A manor house for sale in Loiret can be found both on the eastern edge of the Val de Loire, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and in the Sologne, a land of ponds and forests, or in the more rolling Gâtinais towards Montargis. Building materials mix brick, dressed stone and half-timbering depending on the area, with outbuildings often tied to hunting or farming. Properties range from restored houses with wooded parkland to residences awaiting complete renovation. Browse the manor houses for sale listed by the department's private owners, agencies and notaries.
This page gathers real price benchmarks for large residences in Loiret, the sought-after areas, what sets Sologne and Loire-valley building apart, and the checks specific to a property near a watercourse or within a protected heritage zone. To approach the purchase of a character property as a whole, read our guide to buying prestige property in France.
DVF land registry data does not identify manor houses as such: the benchmarks below cover sales of houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha, above €1,000/m², tracked by our observatory. They frame the market for large residences without describing it entirely: an estate with 30 ha of parkland or a listed monument sold with its farmland falls outside this scope.
In Loiret, 75 sales were recorded from 2021 to 2025, with a median price of €589,500*, a floor/ceiling range (P10–P90) of €400,000 to €1,000,000 and a median of €1,694/m² of living space, for an average of 359 m² of living space and 22,338 m² of land. Across the Centre-Val de Loire region, the 2025 median stands at €591,500* (52 sales), against €822,000 in France in 2025 (981 sales).
| Scope | Sales | Median price | Floor – ceiling (P10–P90) | €/m² living space (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loiret (2021-2025) | 75 | €589,500* | €400,000 – €1,000,000 | 1,694 |
| Centre-Val de Loire (2025) | 52 | €591,500* | €400,000 – €1,098,900 | 1,570 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
The breakdown by stratum (coastal, rural tourist, ordinary rural) and the five-year trend are in our observatory of prestige property prices in France (in French). Before making an offer, work out purchase costs and borrowing capacity with our financial tools and calculators.
Source: DVF (DGFiP), transactions from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025, processed by ma-propriete.fr; prices rounded to the nearest €100. * Fewer than 100 sales: read as an indication only.
The Loiret manor changes character across the department: red brick and half-timbering in the Sologne, where the damp from the ponds calls for raised foundations, white dressed stone and slate along the Val de Loire edge, rendered rubble limestone in the Gâtinais. Steeply pitched roofs, sometimes hipped, cover houses often completed with a hunting pavilion or a corner tower. Monumental fireplaces and solid oak roof timbers show building designed for long, damp winters.
Outbuildings also vary: kennels and cart sheds in the Sologne, barns and dovecotes in the Gâtinais, vaulted cellars near the Val de Loire. Many Sologne manors were converted into hunting residences from the nineteenth century onward, which explains numerous but sometimes modest outbuildings, while Val de Loire houses keep more classical proportions. Recent renovations favour vapour-permeable renders, essential on damp ground. Some Sologne houses still keep their original shutters and ironwork, a feature valued by buyers drawn to authentic period detail.
The edge of the Val de Loire, around Orléans, Beaugency and Sully-sur-Loire, lies within the UNESCO World Heritage site and holds white-stone manors close to the river. The Sologne, to the south, between La Ferté-Saint-Aubin and Lamotte-Beuvron, offers secluded houses amid ponds and hunting woodland. To the east, the Gâtinais, around Montargis and Château-Renard, offers more rural building, in a landscape of arable plateaus and damp valleys. Loiret has no station served by the TGV.
Intercités services connect Orléans to Paris-Austerlitz, and TER trains serve Montargis and Gien; the A10 and A19 motorways ease travel towards Paris and Auxerre. The most sought-after areas lie near the Val de Loire and the game-rich Sologne, around Lamotte-Beuvron, while the Gâtinais and the eastern part of the department remain more affordable for a comparable size. A visit outside the hunting season often gives a clearer picture of the outbuildings and the condition of the pondside land.
Within the Val de Loire World Heritage zone, restoration or extension projects visible from the river may be subject to specific requirements, alongside historic-monument protection rules where a property is registered. In the Sologne, the presence of ponds means checking water rights, rules for draining and maintaining dams, and any wetland classification, which limits some works.
On the technical side, have the property checked for dry rot (mérule), common in roof timbers exposed to Sologne damp, along with the private drainage system. Along the Loire and its tributaries, check the flood-risk zoning with the town hall before any project, and have foundations surveyed on buildings closest to the watercourse.
Manor house listings in Loiret come from private owners, agencies specialising in character properties and notaries; filter them by price, living space, land and outbuildings, and set an e-mail alert to follow new listings. To compare with Eure-et-Loir and Loir-et-Cher, browse the manor houses for sale in Centre-Val de Loire. Local notaries frequently handle sales of estates that have stayed within one family for several generations. Buyers who plan to keep the hunting tradition alive on the estate should ask early about any existing game leases nearby. It is also worth asking whether the property includes fishing or shooting rights on adjoining land, since these can carry separate agreements.
