The former priory

Built on the site of a first 9th century oratory, it became a chapter house when the Romanesque chapel was erected in the 12th century. Its gable roof of monk-and-nun tiles features a bell gable to the east. The walls are of rendered limestone masonry.
The property was converted into a family house in the 1970s. The main entrance is via a small carved wooden doorway to the north of the building, which opens onto an entrance hall that leads eastwards into a vaulted corridor with the chapel at the back. The original volume of the chapel has been preserved and features fifteen bays with massive pointed arches ending in a semi-circular apse. Small vertical openings in the south gable lend the chapel a private and solemn feel. A large multi-paned window has been added to the same elevation, providing a valuable additional source of light.
In the chapel, a passageway to the south leads to the prior's former lodgings, comprising three small rooms, two of which have direct access to the south-eastern courtyard via large, small-paned wooden French windows. They currently house the kitchen, larder and dining room, with beamed ceilings, exposed stone walls and tiled floors.
Another passageway leads from the chapel to the former chapter rooms, including two small groin-vaulted rooms on the ground floor that have been converted into offices. They open via a small-paned wooden French window onto a courtyard shared with the kitchen. The floors are laid with limestone flagstones and the walls are either of exposed stone or rendered. A staircase with handrail leads up to the former chapter house, with its barrel vault, now converted into a large room with a mezzanine and bathroom, opening onto a roof terrace to the north. The room provides direct access to the gallery in the chapel, with terracotta tile flooring and protected by a wrought-iron railing.

The farmhouse

Built in the 17th century and abutting the north-west side of the priory, it is rectangular in shape and extends over three bays and two storeys. Its gable roof is clad in monk-and-nun tiles and links to the rooftop terrace of the adjoining section.
Access is via the main entrance to the north, connected to the corridor leading to the chapel. This area was converted into a sleeping area in the 1970s.
On the ground floor, a sitting room leads to a first bedroom with a working stone corner fireplace and a shower room. A two-flight staircase connects to three bedrooms in the roofspace, with exposed beams and in some places quarry tiles, and a tiled bathroom under a sloping ceiling. From this room, an old window offers a view of the chapel.
The floors are laid with terracotta or ceramic tiles and the walls are rendered or of exposed stone. The wooden windows are small-paned and face south onto the courtyard shared with the chapel.
At the eastern end of the building, a series of technical spaces and a double garage complete the building.

The caretaker's house

Built in the 1970s, it precedes the former priory and its farm.
The house comprises two bays with two small-paned wooden windows facing south-west. The gable roof with monk-and-nun tiles shelters a traditional terracotta dovecote.
The entrance leads to a sitting room with kitchen area followed by a bedroom and bathroom with toilet. All the floors are of travertine and the walls are rendered.

The grounds

Acting as the priory's protector, the grounds encircle the building on all sides over an area of almost 2 hectares. Some 2,000 tall trees grow side by side, providing shade and privacy.
At the entrance to the estate, two fields line the driveway on either side and extend into a first wooded area where a covered area provides parking for three cars. This area, which also includes the caretaker's house, leads on to the main building. On the south side, in a lawned courtyard enclosed by the priory and the swimming pool sheds, there is a well. On the other side of these walls, the 12 x 6 m swimming pool overlooks the estate's meadows and thicket.
These different areas follow on from one another and receive their water supply from a hydraulic network linked to the Touloubre, with a retention basin that has become a pond, and sluice gates still in use. There are also two wells and a borehole, ensuring that the priory is self-sufficient in water. The automatic watering system facilitates overall garden maintenance.