THE KERBEL LIGHTHOUSE PROPERTY
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THE EXCEPTIONAL ACCOMODATION
The studio on top of the lighthouse
In 1989, the Kerbel Lighthouse ceased to function, after having guided sailors with its light for almost 75 years. It then remained the property of the Phares et Balises (lighthouses and beacons) for another 14 years, as a staff accommodation. It was not until 2003, when it was bought by Mr Jegat, that the Kerbel lighthouse began its new life. Its new owner embarked on a titanic project: to take down the old 6 tons lantern tower made of concrete thanks to a 180-ton crane, and toreplace it the metallic structure, previously assembled on the ground, which will house the studio and allow the visitor to enjoy the incredible 360° panorama. The studio is 25 meters high and can only be reached after climbing the 126 granite steps that lead up to it, the equivalent of a seven-story building.
360° circular balcony
Shower room with toilet
360° Panorama
With a surface area of 20m2, the studio at the top of the lighthouse owes its access and 'logeability' to an ingenious floor system that rises along a worm gear. When open, it is the doorway between the staircase and the studio, and when it closes, it isolates the flat and its occupants from the rest of the world. At the top, there is a fully equipped kitchen (hotplates, microwave, fridge, coffee machine, toaster, kettle, crockery and cutlery), a table, a TV, a bed (1.60m wide with bed linen), a shower room with shower, toilet and washbasin (and towels), and finally a heating and air conditioning system. The Kerbel lighthouse, from inside the studio or from its circular balcony, offers a 360° panorama from Belle-Île to the harbour of Lorient, passing by the small sea of Gâvres, Groix, and Port-Louis.
Bed
Fully equipped kitchenette
Rising floor
THE FAMILY SOLUTION
The keeper's house
If the studio at the top of the lighthouse represents modernity and innovation, the keeper's house represents tradition. It was born with the lighthouse in 1913 and has always housed the successive keepers. Renovated in 2003 to make it more comfortable, it has nevertheless kept the spirit of its first inhabitants and original elements such as the staircase and the well that can still be found. Since the electrification of the lighthouse in 1932, it was also from here that the keeper lit the lantern every day.
Shower room
Parent's room
Living room with veranda
The keeper's house is built on two floors and has all the necessary comforts for a pleasant and relaxing holiday. On the ground floor there is a large living room with a bright veranda, a kitchen and a toilet. If you climb the period staircase, you will then reach the bedrooms on the first floor, one with two single beds and the other with a double bed, as well as their shower room and toilet. The keeper's house sleeps four and is therefore the perfect solution for groups of up to six people (with the studio at the top of the lighthouse), or simply for those who want more space and comfort, during a longer stay for example...
Room with two single beds
Kitchen
External view
THE LIL' MORE SPACE
The Oil Room
Honorine Le Guen was 23 years old in 1925 when she was assigned to work as a lighthouse keeper at Kerbel, the first woman in France to do so. The lighthouse was powered by petroleum vapour, so Mrs Le Guen used to fetch oil from the reserve and take it up 126 steps to power the lantern. Today, this oil store has been renovated into a small ground floor dwelling. The oil room.
The Kerbel lighthouse offers an additional room: the oil room. Equipped with a double bed, it has a bathroom with two sinks and a shower, and a separate toilet. The particularity of the oil room is that its two rooms, although communicating on the inside, also have their own access to the outside, thus allowing a direct passage from the swimming pool to the shower for example! Finally, in its extension, there is a small passageway which houses all the garden equipment available to take full advantage of outdoor life at the lighthouse: BBQ, parasols, garden furniture, etc.
External view
Room with double bed
Room with double bed
Shower room
IN THE OPEN AIR...
The outside part
The garden, when the lighthouse was refurbished, was designed for the relaxation of its occupants. Whether in summer on a deckchair by the pool or in winter in the warmth of the sauna, which gave a second life to the 6-ton concrete lantern after it was taken down from the top of the lighthouse, everyone will find a moment of relaxation here. It is therefore inside what once housed the Fresnel lens guiding ships towards the entrance to Lorient harbour that you can now enjoy the comforting warmth.
The property at night
The swimming pool, its deckchairs, the sauna
The sauna in the old lantern
The outdoor part of the Kerbel Lighthouse property, which is entirely fenced in for greater peace and quiet, covers approximately 1000m2, part of which is grassy and part terraced. It includes the sauna installed in the old lighthouse lantern, open all year round, and the 9-metre long swimming pool, open and heated from the beginning of May to the end of September, both of which share an outdoor shower. Three private parking spaces are also available on the property, as well as all the garden furniture necessary for a good time: BBQ, deckchairs, garden furniture...
The inside of the sauna
The property from the air
The Lighthouse
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