4-Bed Stone Country House with Pool & Panoramic Views in Roquecor, Tarn-et-Garonne



Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn-et-Garonne, Roquecor, France, Roquecor (France)
4 Bedrooms · 3 Bathrooms · 293m² Floor area
€545,000
House
Parking
4 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
293m²
Garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
On a still Tuesday morning in late June, you open the kitchen's ancient wooden shutters and the first thing you hear is nothing. Not the compressed silence of earplugs—actual, honest quiet, broken only by a wood pigeon somewhere in the oak trees and the faint clank of a tractor working a field two valleys over. The smell drifting in is warm stone and cut grass. That's it. That's the whole morning's agenda if you want it to be.
This four-bedroom, three-bathroom country house in the hamlet just outside Roquecor sits on the kind of land that reminds you why people first started building in southwest France. The Tarn-et-Garonne countryside rolls in every direction—soft green ridges, sunflower fields gone gold by July, the occasional red-roofed farmstead catching the afternoon light. From the sun terrace beside the saltwater pool, you can see for miles. No rooftops crowding the view. No road noise. Just the particular stillness that this corner of Midi-Pyrénées does better than almost anywhere in Europe.
Roquecor itself is five minutes by car or a genuinely pleasant forty-minute walk through the fields—the kind of walk that makes you feel you've earned the pastis waiting at the café. The village has a proper restaurant that locals actually eat at (not the tourist-facing kind), a reliable café, and enough daily life happening around the square to feel connected without ever feeling crowded. The Wednesday morning market in Lauzerte, twelve kilometres northeast, is the one to pencil in first. Lauzerte is a bastide village on the Pilgrimage of Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle route, and the market spills down the medieval lanes with regional producers selling duck confit, aged Caussade walnuts, raw-milk Tomme, and the kind of strawberries that actually taste like strawberries. Montauban, the departmental capital, is under an hour away for a full urban fix—cathedral, Musée Ingres Bourdelle, restaurant strips along the Tarn river.
The house itself is 293 square metres of what good French country architecture looks like when it hasn't been messed with. Exposed stone walls that are two feet thick in places. Beamed ceilings with the patina that comes from actual centuries of use, not a decorator's belt sander. Original timber floors that creak in exactly the right spots. These aren't cosmetic features bolted onto a modern shell—they're the structure itself, and they've been lived with carefully.
The kitchen is the room that sets the tone for the whole property. Travertine underfoot, a stone fireplace built around a log-burning stove, stonework left deliberately rough on one wall, and enough counter space to actually cook a proper meal. This is a room where cassoulet makes sense, where a Saturday afternoon rolling pastry dough while someone else sets the terrace table feels like the natural order of things. Adjacent, the sitting room pivots sharply into a different mood: glass sliding doors open directly onto the garden, flooding the space with afternoon light and making the boundary between inside and outside feel optional. The drawing room is the grand one—stone fireplace, soaring beamed ceiling, ancient timber floors—a room for evenings, for wine by lamplight, for the kind of conversation that runs late.
Ground floor also holds a guest bedroom with its own modern bathroom, which gives the layout real flexibility for families or visiting friends. Upstairs, a light-filled study opens onto a balcony where, on a clear morning, you can see the Pyrenees. They're distant and blue and snow-capped from November through April, and watching them from a balcony with coffee is the kind of thing that becomes a non-negotiable daily ritual fast. The principal bedroom has a well-appointed en-suite; the top floor delivers two further bedrooms tucked under exposed beams, where children tend to claim the highest one immediately and defend it as territory.
Practically, the house is in good condition and genuinely move-in ready—double-glazed throughout, with both a heat pump and oil-fired central heating covering the cooler months. The Tarn-et-Garonne climate is generous: summers run hot and dry from June through September, winters are mild compared to northern Europe, and the shoulder seasons—April to May and October—are arguably the best times to be here. Warm enough to swim into late September most years.
Outside, a saltwater pool with an electric cover anchors the terrace. A vine-covered pergola runs along one edge—the spot for lunch that slides into mid-afternoon without anyone quite noticing. The gardens are established and producing: fruit trees (fig, plum, cherry) that actually yield enough to become a problem in a good way, mature plantings that give structure without demanding constant attention. A stone barn, covered parking, and solid outbuildings handle the practical storage that a property this size needs.
For international buyers, the Tarn-et-Garonne is a well-understood market for French property ownership. Toulouse-Blagnac Airport is around 80 kilometres southwest, with direct flights to London, Amsterdam, Brussels, and beyond—a two-hour journey from landing to opening the front door. Bergerac Airport, less than two hours north, adds further UK connections. The region's property notaire process is straightforward, and there's an established community of British, Dutch, and Belgian second-home owners in the area who've navigated the process and are happy to share notes.
Rental potential is real and worth considering. This part of southwest France draws summer visitors for the Lot Valley, the Aveyron gorges, cycling the Canal des Deux Mers, and weekend market-hopping. A property of this size and character, with a pool, commands strong summer rental rates—and the off-season is increasingly popular with remote workers seeking longer stays.
Key features at a glance:
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms across 293 sq metres of living space
- Saltwater swimming pool with electric cover and sun terrace
- Vine-covered pergola ideal for outdoor dining
- Country kitchen with stone fireplace and log-burning stove
- Grand drawing room with original timber floors and beamed ceiling
- Sitting room with glass sliding doors opening to the garden
- Balcony off the first-floor study with open countryside views
- Heat pump and oil-fired central heating, double glazed throughout
- Stone barn, covered parking and ample outbuilding storage
- Mature fruit trees and established gardens
- 5 minutes from Roquecor village; 12km from Lauzerte's weekly market
- Under 80km from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Move-in ready with no renovation work required
- Strong summer rental income potential in an established second-home market
This is a rare one. A house with genuine period substance—not a renovation project dressed up as an opportunity—where someone has already done the hard work of making centuries-old bones liveable without stripping out what made them worth saving. You arrive, you unpack, you find the good wine glass, and you start living.
To arrange a viewing or request further details, get in touch with the team at Homestra today. Properties at this level in Tarn-et-Garonne do not sit around.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 293m²
- Price per m²
- €1,860
- Garden size
- 293m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- Yes
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 3
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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