6-Bed 1882 Manor House with Pool & 2.5ha Grounds Near Tournon-d'Agenais, Aquitaine



Aquitaine, Lot-et-Garonne, Tournon-d'Agenais, France, Tournon-d'Agenais (France)
6 Bedrooms · 5 Bathrooms · 342m² Floor area
€749,000
House
No parking
6 Bedrooms
5 Bathrooms
342m²
No garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
On a quiet morning in late June, you can sit on the upstairs balcony with a coffee and watch the mist lift off the Lot valley below, the rooftops of Tournon-d'Agenais just visible beyond the line of century-old plane trees that frame the southern edge of the grounds. Church bells at eight. The smell of cut grass from the park-like lawn. This is not a fantasy—it is Tuesday at this house.
Built in 1882 for the local mayor—a man who clearly had strong opinions about cornices—this 342-square-metre property sits on 2.5 hectares of established grounds outside Tournon-d'Agenais, a hilltop bastide town in Lot-et-Garonne that most visitors to France never find, which is precisely what makes it special. The mayor spared nothing. The construction records from that era describe a build budget that raised local eyebrows, and walking through the front door today, more than 140 years on, you understand why. This is a six-bedroom, five-bathroom country house that has held its shape and its dignity through every passing decade.
Step through the double entrance doors and the original oak staircase rises ahead of you—wide enough that two people can descend side by side without brushing elbows, which tells you something about the ambitions of the original owner. The plasterwork on the ceiling of the entrance hall is intact. Not restored, intact. The fireplace in the main reception room is the kind of piece that stops conversation: a bespoke tiled surround carrying the first mayor's monogram, original to the house, unmarked by time. There are working fireplaces throughout, original chandeliers that still hang where they were first positioned, and original curtain poles that someone, at some point, made a sensible decision not to replace.
The kitchen is a more recent intervention—modern fitted units, integral appliances, a gas range cooker—but it reads as an addition made by people who understood the house rather than fought it. Off the dining room, a second smaller kitchen functions as a prep or catering space, which hints at what this property could become. The essential wine cellar is below, which in southwest France is less of a luxury and more of a structural necessity. Cahors is 35 minutes away, and the Malbec vineyards of the Lot valley produce some of the most underrated wine in the country. You will need the cellar.
Six bedrooms, several with balconies that face the grounds and the countryside beyond. Five bathrooms, all en suite or paired, all tastefully finished without chasing trends that would already look dated. The proportions throughout are what the original listing notes correctly call "town house proportions"—generously scaled, ceiling heights that give rooms air, windows placed to catch the afternoon light. Oil-fired central heating covers the whole house; a heat pump system handles the ground floor. In winter, the working fireplaces earn their keep.
Outside, the grounds deserve more than a paragraph. Two and a half hectares of park-like land with mature trees—oak, cedar, chestnut—planted when the house was new and now fully established. There is a heated swimming pool, ten metres by five, stone-surround, in immaculate condition. And then there is the lily pond, which is the kind of garden feature that photographs will never quite capture. In the evening, with the light dropping behind the ridge and the frogs starting up, it is the most peaceful corner of the property.
The outbuildings are substantial: garages, stables, and additional structures that could serve as gîtes, a workshop, storage, or—with the appropriate planning permissions—something more ambitious. For buyers thinking about the Lot-et-Garonne property market as an investment alongside a lifestyle purchase, the potential here is significant. This department has seen sustained international buyer interest over the past decade, driven largely by buyers from the UK, Netherlands, and Germany who arrive for the quality of rural life and stay for the price-to-space ratio, which remains exceptional compared to the Dordogne or Provence.
Tournon-d'Agenais itself is a 13th-century bastide—one of the grid-planned fortified towns built across southwest France during the Hundred Years' War—and it sits on a ridge with views in three directions. Wednesday market. A handful of restaurants including Les Remparts, which locals fill for the set lunch. Butcher, baker, épicerie. The kind of town where people know each other's names but don't impose. Fifteen minutes to Montayral, 35 to Cahors, an hour and a half to Toulouse-Blagnac airport, which connects directly to London, Amsterdam, Brussels, and most major European hubs. Bergerac airport, with its dense network of UK routes, is about an hour north.
The climate here is Aquitaine continental—hot, dry summers that run from late May through to September, mild springs with the plum and cherry orchards in full bloom along the Lot valley roads, and winters that are cold but manageable and give the fireplaces genuine purpose. This is not a coastal property that sits empty from October to April. The grounds, the house, and the surrounding countryside make it genuinely liveable year-round. Mushroom foraging in the oak woods from October. The Cahors marathon in late October draws thousands. The Agen prune festival—the Lot-et-Garonne is the prune capital of Europe, and they are not embarrassed about this—in late August. Market days, river walks along the Lot near Puy-l'Évêque, cycling routes through the Quercy Blanc.
For international buyers, France's property purchasing process is straightforward by European standards, managed through a notaire who represents both parties. Non-EU buyers face no restrictions on purchasing residential property. The tax framework for rental income is well-established, and the Lot-et-Garonne's growing popularity as a holiday destination means that a high-spec property of this scale has genuine short-term rental appeal—particularly given the configuration of bedrooms, the pool, and the grounds, which lend themselves to large family gatherings and group bookings.
Properties built to this standard and in this condition, with grounds of this size, in southwest France do not appear on the market often. The asking price of €749,000 reflects the quality of the build, the condition, the land, and the location—and positions this as competitive against equivalent properties in the more saturated Dordogne market to the north.
Key features at a glance:
- 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms across 342 sq m of living space
- Built 1882, original period features throughout including intact plasterwork, monogrammed fireplace, chandeliers, and oak staircase
- 2.5 hectares of park-like grounds with mature established trees
- Heated 10x5m swimming pool with stone surround
- Ornamental lily pond
- Modern fitted kitchen with gas range plus secondary prep kitchen
- Essential wine cellar
- Oil-fired central heating plus ground-floor heat pump and working fireplaces
- Outbuildings including garages and stables with conversion or rental potential
- Walking distance to Tournon-d'Agenais village, shops, and restaurants
- 35 minutes to Cahors and the Lot Valley wine region
- 1.5 hours to Toulouse-Blagnac international airport
- Strong short-term rental potential as a high-end holiday home or B&B
- Presented in immaculate, move-in ready condition
If you have been looking for a vacation home in Lot-et-Garonne that gives you scale, authenticity, and grounds to actually use—not a weekend cottage dressed up as something more—this is the one to see. Contact Homestra today to arrange a private viewing and get detailed information on the purchasing process for international buyers.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 6
- Size
- 342m²
- Price per m²
- €2,190
- Garden size
- 3m²
- Has Garden
- No
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- Yes
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 5
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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