BERGERAC, Aquitaine, Address available on request

A fortified manor house nestling in the middle of 18 hectares of meadows and woods, with a renovated holiday cottage, in the Périgord Pourpre area, near to Bergerac and its airport. This property is located in the countryside, in the middle of a vast meadow surrounded by woods. Originally, it was a medieval coaching inn built next to an ancient Roman road. A long earthen track runs past the woods and a farm hangar before arriving at the residential buildings. The massive, fortified manor house was built with a lower ground floor and garden level opposite a patio in order to adapt to the slope of the surrounding relief.
In the Middle Ages, the building was rectangular, boasting defensive elements, and as the years passed it transformed into the current square construction thanks to an extension that doubled its size. The oldest part is made of rubble stone and is topped with a hipped roof made of flat tiles. An adjoining small tower and square tower, both with pavilion roofs, are made of ashlar, which was also used for the door and window frames as well as the quoins. Under a half-hipped roof, the façades on the most recent part of the building are rendered.
Thanks to its own drive, the former barn has been renovated and is used as a holiday cottage. It also has its own patio and garage.
The former pigsties located between the two buildings are currently used for storage. A stream runs along the edge of the land that is part of the property. It is possible to acquire the 20 hectares of woods on the other side of this stream.