5-Bed Medieval Stone House in Penne-d'Agenais with Pool & Valley Views – €690K



Aquitaine, Lot-et-Garonne, Penne-d'Agenais, France, Penne-d'Agenais (France)
5 Bedrooms · 3 Bathrooms · 270m² Floor area
€690,000
House
Parking
5 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
270m²
Garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
Stand on the sun terrace on a June morning, coffee in hand, and the Lot Valley spreads out below you so wide and green it takes a moment to remember you're standing in your own garden. That's the daily reality of owning this 14th-century stone house on the edge of Penne-d'Agenais — one of the Lot-et-Garonne's most celebrated hilltop villages, where the cobblestones are genuinely medieval and the Sunday market on the Place du Foirail smells of ripe Agen prunes, lavender, and freshly baked fougasse.
This is not a property that needs you to squint and imagine what it could be. It's already there. Dating to the 1300s, the house has been sensitively brought into the 21st century — double-glazed oak windows, a heat pump heating system, a saltwater pool — without losing a single stone of its soul.
Walk through the gated entrance and the first thing you notice is the quiet. The town's lively bars and restaurants are five minutes on foot, but behind these walls it could be 1680. The 645 m² of terraced gardens cascade down the hillside in layers: a lily pond catching the afternoon light, a covered outdoor dining area where long summer dinners can stretch until the swallows stop flying, a sun terrace positioned to hold the last of the evening sun. The pool sits at a level where you can swim laps while watching weather move across the valley below — not a bad trade-off for a Tuesday afternoon.
Inside, the living room stops you cold. The vaulted ceiling climbs above a stone fireplace that was old when the French Revolution happened. On a January evening with a fire going, the room does something that almost no modern space can — it makes you feel genuinely held. The AGA range cooker anchors the handcrafted kitchen, which has a paneled ceiling and French doors that push open onto the garden so that cooking and outdoor living become the same activity. The antique staircase off the entrance hall is the kind of architectural detail that visitors photograph without asking permission.
Five bedrooms give the house real flexibility. The option to create a self-contained annex is already built into the layout — useful for multigenerational families, rental income, or simply keeping the teenagers on a different floor. Three bathrooms, one of which has a freestanding bathtub that sits against an exposed stone wall like it grew there. The home office has windows on multiple aspects, terracotta floor tiles, and walls thick enough to keep it cool through an August heatwave without air conditioning. The wine cellar is framed by an ancient stone arch — which is, frankly, the only appropriate place to store a decent Cahors or a case of Entre-Deux-Mers from the Bordeaux estates an hour north.
Penne-d'Agenais itself is the kind of place that journalists writing about Southwest France always rediscover and call a hidden gem. It isn't particularly hidden — the pilgrimage route to the Basilique Notre-Dame de Peyragude draws visitors year-round — but it genuinely hasn't been overrun. The town retains a working, local character. There's a real boulangerie, a real butcher, real seasonal produce on market days, and real aperitif culture at the café tables on the square. Summer brings the Fête de la Saint-Jean bonfire on the hilltop and the Fête du Vin in nearby Pujols. Autumn is truffle season in the Périgord, forty minutes north, and the Lot-et-Garonne's plum orchards turn amber and gold in October.
For outdoor life: the Lot River is fifteen minutes away by car, with canoe rental at Cahors and fly fishing stretching east toward Figeac. Cyclists have the Canal de Garonne route running south, flat enough for family rides, and the more demanding hills of the Quercy Blanc to the north. Walkers can pick up sections of the GR65 Santiago pilgrimage route nearby, or simply walk the ramparts of Penne itself at dusk when the swifts are out.
The regional capital of Agen is under 30 minutes by road — a proper city with a covered market hall, a fine-arts museum with one of Goya's darker periods on display, and a TGV station connecting to Paris Montparnasse in under three hours. Toulouse-Blagnac Airport is roughly 1 hour 40 minutes south, with direct flights to London, Amsterdam, Dublin, and Brussels. Bordeaux-Mérignac, for those who prefer the Atlantic coast arrival, is about 90 minutes northwest. This is genuinely accessible for a property that feels so thoroughly removed from the noise of modern life.
For international buyers considering a vacation home in Southwest France, Lot-et-Garonne sits in an interesting position. Property values here have risen steadily since 2020 but remain significantly more affordable than the Dordogne, the Côte d'Azur, or Paris. A second home of this scale, age, and condition would carry a substantially higher price tag in the Luberon or the Médoc. EU citizens purchase with no restrictions; non-EU buyers face no unusual barriers to ownership in France, though a notaire handles all transactions and the process typically takes 2–3 months from offer to completion. The property's size and character make it well-suited to short-term holiday rental during periods when the owners are not in residence — platforms like Airbnb and Abritel (HomeAway France) consistently show strong summer demand in the Lot Valley corridor for properties with pools and authentic period features.
Key features at a glance:
- 270 m² of living space in a 14th-century stone house in good condition
- 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms including a freestanding bathtub
- Vaulted-ceiling living room with monumental stone fireplace
- Handcrafted kitchen with AGA range cooker and garden-facing French doors
- Saltwater pool with uninterrupted valley views
- 645 m² of terraced gardens including lily pond and covered dining terrace
- Option to create a self-contained guest annex
- Wine cellar with original stone arch
- Light-filled home office with exposed stonework and terracotta tiles
- Double-glazed oak windows and heat pump heating for year-round efficiency
- Gated entrance, off-street parking, and large garage
- Walking distance to Penne-d'Agenais restaurants, bars, and weekly market
- Agen TGV (Paris in under 3 hours) less than 30 minutes away
- Toulouse airport approximately 1 hour 40 minutes south
- Strong holiday rental potential in a growing Southwest France market
A property that's been standing since the 1300s doesn't need a hard sell. It just needs the right person to walk through the gate, look out over that valley, and understand immediately. If you'd like to be that person, reach out to the team at Homestra today to arrange a private viewing — and bring comfortable shoes for the garden tour.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 5
- Size
- 270m²
- Price per m²
- €2,556
- Garden size
- 645m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- Yes
- Has Basement
- Yes
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 3
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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