a veritable setting of peace and harmony, of exceptional refinement and rare quality.

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