luxury farmhouse for sale Saint-Astier, France

A former farming estate to be restored, with a pond and 9 hectares of wooded grounds, in the Périgord Blanc area, near to Saint-Astier. The property stretches over a surrounding surface of more than 9 ha. An earthen track, at each end of which there are entrances to the property, separates the wooded plots, which make up most of the estate, from the meadows. In the centre, an approximately 2,000-m² pond adjoins a naturally landscaped garden, the main set of buildings and an outbuilding in ruins. The architectural complex forms a closed square with an inner courtyard that is today covered in grass. The north and western parts form an L-shape and accommodate the living areas, while the two other sides are single-level outbuildings. Two corner pavilions, with three and four levels respectively, overlook the rest of the buildings and the courtyard. The living areas are made up of two double level wings and a three-story corner pavilion, all of which are attached and easily interconnected. They are currently divided into three separate dwellings measuring approximately 345 m², 131 m² and 157 m² respectively. However, they could easily be transformed into a single house or divided differently according to choice. The group of buildings, which is both very coherent and yet also fairly diverse, boasts façades made of rendered stone, mainly regularly sized rectangular windows with ashlar frames, extremely sober cornices and gabled as well as hipped roofs made of half-round tiles or flat tiles on the tallest of the two pavilions.