16th-Century Stone Farmhouse on 29 Acres Near Bergerac – 3-Bed Holiday Home with Pool



Bergerac, Aquitaine, 24100, France, Bergerac (France)
3 Bedrooms · 3 Bathrooms · 217m² Floor area
€517,275
House
No parking
3 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
217m²
No garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
Step out of the front door on a Tuesday morning and within twenty minutes you're wandering through Bergerac's old quarter, coffee in hand, past honey-stone façades and half-timbered houses that line the Place du Docteur Cayla. Then you drive back through rolling woodland, turn down a lane into a hamlet of old stone properties, and the world goes completely quiet. That contrast — town life and deep countryside, thirty seconds apart — is what makes this 16th-century farmhouse one of the more unusual finds in the Dordogne right now.
The property sits on 29 acres of private woodland. Not a garden. Woodland. You're not buying a patch of grass with some trees at the edge — you're buying the trees themselves, a proper sweep of Périgord forest that wraps around the house on all sides and gives the kind of silence most people have to drive four hours to find. The hamlet it belongs to is made entirely of stone — no modern infill, no holiday parc next door — and the farmhouse reads as the centrepiece of it: renovated carefully, retaining the character of the original 16th-century construction while being entirely liveable today.
Inside, 217 square metres unfolds across three reception rooms, each anchored by either an open fireplace or a wood-burning stove. In November, when the Dordogne mist sits low over the valley and the forest outside turns amber and rust, those fireplaces earn their place. The ground floor has a separate kitchen — properly separate, not open-plan — and a full bedroom suite with its own bathroom, which works brilliantly if you have elderly guests or want to avoid stairs entirely. Upstairs, two large bedrooms and a study spread across the upper floor, served by two shower rooms. It's a layout that suits families, groups of friends, or anyone who wants space to breathe without everyone on top of each other.
Outside, a stone barn of 30m² sits adjacent to the main house — ready to be used as a garage, workshop, wine cellar, or left as-is for storage. There's also a small independent building with its own shower room, which adds a genuinely useful guest annexe or rentable studio to the picture. The 11 x 5 metre swimming pool is surrounded by a private terrace, sheltered from view and from wind, the kind of setup where you can read for two hours without being disturbed by anything except the occasional buzzard overhead.
Bergerac itself deserves more credit than it typically gets. The airport — Bergerac Dordogne Périgord — handles direct flights from London Stansted, Gatwick, Bristol, Edinburgh, Birmingham, and Dublin, which changes the calculation for any international buyer significantly. You're not commuting through Paris. You land, pick up the car, and you're at the house in twenty minutes. For a second home that you plan to use six or eight times a year, that accessibility is everything.
The town has a Thursday market on the Place de la République that local producers take seriously — foie gras from farms you can visit, walnuts from the Périgord Noir, strawberries from the Lot-et-Garonne that taste nothing like supermarket fruit. The old quarter has been pedestrianised intelligently, and the restaurant scene along the quays of the Dordogne River has quietly improved over the past decade. Cyrano de Bergerac was set here — the statue on the main square is a useful landmark — and the Maison des Vins de Bergerac on the waterfront is one of the better places in southwest France to work through the region's appellations, from Monbazillac sweet whites to the robust Pécharmant reds grown just east of town.
Beyond Bergerac, the Dordogne département opens up into one of the most consistently rewarding landscapes in France. Sarlat-la-Canéda, 45 minutes east, runs its Saturday market through the medieval streets in a way that feels completely unselfconscious despite drawing visitors from across Europe. The prehistoric caves at Font-de-Gaume near Les Eyzies still admit limited visitors to see genuine original paintings — not a replica — and booking ahead is essential. The Vézère Valley running through the Périgord Noir is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and for good reason: the density of prehistoric sites along a single river valley is unlike anything else on the continent.
For outdoor activity, the Dordogne River itself is the main event. Hiring a canoe from Cenac or La Roque-Gageac and spending a morning drifting past the Château de Castelnaud or the Château de Beynac — both visible from the water, both open to visitors — is the kind of afternoon that becomes a ritual for families who own property here. The GR 6 and GR 36 long-distance walking routes cross the département, and the cycling infrastructure has expanded considerably, with dedicated voies vertes linking several market towns. Come spring, the hedgerows are thick with wild orchids. In autumn, the forest floor around the property produces ceps — penny bun mushrooms — that local families collect quietly and cook with butter and garlic the same evening.
Climate-wise, the Dordogne sits in a sweet spot: warm, dry summers with July and August averaging around 26°C, mild springs and autumns ideal for walking, and winters that are cool but rarely harsh. The property's fireplaces mean it's genuinely usable year-round, not just a summer house.
For international buyers, France's property purchase process is robust and well-documented. Notaire fees run around 7% on top of the purchase price, and ownership through an SCI (Société Civile Immobilière) is worth discussing with a French tax adviser if you're planning shared family ownership or want to simplify succession. The rental potential here is strong: the Dordogne draws over three million visitors annually, demand for high-character rural properties with pools consistently outpaces supply, and the combination of airport proximity and genuine seclusion makes this farmhouse particularly lettable. Weekly rates for comparable properties in this area run from €1,800 to €3,500 in high season.
Key features at a glance:
- 16th-century renovated stone farmhouse in good condition, move-in ready
- 217m² of living space across three floors
- Three bedrooms, three bathrooms (one suite on ground floor)
- Three reception rooms, each with fireplace or wood-burning stove
- Separate kitchen, study, two shower rooms upstairs
- 11 x 5 metre private swimming pool with terrace
- Stone barn (30m²) and independent guest building with shower room
- 29 acres of private woodland in a stone hamlet
- 20 minutes from Bergerac centre and Bergerac Dordogne Périgord Airport
- Direct flights from multiple UK and Irish airports
- Strong holiday rental potential in one of France's most visited regions
- Close to motorway access for wider Aquitaine exploration
- UNESCO World Heritage Vézère Valley within easy driving distance
- Mature, private setting with no overlooking neighbours
- Priced at €517,275 with agency fees included
If you're searching for a vacation home in the Dordogne that delivers genuine countryside seclusion without sacrificing accessibility, or a second home in southwest France that works as hard on rental income as it does as a family retreat, this farmhouse is worth your full attention. Contact Homestra today to arrange a viewing — properties with this combination of acreage, history, and airport proximity in the Bergerac area don't sit on the market for long.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 217m²
- Price per m²
- €2,384
- Garden size
- 99900m²
- Has Garden
- No
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 3
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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