The manor house was once the property of a noble family from the region. Located on one of the main streets leading to the church square, where medieval homes, recognisable through their corbelled construction, stand side by side with later houses from the Ancien Régime, the house looks out east over the village’s surrounding hills and offers a striking view of the Pyrenees Mountains. Two separate entrances provide access to the property, one on the street side, and one from the ramparts. Extending on from the two-storey house with a basement and attic, is a medieval construction connected, via a gallery, to a building that overlooks the rampart’s promenade and once housed stables The two dwellings are of traditional craftsmanship, with brick and stone walls crowned with barrel tiles. Lastly, an enclosed garden ringed by the house on one side and a stone wall on the other, provides a space far from prying eyes, while a second 575-m² garden is accessible via a staircase descending the length of the ramparts.

The House

This is composed of a ground floor, an upstairs, a cellar and an attic. The façade, whose ornamental features are emblematic of the house’s noble standing, is perfectly symmetrical. Coated with a recent plaster cladding, it provides glimpses, here and there, of a layer of terracotta brickwork, which can be found in the quoins, the stringcourse as well as on the cornice decorated with pilasters bordering a tile roof typical to the area. The windows are also framed with bricks and crowned with projecting lintels, which are characteristic of the Occitanie region; the windowsills are made of stone.

The ground floor
The main entrance opens onto a wide vestibule, staircase and hallway covered in dark antique terracotta tiles. From this entrance, the living room is accessible though a flat arch double door with moulding. As a room for entertaining, its decor is immaculate: a wide fireplace with a marble mantle whose trumeau is framed by pilasters and a frieze, a coved ceiling with crown moulding, while the lower half of its walls are decorated with moulded wainscoting. A double door provides access to the dining room, while picture windows overlooking the countryside bathe the room in light. The decoration is simple and discreet, with mitred herringbone parquet flooring. To the right, are two adjoining rooms: the first one with a fireplace could act as a summer lounge or bedroom, while the second one with a tile floor, could be used as a storage room. On the other side of the hallway, a large kitchen waiting to be fitted out has, at its centre, a long fireplace with a brick and sculpted wood mantle, whose hearth is large enough to roast meat on a spit or chestnuts.
The upstairs
From the entrance hall, a square spiral staircase provides access to the first floor. A wooden balustrade, remarkable for its impeccable craftsmanship and age, attests to the period in which the house was built. Its twin, moreover, takes centre stage in Henry IV’s house in Auch, whose balusters are decorated with a profile dating from the middle of the 17th century, a transitional period between the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV, around the middle of the 17th century. As one ascends towards the attic, the balustrade becomes lower, providing a plunging view of the stairwell.
Upstairs, a long hallway provides access to the bedrooms, five in all. The most spacious among them echoes the living room on the ground floor; its entrance on the landing is the first one on the right. The second door opens onto a narrow gallery, at one time meant for the house’s servants, which leads to three connecting rooms, running the length of the garden-side façade. Each room is also accessible via an interior double door and is equipped with a marble or white stone fireplace. On the other side of the hallway, the fifth bedroom is right next to a shower room. Lastly, mirroring the lower floor, a glass door leads to a patio overlooking the countryside, where the mountains can be seen in all their splendour.
The basement
A genuine curiosity, well hidden in the property’s basement: hollowed out into the hill, it benefits from the coolness, which is released from the rock while a well drilled into the foundation permanently provides pure, crystal-clear water.