The estate is located in the heights of the village of which it is part, near to a street that runs past it. However, it is sufficiently far from any form of noise pollution. An earthen drive running past an hedge of hornbeams leads directly to it. The property is not fenced or walled, which would be superfluous, given the location set back from the road, the natural protective screen formed by the vineyards as well as the peace and quiet of the area. It is located in a semi-rural area, on mainly flat land, as is the case for the surrounding villages, standing between the Garonne River and its canal.
This massive and noble stone residence with a tiled roof can be seen from the road, partially hidden by the estate’s rows of vines. It is made up of a rectangular main building with an adjoining, one-storey outbuilding set at a right angle to it, to the right-hand side of the house, on the eastern side, which is used as a store and a garage. Opposite, a hut houses the water pumping system, very near to the well.
The grounds, including several hundred-year-old trees and notably a cedar planted in 1875 as well as copses of more recently planted shrubs, is made up of lawns stretching from the walls of the house to the vines to the northeastern side of the property. They account for approximately a third of the 4.3-hectare estate. The rest is made up of two plots of cultivated vines, separated by a tarmac road.
The property has been in the same family since 1844 and is a recognised element of the region’s heritage, as proved by its classification as a picturesque site for the last 50 years by the local authorities.

The residence

Though it is locally referred to as a ‘château’, the residence has more in common with a manor house. Part of it was built in the 16th century and it was then extended in the 18th century to the rear on the west side. Its main façade faces southwest, while the rear faces northeast, as is often the case in the region. It is mainly made of rubble stone, covered with a very old, ochre-coloured rendering. It is more or less rectangular in shape, has two storeys and is topped by a gabled roof made of half-round tiles. Its sober, light façade boasts nine openings, including five on the ground floor, three of which are semi-circular arched, and four rectangular ones on the first floor. There are three gable dormers on the eastern side. The one above the entrance door boasts an ashlar ridge cap whose shape is reminiscent of the three urns carved into the stone above the terminal topping the aforementioned entrance door.
The main building has a surface of 530 m² and the outbuildings used as a store and garage boast additional floor space of 240 m². Modernisation work was carried out in the 1960s, including installation of a heating system and renovation of the floors, still in place in the rooms in question, and the property is well maintained.
However, further work needs to be conducted to return the residence to its former glory and to bring it in line with modern standards of comfort. As a result, the northern part would benefit from installation of a heating system and replacement of the lavatories, as well as its wooden framed windows.
On the ground floor, there are reception rooms, two bedrooms, utility rooms, and two parts awaiting refurbishment, which were previously a byre and a wine store. On the first floor, there are other bedrooms and a large library. Lastly, a stone staircase leads up to the loft and, in the basement, there is an approximately 32-m² vaulted cellar.

The ground floor
The main entrance is located on the northern side, in the original part of the house dating back to the 15th century.
A hefty, double-leaf painted wooden entrance door with period metal hinges leads into a hall that in turn leads to all the ground floor rooms and the cellar. The floor is covered in 1950s chessboard style tiling and a large, 16th century stone staircase leads up the first floor and then to the loft. The walls are clad in chafed rendering while the door and window frames are made of ashlar. To the right, a double-leaf door in the wall leads into the almost 64-m² lounge, which seems to be the oldest room in the house, with exposed beams on the ceiling, a monumental stone fireplace and flooring made up of Gironde tiles. Light streams into the lounge through five single-glazed wooden framed windows with small panes. At the end of the room, a door opens into a space used as a store. It could be refurbished and further increase the lounge’s floor space.
To the left, the entrance hall also leads to a living room, in which there are a black and cream coloured tiled floor, white walls, high windows and a fireplace with a black marble mantelpiece as well as a hearth in thin rustic tiles. A double-leaf, wooden door in a thick wall opens into a bedroom with en suite bathroom. Stretched canvases cover the walls and there is wood stripped flooring throughout. The rest of this level is made up of a series of rooms to be renovated, situated one after another and linked by a corridor. The high ceilings boast exposed joists, the floors are paved with 1950s tiling or Gironde terracotta tiles. Period fireplaces adorn almost every room, which are bathed in light thanks to well dimensioned windows. The first room, used as a kitchen, opens directly into the garden. It is followed by a utility room and a small bedroom, which has a basin and easy access to the garden via French windows. After the bedroom, there is a second staircase to the first floor.
A little further on, there is a dining room with antique cupboards beneath a carved wooden worktop. Opposite, there is a stone fireplace and a carved stone sink adorns another wall, topped by a period earthenware backsplash. There is also painted and weathered herringbone wood flooring.
Lastly, the final two rooms have remained in their original state, used as a store or a byre, as displayed by the hayracks still fixed to the walls. A large wooden gate opens into the first one. Each of them has beaten earth floors and on the lower parts of the walls, the very old rendering is in deteriorated condition.
The upstairs
On each of the staircase’s landings, arched stone vaults positioned in the ceiling to support the weight of the stone steps add character to the overall impression. The steps continue up to the loft. From the first landing, into which light streams through an old window with wooden shutters, two sets of wooden double-leaf doors open into a library and a bedroom respectively. Each of the rooms on this level are flooded with light thanks to one or two windows each. In all of the rooms there is large stripped pine flooring. There are eight, bright and well laid out bedrooms on this level, some of which boast stone or marble fireplaces. Almost all of them are equipped with 1930s washbasins and bidets, which pay witness to the modernisation the building underwent at the beginning of the 20th century. Lastly, a bathroom and a shower room complete this level.
The basement
A rather steep staircase leads down into the two rooms in the basement, used as cellars, with beaten earth floors, stone walls and vaulted ceilings.