South of Bordeaux, near Langon, a Gironde manor house refurbished in the 19th century, with 10 bedrooms, a swimming pool and grounds of more than 1.5
South of Bordeaux, near Langon, a Gironde manor house refurbished in the 19th century, with 10 bedrooms, a swimming pool and grounds of more than 1.5 hectares.
This canal-side property is located 40 kilometres southeast of Bordeaux, at the point where the River Garonne and Garonne Canal meet, a short distance from a village between Langon and La Réole, two towns in which all essential services, shops and schools can be found, with Langon's hospital being particularly well renowned.
Gare Saint Jean railway station in Bordeaux, from where Paris can be reached in 2 hours thanks to high-speed TGV trains, and Mérignac international airport are approximately 50 km away via the A62 motorway. The Atlantic coast's beaches are a little more than 1 hour away by road.
Boating enthusiasts can take a trip on a narrow-boat, discover how canal locks work or follow the tow paths, which have been transformed into cycle tracks all the way to Toulouse.
The Garonne river plain is an important agricultural area, at the edge of the Graves appellation's vineyards and benefits from the western Aquitaine region's oceanic climate.
This house, located on the outskirts of a small village, is surrounded by countryside, made up of fields, meadows and woods, with the nearest neighbours some way away.
Set back from the country road that passes by the property, a lane leads to its entrance and a drive up to the main residence, surrounded by lawns and wooded zones. The manor house is south-facing and boasts a large swimming pool set slightly away from the edifice. This residence possesses two storeys that are denoted by a stone belt course, boasts an attic that can be converted and featured on Cassini's famous map. It is oriented east to west and is split into three parts: a slightly protruding central section and two lower adjoining wings, whose roofs extend to the north to house the outbuildings.
Not far away, there is a small pavilion, flanked by four towers, containing a greenhouse and several stores as well as, to the rear, an old tobacco hanger. The grounds spread out both in front and to the rear of the house, made up of zones in which calm and liveliness alternate.
The Gironde manor houseThe main entrance at the top of several steps is in the centre of the façade on which there are five vertical rows of openings, framed by ashlar quoins. A two-step stoop stands in front of the entrance door, below a stone balcony with a finely crafted wrought iron guard-rail. The symmetry of the north and south façades contributes to the imposing impression that the edifice exudes. The hipped roof is made of half round tiles and is underlined by a moulded cornice on the façades, echoed by the belt course between the storeys below, and by a double genoise corbel on its sides. The presence of old roses provides a discrete and fragrant sense of charm.
The ground floor
At the top of the stoop, the central, glazed entrance door leads into the house, into a large hall running through the house, with period Gironde tiles and brown taco tiling. It houses the bottom of the staircase climbing to the upper levels in the main section of the house and a corridor to the small apartment to the side on the ground floor of the east wing, described in further detail below.
On either side, the hall opens into large reception rooms with ceiling heights of between 3 and 3.2 metres. On one side, a lounge is currently used as a television room and boasts a grey and beige marble fireplace topped by an overmantel with ornate plasterwork and recently installed terracotta tiles with taco tiling. Light streams into the room through two south-facing windows. On the other side, the hall leads to a dining room with a large, grey, marble fireplace. The burnished Gironde tiled flooring takes on a golden hue when the sun shines in through two large windows. It ...
