Delightful 17th century Maison de Maitre with pool, park and 1ha3 of land

• Detached outbuilding converted as guest apartment
• Swimming pool 12 x 5
• Artist’s studio of 24 sqm
• Garage
• Luminous internal living environment

• Bedrooms: 7
• Rural
• Village
• Outbuildings
• Swimming pool
• Wood

• Condition - Restored / Habitable

Delightful 17th century Maison de Maitre offering a beautifully preserved, luminous internal living environment, complemented by a private, dominant parkland setting with stunning views over surrounding rolling Landais countryside and on the distant Pyrenees.

A detached outbuilding in the grounds includes a two bedroomed guest apartment plus additional undeveloped first floor space, garaging and dry storage.

The grounds of 1.3 hectares benefit from both shade and privacy with a wide selection of mature trees, shrubs and flowering borders interspersed. A pool, 12x5 metres nestles on a lower level in the grounds to the south aspect of the main house.

The medieval market town of St Sever with a wide selection of shops, restaurants and services is at 8 km or just over 5 minutes drive. Pau airport is a 40 minute drive with Biarritz airport about 75 minutes and Bordeaux airport about 1 hour 45 minutes. Skiing / mountain walking in the Pyrenees can be reached in less than 90 minutes.

The main house, which has been restored with great care and taste offers 350 m² of habitable space comprising: 7 bedrooms (one of which is located on the ground floor with an en suite shower room) and 5 receptions.


Ground floor:

An original black checkerboard marble tiled floor provides continuity to all main reception rooms.

Entrance hall: 24 m², south facing double doors with transom window and very attractive original béarnaise oak staircase. Three principal rooms are located to the west aspect of the entrance hall.

Drawing room: 30m², two windows south with views over terrace and garden, French door west. Decorated wood fireplace and plastered ceiling. The drawing room opens on to:

Breakfast room: 25 m², window west, original stone fireplace, door to kitchen.

Kitchen: 18m², door east to rear courtyard, window west, range of fitted units. The original fireplace has an inset work unit with hob and access to the original bread oven. From the kitchen a staircase leads up to guest bedrooms and artist’s studio.

Four principal rooms are located to the east aspect of the entrance hall:

Formal dining room: 34 m², with two tall windows south and a carved stone fireplace. Doors from dining lead to library and service passage.

Library: 20 m², with French doors south to terrace, window east, fireplace and floor to ceiling bookcases.

Bureau: 11 m², window east.

Living room / bedroom 7: 19 m² window north, en suite shower room.

Additionally located to the north aspect, laundry room, boiler room and cloakroom.


First floor:

Landing with south window and rear corridor accessing bedrooms and bathrooms.

Bedroom 1: 30 m² two windows south, wood floor, en suite bathroom (bath, twin basins, bidet, wc).

Artist’s studio: 24 m², window west, range of fitted wall cupboards.
Bedroom 2: 20m², window west, wood floor, en suite shower room.

Bedrooms 3 - 4: 16 m² each both with south facing windows.

Bedroom 5: 18 m², windows east and south, wood floor, fireplace, en suite shower room.

Bedroom 6: 16m², window east, wood floor exposed ceiling beam.

Additionally, 1 further bathroom and an undeveloped room used for storage.

Gas central heating to main house, mains water, septic tank.


Detached outbuilding, approx 150 m² of ground floor area, includes a two bedroomed guest apartment which has been created on the first floor.

The apartment offers an open-plan kitchen, sitting/dining room and bathroom. There is also an additional undeveloped first floor space of approx 70 m²

The ground floor area offers garaging, wood store and additional dry storage for garden machinery.

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