4-Bed 18th-Century Stone House in Civray — Dual Living, Garden & Countryside Views



France, Civray (France)
4 Bedrooms · 3 Bathrooms · 230m² Floor area
€399,000
House
No parking
4 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
230m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Sunday morning in the Quercy Blanc, and the only sound you can hear is the wind moving through the old walnut trees at the edge of the garden. No traffic. No neighbors. Just the particular silence that rural southwest France does better than almost anywhere else in Europe — the kind that makes city people stop mid-sentence and just listen. That's the daily reality of owning this 18th-century stone house outside Civray, and once you've felt it, a weekend here starts to feel less like a holiday and more like the life you should have been living all along.
The house itself has had an exceptional steward. A designer owner poured serious money and craft into the restoration, which means you get the bones of a genuine 18th-century farmhouse — original terracotta floor tiles worn smooth by two centuries of use, exposed stone walls that stay cool even in July, a fireplace that fills the main living space with the particular smell of a wood fire on an October evening — combined with a kitchen that's genuinely modern and bathrooms that don't ask you to sacrifice comfort for character. That combination is rarer than it sounds. Most period properties in this part of France sit at one extreme or the other: either over-renovated into something generic, or authentically historic and functionally difficult. This one hits the balance.
At 230 square meters, the layout is generous, and it's been configured with real intelligence. The property currently operates as two interconnected dwellings, separated by an internal doorway that can stay open or closed depending on who's visiting and when. The main section is a one-bedroom home with cathedral ceilings that make the space feel vast, a superb stone fireplace as the focal point, and a modern kitchen with integrated appliances — practical for someone who actually cooks. There's a covered terrace off the main living area, the right size for a long lunch that drifts into early evening, and a home office with a vaulted stone ceiling and a proper wine cellar underneath. That office, incidentally, is one of those rooms that photographs can't quite capture — you have to stand in it, feel the weight of the old stone above you, and understand why people fall in love with this kind of architecture.
The second section holds three bedrooms and the original country kitchen, with those beautiful terracotta floor tiles throughout. Everything is in immaculate condition — no punishing snag list, no deferred maintenance waiting to surface after the sale. For a house of this age and scale, that matters enormously.
The dual-dwelling layout opens up real options. Use the main section as your private retreat and host family or friends in the three-bedroom wing with total independence on both sides. Or, when you're not in residence, put the three-bedroom section on the seasonal rental market — this part of the Tarn-et-Garonne draws steady summer visitors looking for exactly this kind of authentic rural property, and a well-presented three-bedroom in a restored stone house with countryside views commands respectable weekly rates from May through September.
Step outside and the garden delivers on the promise of the house. Mature trees provide shade that's genuinely useful by late June, when temperatures in the Quercy push into the high thirties. There's a separate summer kitchen for those months when cooking inside feels wrong, a carport, and a private water source — which, for a rural property of this size, is both practical and unusual. The views across the surrounding countryside are open and unobstructed. No road noise reaches you here. No close neighbors overlook the garden. Privacy of this quality is increasingly difficult to find in France's more popular southern regions, where demand has pushed prices and people closer together.
Location-wise, the positioning is quietly excellent. Lauzerte — one of the most celebrated medieval villages in France and officially listed among Les Plus Beaux Villages de France — is 20 minutes by car. Go on a Tuesday morning and you'll find the market in full swing on the Place des Cornières, with producers selling duck confit, local goat's cheese from farms within cycling distance, and strawberries from the Lot-et-Garonne that have no business being as good as they are. In the evening, the restaurants around the square serve cassoulet properly — not the tourist version, the real thing, heavy with duck and Tarbais beans, built for people who've been walking since morning.
Toulouse, the fourth-largest city in France and one of the most genuinely livable, is around an hour south. Toulouse-Blagnac Airport connects directly to London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Barcelona, and a dozen other European cities, which matters enormously for a second home. You can be door-to-door from Paris in under five hours by TGV or fly in from London in under two. That kind of accessibility makes the difference between a property you visit twice a year and one you actually use.
The climate here is the southwest French variety: long, warm summers with reliable sun from May through October, mild springs ideal for walking, and winters that are cool but rarely punishing. The Gorges de l'Aveyron, roughly 30 minutes east, offer some of the best hiking in the region — limestone canyon country, medieval villages perched above the river, buzzards circling overhead. In autumn the light turns amber and the walnut harvest begins, and every village within 20 kilometers seems to be selling fresh walnut oil from farm gates. It's the kind of seasonal rhythm that makes owning property here feel like participating in something rather than just observing it.
For international buyers, France remains one of the most transparent and legally straightforward property markets in Europe. The notaire system means all due diligence is handled through a public official, and foreign ownership carries no additional restrictions. The property is priced at 399,000 euros for 230 square meters of fully restored, move-in-ready stone house with dual living potential, a private garden, countryside views, and one of the best medieval villages in France within a short drive. In the current southwest France market, that represents serious value for what's here.
Key features at a glance:
- 18th-century stone farmhouse, fully restored to high standard
- 230 square meters across two interconnected dwellings
- 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms total
- Main dwelling: 1 bedroom with cathedral ceilings and stone fireplace
- Second dwelling: 3 bedrooms with original terracotta tile floors
- Modern integrated kitchen in main section; traditional country kitchen in second
- Vaulted stone home office and private wine cellar
- Covered terrace for outdoor dining
- Separate summer kitchen
- Carport and private water source
- Mature private garden with established trees
- Open countryside views, no close neighbors, no road noise
- 20 minutes from Lauzerte (Les Plus Beaux Villages de France)
- 1 hour from Toulouse and Toulouse-Blagnac International Airport
- Strong short-term rental income potential from the three-bedroom wing
Contents are available by separate negotiation, which means the right buyer could walk into a fully equipped and functioning home from day one.
If you want to understand what this house actually feels like — the scale of those cathedral ceilings, the way afternoon light hits the old stone in the garden, what it's like to sit on the covered terrace with a glass of Cahors wine while the countryside goes quiet around you — the only real answer is to visit. Reach out through Homestra to arrange a viewing, and we'll make it happen.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 230m²
- Price per m²
- €1,735
- Garden size
- 7000m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- Yes
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 3
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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