The American actor lived for six months in Sarthe with the film crew Le Mansreleased in 1970.
Lovers of Steve McQueen and beautiful homes will be served. The castle in which the American actor lived for six months while filming the film Le Mans, released in 1970 is on sale, reports France Blue Maine. Located in Viré-en-Champagne, in Sarthe (Pays de la Loire), the property is estimated at 2,150,000 euros.
With a total surface area of 1,400m² and 7.13 ha of land, this castle, listed in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments (ISMH), includes around fifteen restored rooms spread over five floors, specifies the description provided by the firm Le Nail Exceptional Real Estate. The estate, surrounded by an equestrian career and a small pleasure wood, also includes annexed accommodation and a space converted into exhibition rooms. And the hero of The Thomas Crown Affair has also made some modifications to make it feel at home. He lived there with fifteen members of the film crew Le Mans, reports France Blue Maine.
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« His room was on the ground floor. He had a lock installed because he absolutely did not want to be disturbed during his nights. », explains Gilles Guichemer, the current owner of the castle, who is parting ways with his property at the age of 78. “ His wife had to fight against the groupies who did not fail to harass Steve. The latter had a tendency to respond favorably to requests », he adds.
Steve McQueen had renamed the castle
But the actor and racing driver, who died in 1980, also took the initiative of changing the name of the residence, Viré-en-Champagne being too complicated for the American to pronounce. The Château de Viré-en-Champagne became the Château Lornay. “ Admirers were looking for this castle. However, it took them a while to discover that there was no Château Lornay »jokes Gilles Guichemer. The sacred monster would have confused with the place called Launay in Degré, reports the newspaper.
