Luxury bastides for sale Auch, France

A restored farmhouse and tobacco drying shed in enclosed grounds with grounds and 1 hectare of land which can be built on overlooking the Garonne, near Agen. In the heart of an old, now residential, part of the village where the farmhouse and its outbuildings are located, next to the agglomeration of Agen, a small street runs alongside the property, just a stone's throw from the church square. It is accessed via a gate on the house side and an automatic gate on the outbuilding side. The two buildings are located in the southern part of the property, on either side of grounds with old trees, and bordered by hedges and fencing. The main building is two storeys high with a gable roof with canal tiles, bordered by a double row of genoises. Two single-storey wings flank the building on either side, forming a long complex running the full length of the building from south to north. Built out of brick and stone, this 240 m² residence was renovated in the 2000s and again in 2017, using quality materials that give it a timeless look. Formerly a tobacco drying shed, the outbuilding is now used as a workshop and annex to the main building or as a garage. With a floor surface area of around 80 m², the building is two storeys high and has a fibre cement sheet roof. The facades have numerous windows on the upper floors, and the metal elements give the whole an industrial feel. To the north, a vast 1 hectare square meadow is bordered by concrete barriers. It provides horses with a comfortable grazing area, complemented by a second, non-adjoining plot of land, also 1 hectare in size, situated below the property on the banks of the Garonne. Stalls with a surface area of around 20 m² back onto the former tobacco drying shed, now an outbuilding used for DIY. The dominant part of this plot is set away from other houses in the area. It can be built on, and could be used for all kinds of projects, from leisure activities such as a swimming pool, to personal or professional possibilities.

An 18th century manor house with a striking staircase and uninterrupted views over the valley near Lauzerte, in the south of the Quercy Blanc region. A small road runs alongside the property in a village, on the best exposed hillside of the valley. Slightly set back below, the manor house is built on the ruins of an old castle. It enjoys a privileged setting, as much for its natural surroundings as for its distant views. At the outbreak of the French Revolution, the castle towers were demolished as they were deemed too ostentatious. The manor house, built shortly thereafter in 1793 (the date is carved into the lintel of an exterior door), had to be sober. This white Quercy stone building extends over two levels. It has two evenly-balanced facades, one on the north side and the other on the south side. The long-sloped roof features monk-and-nun tiles and a two-row Provençal frieze. The main entrance is on the north side; a flight of stone steps provides access to the double door leading to the ground floor. The facade on this side has several openings, including a mullioned window, a rare reminder of the former castle. On the south side, the facade is more varied: on the ground floor, three arched windows frame an entrance door with a lintel topped by a high relief triangular pediment. The horizontal section of the pediment extends beyond the triangle and supports a sphere on a square pedestal at each end. The upper storey has eight windows, all arched except for the one above the entrance. Its rectangular frame is certainly an original medieval feature. A ground-floor extension with a single-pitched roof has recently been added to the western side of the house. It contains the kitchen and opens onto a covered terrace. One of the castle's square towers with three levels has been partly rebuilt. Slightly set back at the south-west corner, it connects to the main building. Its pavilion roof is clad with old flat tiles. A large lean-to, used as a double garage, adjoins the tower. Finally, the at first flat and then gently sloping garden features a small covered swimming pool at the side of the house.