Built in the 18th century, modified and enlarged subsequently until the tower was completed in the 20th century, the imposing edifice, the walls of which are incrusted in Tarn stones, overlooks the landscape and was once a parish property. Embedded within the property, the village’s church, with its belfry wall characteristic of this part of the Occitanie region, witnessed many religious conflicts before it was restored in the 19th century. The overall edifice extends horizontally from east to west and includes the main building, a tower in its centre, outbuildings, including a former stable, and continuing on from there, a three-door garage.

Further on the right as you enter the property, grounds with a surface area of 1.17 hectares, and within which a centennial cedar tree stands, extend towards the northwest. With a saltwater swimming pool, its plunging, zenithal view makes it possible to visualise the outline of the edifice, erected lengthwise and adjacent to the church.

The residence

Its main entrance was once located on the south side, opening onto a square that gave access to the church and cemetery. Pilasters topped with ionic capitals frame this entrance, breaking with the general simplicity of the building’s ornamental decoration. The house’s entrance now opens onto the billiards room located on the ground floor of the tower and the wing extending from this point to the southeast houses the living spaces: kitchen, dining room, living room, library and office, the whole representing an inhabitable surface of approximately 230 m². Upstairs are the bedrooms, with a total of six, a projection room and four bathrooms, with an inhabitable surface of 260 m². The tower rising above the billiards room provides two additional floors with five more bedrooms and a bathroom, comprising a surface area of approximately 110 m². Lastly, a vast attic covers the entire length of the building. The outbuildings include a stable with a pebble-paved floor and an additional attic space. Adjacent to this is a former garage, a summer kitchen, furnace room and a garage with room for three vehicles. The outbuildings’ easement is approximately 175 m² and their wooden rafters and tiled roofs were redone in 2009.

The ground floor
The front door opens directly onto the billiards room, the floor of which is covered in hardwood from a cedar tree that once grew on the property, while vast bookshelves adorn its back wall. On the left, a large kitchen has an imposing stove embedded in the fireplace, equipped with a wood stove whose hearth, connected to the radiators’ hydraulic network, heats the house, thereby making it possible to decrease the furnace’s use. Continuing on, the dining room breaks with the simplicity of the kitchen whose terracotta tile floor gives way to a herringbone hardwood floor and a ceiling with exposed beams adorned with moulded cornices. The double doors were refurbished with casein paint glazing and vegetable wax highlights, while the shutters were restored with a wheat paint tinted with pure red ochre colouring. On the right, French doors provide access to the library-living room equipped with an ochre marble mantel fireplace. Dividing the wing in tow, the entrance hall, a transitory and hospitable space, is covered in cement tiles creating a chequered motif. A 180°-turn staircase leads to the upstairs with bedrooms while a door located under the steps provides access to the cellar.
Two double doors from the entrance hall lead to a living room and office, which also communicate with each other independently. The living room, with a herringbone hardwood floor, is decorated with a remarkable red brick fireplace, adorned with pilasters topped with a cornice, one of the rare few still left in the region. A gas hearth, of Anglo-Saxon inspiration, heats the room while giving the illusion of a genuine fire. The office is illuminated by two windows overlooking a small garden facing south and runs along the length of the living room on the opposite side.
The first floor
The 180°-turn staircase leads to the landing, which immediately provides access, on the left, to a large bedroom occupying the northeast corner of the house, with a bathroom and storage space. The windows look out over the hills of the Lauragais region, while the herringbone hardwood floor recalls the one in the living room downstairs. A fireplace with a grey-veined white marble mantle occupies the right-hand wall, its convoluted and sinuous lines and shell motif belonging to the rococo style of the Louis XV era, omnipresent in the other rooms of the house. On the opposite side, there is another bedroom, then a hallway running along the length of five additional bedrooms, one located on the opposite landing, the other four aligned along the right side of the hallway and extending the entire length of the building and into the tower. The first two bedrooms in the hallway mirror one another and have surface areas of 27.3 m² and 24.2 m², respectively, their wardrobes included. The two back bedrooms, located in the tower, are perfectly symmetrical, each with a surface area of 20.8 m², including their vestibule. A door opposite the bedrooms provides access to a landing with two bathrooms and a room transformed into a projection room, located above the church’s sacristy.
The tower
This houses five bedrooms distributed in a fan shape over two levels around the stairwell, with two bedrooms and a bathroom located on the second level, while the three others are on the third level. On the landing of the second level, there is a door that provides access to the attic. The latter, with a surface area of approximately 180 m², includes an enclosed and secure wardrobe.