luxury house for sale Temps Perdu-La Trinque district of Manosque, France

Sole Agent. « La Bastide Neuve » is located in the Verdon Regional Nature Park, 2 km from picturesque Saint Julien le Montagnier, a 45-minute drive from Aix, 50 minutes from the TGV station, and 25 minutes from Manosque. With records mentioning occupation of the site dating back to Roman times, this former “Commanderie Templière » extended in the 18th century was renovated throughout by an interior decorator in the year 2000 and today comprises spacious living and reception rooms, eight bedrooms, five bathrooms, and a convertible 120 sqm attic. The grounds feature a spring, a well, an olive grove, truffle oaks, 4 hectares of vineyard, a floodlit tennis court and a heated swimming pool. They also include 26 hectares of fields, 21 hectares of which are cultivated with two leases, one of which will soon terminate. About 400 sqm of living space includes a vestibule featuring a Templar Cross, vaulted living rooms and a dining room boasting its original fireplace, a kitchen, a library/sitting room and a further little room. The walls are up to 1.50 metres thick. The ground floor leads to a spacious vaulted room opening onto an inner courtyard, a summer kitchen as well as a converted former vaulted sheepfold leading to a 13.50 x 5.50 metre swimming pool. Three staircases access the upper floor which was added in the 18th century and which comprises eight bedrooms and five bathrooms. U-shaped outbuildings are set around the 300 sqm inner courtyard featuring a stone porch, as well as an original bread oven in perfect working order. In the shade of a lime and an Indian bean tree, the courtyard is planted with fig trees and rose bushes and benefits from automatic sprinkling. The façade of the main house and the walled pool are also floodlit. Two timber cabins on stilts joined by a footbridge comprise four further bedrooms, and two shower rooms with composting toilets. The property also benefits from a tennis court and a boules pitch. Provence par excellence…