Nestled in the middle of the lush green Dordogne countryside, sits this lovely Dordogne Manoir that will take your breath away, whatever the season. 

Updated and refurbished with attention to detail by the current owners – ensuring that the character and historical value of the property has been maintained, introducing modern elements and facilities to enjoy the best of both worlds.

It’s the perfect place for anyone who wants requires a peaceful, semi-remote location, surrounded by nature and a couple of friendly neighbours. Yes, you’ll need a car to get about here as there is no close public transport, however, the closest farm shop is just 200 metres walk up the hill to the next hamlet, so practically on the door-step!

Situation

– 1 min walk to neighbouring farm shop selling eggs, pork, beef, chicken, regional products, vegetables
– 1 km walk or drive to the closest amenities – post office, tabac, local store, school, church in St Sulpice d’Excideuil
– 7.4 km drive to nearest English speaking doctor, pharmacy, shops, restaurant and Velorail attraction in Corgnac-sur-L’Isle
– 14 km golf 9 holes Le Domaine d’Essendiéras
– 7 km Nantheuil and 14km Rouffiac – beautiful swimming lakes with aqua park facilities, beaches, play areas and restaurants
– 8 km weekly market on Thursdays in Excideuil
– 8 km green leisure park, tennis courts, football, rugby, gym, schools, college, doctors, pharmacies, supermarkets, restaurants, cafés, garages, Brico, banks, medical facilities
– 9 km closest Chateau d’Excideuil, hospital, tennis club, public swimming pool, cycle hire, Brico, garden centre in Excideuil
– 26 km Grotte de Villars underground caves with 19000 year old caveman paintings
– 40km Périgueux museums, theatres, shopping, Vesunna Gallo, restaurants, hospitals, university, cathedral

Transport Links

– Limoges airport 55 mins

– Brive Airport 65 mins

– Bergerac airport 90 mins

– Bordeaux airport 115 mins

– La Rochelle airport 180 mins

– Angouleme train station 55 mins (Tgv link to Paris in under 3 hours)

– Local train station 8 mins by car with direct links to Périgueux

DESCRIPTION

The Manoir sits proudly on a gently sloping hill and boasts magnificent views of the surrounding nature from every angle, and every window.

Surrounded on all sides by an abundance of outdoor space, including vast green fields and orchards of bountiful walnut trees, so you’ll be able to spend endless hours exploring and enjoying the beautiful outdoors, as well as enjoying the 5,500 square metres of garden, where you’ll find your own fruit trees of cherries, plums, walnuts, hazelnuts, fig and persimmon. All very easy to maintain and helped by the excellent services of the neighbouring farmer who mows the large lawn, although you could of course, mow it yourself…

This well-contained Manoir of 340m2 of living space has five generous bedrooms and four ensuite, providing ample space to host family, friends or guests of all ages.

You’ll have access to a spacious open-plan kitchen dining room which mixes farmhouse style with elegance, an inviting space where you can create mouthwatering dishes watched over by your family and friends.

The large airy salon has oodles of light shining through its large windows and the patio doors leading down the exterior stone steps to the pool area and gardens below. There’s a log burner in one of the two fireplaces in this room, and with electric heating throughout the property, you’ll keep cosy and warm in the mild winter months.

fancy a game of pool or billiards, or maybe a game of cards or chess, then head to the games room, with its original flagstone floors and massive fireplace, which was once used as the original cuisine, but now is home to a library of books and games.

There’s a newly installed 10m x 5m swimming pool, not heated but the water temperature can reach almost 30C in the warmer months of the year.

For your vehicles, whether they be supercars, classics or electric SUVs, there is a garage, two car carport, and parking in the driveways for around ten or more cars.

A cave or cellar runs under the Salon and office with scope for imaginative uses – it would make an excellent wine cellar.

Outside you have a working well, a pigeonière (or dovecote) that could convert, it’s been suggested, into a hamman or sauna (it is currently a reading room), and a discreet pool house housing the pool pump and equipment.

Sports enthusiasts will love the convenient location of this property, with a 9-hole golf course located just 14km away and two aqua-park tourist lakes with their own beaches, only 4km away in Nantheuil and 20 minutes drive away in Rouffiac en Périgord. Moreover, if you’re planning to work remotely, this serene and calm environment will provide you with the ideal space for undisturbed focus with an office study and fibre connection with very high speeds and 4G outside.

The nearest airport is just under one hour away in Limoges, with Bergerac one and a half hours distance. There’s a train station in Thiviers that links to the TGV rail link in Angouleme or Bordeaux, so theoretically getting to Paris in under four hours.

The local town has a weekly market and there are doctors, pharmacies, supermarkets, restaurants and cafés open year round.

A great lock-up and leave holiday home, this easy to maintain character property, also has the potential for a tourism boutique-style rental business.

However, if you’re looking for that forever home that will tick all of your boxes, then there’s no better time than now, then to pay us a visit to experience the place for yourself, and picture how you would enjoy living here and to make it yours.

Useful links 

Airports: There are 4 international airports nearby, Bergerac, Brive and Bordeaux-Merignac and Limoges. Toulouse airport is the furthest away at two and a half hours.

Excideuil Tourism

Watersports 

Golf