5-Bed 17th-Century Manor House with Pool, Barn & 2 Hectares in Aquitaine



Cahuzac, Aquitaine, 47330, France, Cahuzac (France)
5 Bedrooms · 3 Bathrooms · 240m² Floor area
€595,000
House
No parking
5 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
240m²
No garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
Stand in the grand stone doorway on a July morning and you'll hear absolutely nothing except the soft knock of a woodpecker somewhere in the tree line and, if the wind is right, the distant bells of a bastide village church rolling across two hectares of open land that are entirely yours. That particular kind of silence — the kind you can't manufacture — is what this former deanery of a nearby fortified castle has been quietly offering since the 17th century. It still delivers.
The house sits in Cahuzac, a corner of Lot-et-Garonne in the heart of Aquitaine, just far enough from the nearest village to feel genuinely private, close enough to walk for a baguette and a coffee without getting in the car. This is southwest France at its most unhurried: plum orchards, sunflower fields, medieval bastide towns laid out in their precise grid patterns, and a pace of life that recalibrates you within about forty-eight hours of arrival.
At 240 square metres across two floors, the house is substantial without being overwhelming. Ground floor living here means a large lounge and a proper sitting room with period fireplaces — not the decorative kind, the kind that were built when heating a stone manor through a Gascon winter was a matter of serious engineering. The original stonework is intact throughout, and the rooms are genuinely bright; high ceilings and well-proportioned windows mean afternoon light moves through the interior in long, slow sweeps. There's also a ground-floor bedroom with its own en-suite shower room, which makes the house immediately practical for guests or family members who'd rather skip the stairs.
Four more bedrooms occupy the first floor, giving you five in total — room enough for a multi-generational family holiday, a group of friends, or a combination of both. Three bathrooms across the property means mornings don't become a logistical event. The layout is sensible, the proportions generous, and the condition is good: this is a house ready to be lived in, not a project requiring years of remediation before you can enjoy a single weekend in it.
Outside is where this property really opens up. The swimming pool is large enough to matter — not a plunge pool you feel self-conscious about, a proper pool for actual swimming on those August afternoons when the temperature climbs past 30°C and the lavender smells almost unbearably good. There's a jacuzzi hot tub for evenings when the air cools and the stars over rural Lot-et-Garonne do what stars do when there's no light pollution competing with them. A pretty pond adds a quietly wild element to the grounds, attracting herons in the early mornings and dragonflies through summer. The huge barn and numerous outbuildings represent serious possibility: additional accommodation, a workshop, a gîte conversion. Across 20,000 square metres — two full hectares — you have land enough for kitchen gardens, orchards, horses, or simply the uncomplicated pleasure of knowing the view from your window belongs only to you.
Cahuzac places you within easy reach of some of the most satisfying day-trip territory in France. Villeneuve-sur-Lot, about twenty minutes away, runs a lively Saturday market where local producers bring in their Chasselas grapes, Agen prunes (the AOC variety, genuinely extraordinary), foie gras, and cheeses from the surrounding farms. Monflanquin, one of the most intact bastide towns in Aquitaine, is a short drive and worth the trip on any given afternoon — particularly in summer when the Fête de la Bastide brings medieval re-enactments and open-air dining to its central square. Périgueux and the Dordogne Valley are within an hour, meaning the prehistoric cave paintings of Font-de-Gaume and Lascaux II are genuinely on the weekend agenda rather than a distant ambition.
The climate in Lot-et-Garonne is one of France's most agreeable: long, warm summers from May through September, mild springs and autumns, and winters that are cool rather than punishing. This is a property that earns its keep across multiple seasons — autumn truffle markets in Lalbenque, spring cycling along the Canal de Garonne towpath, summer evenings on the terrace with a bottle of Côtes du Marmandais.
For international buyers, the practical picture is equally solid. The annual property tax runs to €1,600 — reasonable for a property of this scale and land holding. Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport is roughly 1 hour 40 minutes by car, with direct connections across Europe and beyond. Agen SNCF station, served by TGV, puts Paris within three hours. Notaire fees run approximately 7% on top of the purchase price, a standard cost built into French property transactions and worth factoring into your planning from the outset. The property is priced at €595,000 including agency fees.
Rental potential here is genuine. Five-bedroom rural properties in Aquitaine with a pool, barn, and this kind of period character consistently attract holidaymakers from the UK, Netherlands, Germany, and Scandinavia — markets that have shown durable demand for southwest French holidays across the past two decades. A managed gîte operation using the outbuildings could create a meaningful income stream, or you run the main house privately and use it yourself for the months that suit you best.
Key features at a glance:
- 17th-century former deanery with documented historical provenance near a fortified castle
- 240 sq m of living space across two floors, in good condition and move-in ready
- 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms including a ground-floor en-suite
- Grand period fireplaces and high-ceilinged, light-filled reception rooms
- Large swimming pool and jacuzzi hot tub
- Ornamental pond attracting local wildlife year-round
- Huge barn plus multiple outbuildings with conversion or gîte potential
- 2 hectares (20,000 sq m) of private land
- Annual property tax of €1,600
- 20 minutes from Villeneuve-sur-Lot's weekly market and amenities
- 1h40 from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport; Agen TGV station under 30 minutes
- Strong holiday rental market in Lot-et-Garonne with year-round appeal
- Priced at €595,000 FAI (agency fees included)
- Quiet rural setting within walking distance of a bastide village
Properties with this combination of genuine age, workable scale, outbuilding potential, and two hectares of land don't appear often in this part of Aquitaine — and when they do, they don't linger. If you've been looking for a vacation home in France that has real history in its walls and real space around it, this is worth seeing in person. Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to ask any questions about the buying process in France. The house has been waiting three centuries for the right next chapter. Yours could be it.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 5
- Size
- 240m²
- Price per m²
- €2,479
- Garden size
- 20000m²
- 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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