An 18th-century village home with generous volumes, a garden and a swimming pool, 40 minutes from Toulouse as well as its airport, and 30 minutes from
An 18th-century village home with generous volumes, a garden and a swimming pool, 40 minutes from Toulouse as well as its airport, and 30 minutes from Montauban.
This property is located in the heart of the Occitanie region - famous for its eventful history, well-preserved architecture, culinary specialities and full-bodied wines - in a village in the Tarn-et-Garonne area which benefits from the protection of two Natura 2000 sites, three protected zones and two ecologically interesting areas teeming with wildlife and plant-life. The origins of this old village, which boasts many bourgeois-style houses typical of the region with pink bricks and arcade-graced façades, is said to date back to the construction of an abbey in the late 10th century. Several shops and a doctor's surgery can be reached on foot, while other amenities such as an outdoor pursuits centre can be reached in 6 minutes by car. Lastly, the property is 30 minutes from Montauban, where there are a high-speed TGV railway station, schools, university establishments, a hospital or clinics. It is also 40 minutes from Toulouse-Blagnac international airport.
The house is located in a small, peaceful street in the village centre, in a 14th-century priory that belonged to the Benedictine abbey that gave rise to the first settlement. The property is fully enclosed by 2-metre-high walls made of pink brick and stones from the River Garonne.
The two-storey main building stands next to a single-level perpendicular wing to its left, topped by an approximately 65-m² roof terrace, which overlooks the swimming pool, is delimited by the rear of the neighbouring house and is lined by white stone balusters. To the right of the main section, a veranda opens onto a garden adorned with a pond.
The edifice possesses a gabled roof made of half-round tiles, topped by a bell pinnacle that no longer houses its original occupant, and is underlined by a sober, terracotta cornice, which in turn is echoed by the belt course between the two levels. The façades are rendered, except on the exposed brick gable end, and are punctuated by mainly rectangular and regularly positioned windows with brick frames. On the ground floor, French windows in the main rooms provide direct access to the decking around the swimming pool. The distinctive features of this building are the ionic columns, which are relics of the former priory, framing two of the doors
The property's occupants benefit from the surrounding lush greenery, thanks to the shade provided by carefully planted hedges and the branches of a hundred-year-old tree in the garden of a neighbouring manor.
The houseThe house was renovated both inside and out at the end of the last century and has approximately 396 m² of living space, mostly paved with large, light-coloured terrazzo tiles.
The ground floor
To the left of the recently renovated external façade, a white-painted wooden door opens into an L-shaped corridor. To the left, its first part leads to a lengthy fitted kitchen, while at its end there is an approximately 67-m² lounge, which is bathed in light throughout the day thanks to double-leaf French windows and two slightly arched framed windows. It leads outside, via a two-step stoop, to the swimming pool. To the right, it leads to a boiler room and the first bedroom with an adjoining bathroom. The second part, which runs parallel to the façade, boasts red brick pillars framing the windows. It leads to an approximately 40-m² office that plays host to a sculpted black marble fireplace with white veining, which is framed by two openings leading into the veranda. The corridor also leads to a hall and a separate lavatory. From the hall, the swimming pool can be reached via another stoop. It also leads to the top floor, via a wrought iron winding staircase painted in a tender shade of green. Scroll shapes ...
